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* ''[[Tech Infantry]]'' has Avalon, a paradise of a planet thanks to liberal application of Life Magic, and the new capital of the Earth Federation after Earth itself is destroyed.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* A [[Planet Terra|certain planet]] known to [[Most Writers Are Human]] is named ''dirt''. Perhaps that is why it's inhabitants are [[Humans Are Ugly|so ugly.]]
== Mythologically Named Planets ==
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* The ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' series is full of Mnemosyne names like Manticore, Sphinx, Medusa, Hades (nicknamed Hell, see symbolic names), and Gryphon.
* Joan D. Vinge's ''The Snow Queen'' - Tiamat
* [[Gordon R. Dickson]]'s [[Childe Cycle]] - Mara, named after the Buddhist equivalent of Satan. In-universe, the name was a holdover from when the Exotics were the Chantry Guild, specifically occultists. Possibly Zombri, which is close enough to "Zombie".e
* [[Madeleine L'Engle]]'s ''[[A Wrinkle in Time]]'' - Camazotz, Uriel
* [[Poul Anderson]]'s ''Fire Time'' - Ishtar
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