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Most books of advice to aspiring authors insist that [[Space Opera]] should be set at least several ''thousand'' years in the future, based on just how much civilization would have to develop to make such things possible, but TV shows rarely go anything like that far ahead, partly to justify showing an Earth-based society that isn't so radically different that the viewers can't relate at all, but mostly because [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale]]. (Although really, who can predict these things?) A relatively near-future [[Space Opera]] setting can be justified by having ancient civilizations already out in space and humanity a relative newcomer to the galactic stage, which has the bonus of being able to fit in [[Expospeak]] as aliens explain what's going on to the ignorant human barbarians.
In The Future everything might get worse or better ([[The Future Will Be Better]]).
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* ''[[Guilty Crown]]'' is set in 2039, where a mysterious virus known as "Apocalypse Virus" is spreading. It does, however, blend over with traditional fantasy at times, as the protagonist is able to draw out people's personalities to use them as weapons. Some are more useful than others, though. This power also becomes the cause of some literal [[Fridge Brilliance]], in episode 3.
* [[Aria]] takes place in the 24th Century on the planet Aqua, formerly known as Mars before terraforming transformed it into a water-covered paradise.
* One of the oneshots in the manga ''Robot: Super Color Comic'' takes place in
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In the [[DC Universe]], ''[[The Legion of Super Heroes]]'' live 1000 years in
** In the DC Comics [[Crisis Crossover]] ''DC One Million'', half of the story takes place in the 853rd century (farther into the future than any other previous DC story, not counting the ones involving the End of Time). A highly detailed setting was created for this in which the entire solar system has gotten [[
* [[Transmetropolitan]].
* The [http://www.jtillustration.com/woi Warlord of Io]" graphic novel is set in the year 2853 A.D., shortly before the fabulous year 3000 of Rocket Robin Hood fame.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Firefly]]'' took place in the early 26th century (the pre-title montage indicates "2517 A.D.") in which Earth (known to everyone as [[Earth-That-Was]]) was stripped of all resources in a mass exodus to [[
* ''[[Babylon 5]]'' is set in the 2250 and 2260s.
* ''[[Star Trek]]'' of course, where [[Humans Are Special]]
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has frequently delved into Earth's future, all the way to ''a hundred trillion years'' on, during which time the universe faces imminent collapse. It tends to show it as fairly or sometimes decidely [[Dystopia
** Retconned by the presence of the Time War. Apparently it caused a lot of really, ''really'' screwy stuff to happen to the timeline.
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* [[Xenogears]] takes place in A.D. 17276-17277, on a distant planet.
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' takes place in A.D. 2183-2185. The relative closeness to the present day is a result of discovering [[Applied Phlebotinum]] on Mars, soon followed by the formation of [[The Alliance|the Systems Alliance]] and encountering [[The Federation|the Citadel Council]], both events resulting in humanity making technological leaps that otherwise wouldn't have come about for centuries, if at all.
** It's still close enough to the present, though, that present-day pop culture and religion remain
* In A.D. 2101, [[Zero Wing|War Was Beginning]].
* The backstory to ''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]'' has Earth sending out the colony ship to Alpha Centauri in [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|2060]], with a 40-year travel time that lands you on Planet in 2100. A normal game (assuming you don't go for the [[Zerg Rush]]) will typically last you into at least the 23rd century, with games lasting to the 24th and 25th hardly being pretty standard. During this time, you can research all kinds of cool technology, almost all of it being based on Hard Science well-documented to be possible as of the creation of the game (1997).
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