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This is an [Incomplete listsincomplete list], which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.
This is a list of fictional universes, organized by genre and by sub-genre. The term universe can be misleading, since some of them are supposed to occur in our own world, but in a fictional future (sci-fi) or past (Hyborian Age) timeline. Because one author's universe may produce stories in different genres, it may be listed in more than one place.

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Fictional Earths

Stories taking place on an Earth which varies from ours in a few details.

Fantastic Earth

An earth much like ours, but with some fantastic twists.

Archaic Earth

A fantasy world which is asserted to be Earth in an imaginary age of the distant past.

Alternate history Earth

The past or present of an Earth where history diverged slightly from our experience.

Future Earth

Earth as it may be in the future.

Dying Earth

Earth in the distant future, when the shapes of lands have changed.

Lost lands

A land which is asserted to exist somewhere on Earth, which can be reached, usually with difficulty, by travellers. See also Fictional country and List of fictional countries.

Extraterrestrial

A science fictional universe consists of multiple stars and planets where the fictional action takes place, usually linked by some form of space travel, or in some cases by teleportation. The universe may or may not contain Earth (or some version of it, past, future or alternate).

Solar system

Our solar system in the near future, at a time when interstellar travel is either impossible, unknown, or very rare.

Universes including Earth

These universes usually are set some hundreds or thousands of years in our future, at a time when mankind has spread to the stars. They mention or imply the existence of the Earth, the Sun, or other familiar stars.

In print

In film and television

In games

Universes excluding Earth

These stories describe settings with no connection to our existing chronological framework, in which the Earth, the Sun, and other familiar stars are not mentioned. They tend to be science fantasies.

In film and television

In games

Fantasy

Fantasy universes usually exist on single worlds; these worlds are typically Earthlike, but differ from Earth at least in geography; they also frequently host animals and intelligent life-forms not found on Earth. They can be found in a variety of fantasy genres, e.g. high fantasy, heroic fantasy, sword and sorcery, etc.

Parallel worlds

A fantasy world resembling our Earth, forming part of a multiverse with Earth and reachable by magic, dreaming, or similar devices.

In print

In games

Other worlds

A world which resembles our Earth in a general sense, but exists entirely independently of it, and never includes any humans from Earth. Many, but not all of these worlds allow magic.

In print

In art

In film and television

In games

Multiverses

Some stories take place in a series of connected universes, which may or may not include Earth, including:

In print

In film and television

In games

Other dimensions

Literally.

See also

 

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