The Green Hills of Earth - Other References

Other References

Ashley Williams, a character in the video game Mass Effect, was originally going to quote the poem during the game, but copyright issues led the developers to switch to using Tennyson's "Ulysses" in the final cut of the game.

In his book Learning the World, Ken MacLeod pays homage to Heinlein by having a spacecraft evade an attack with the background intercom saying "All Hands! Stand by!" ... "Free Falling!" and the chapter concluding with "And the lights below us fade."

In a first season episode of Lost In Space (1965), Doctor Smith speaks fondly of his desire to return to "The Greek Hills of Earth."

In Harry Turtledove's second novel of the Worldwar series, Worldwar: Tilting the Balance (p. 95), British Prime Minister Winston Churchill speaks of defending "the green hills of Earth" against an invasion by reptilian aliens.

In Galileo Was Right, episode 10 of From the Earth to the Moon(HBO TV miniseries), at 48:00 into the episode, Mission Control is overheard telling the crew of Apollo 15 "As the space-poet Rhysling would say, we're ready for you to 'come back again, to the homes of men, on the cool green hills of Earth' "