The Phantom Planet story
In 1980, an astronaut is shrunken down in size after on an asteroid populated by a race of tiny people.
14 total · 6 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| artificial gravity technology | major | The Rhetonians wielded powerful technology that enabled them to manipulate the force of gravity. |
| human vs. captivity | major | Capt. Frank Chapman was held captive on the asteroid Rheton. |
| Lilliputian being | major | Capt. Frank Chapman landed on an asteroid populated by tiny people. |
| romantic love | major | Frank Chapman and Zetha. |
| what if I could never go home | major | Capt. Frank Chapman was forbidden to ever leave Rheton. |
| what if I shrank in size | major | Capt. Frank Chapman shrank to minute proportions after landing on an asteroid. |
| atrophied civilization | minor | Rhetonian civilization had collapsed in the past after everything was mechanized and people became docile and lazy. |
| colonization of Mars | minor | Mars was in the process of being colonized. |
| colonization of the Moon | minor | The Moon had become the launching base for exploring outer space. |
| father and daughter | minor | Sessom and Liara. |