1997 - in Fiction

In Fiction

• In the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, the computer HAL 9000 was activated on January 17.
• In the 1965 TV series, Lost in Space, the spacecraft Jupiter II is launched on October 16, 1997.
• In the fantasy series Harry Potter, the titular character, Harry Potter, begins his search for Horcruxes.
• The 1984 film The Terminator and its sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, both referenced the year 1997 as the time in which the fictional computer entity Skynet would launch a catastrophic massive nuclear attack on mankind on August 29.
• The 1987 NES RPG-game, Crystalis, references October 1, 1997 as the day when a terrible war takes place and the whole human race goes back in time, allowing strange animals populate cities and some build a tower high into the sky.
• John Carpenter's 1981 film Escape from New York is set in 1997 of a United States so crime-ridden that Manhattan Island in New York City has become a maximum security prison.
• The events of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta supposedly begin on November 5, 1997.
• The 1990 film Predator 2 takes place in 1997 Los Angeles.
• The manga and anime InuYasha takes place in 1997 in Tokyo.
• The MTV series Daria takes place in 1997 in the United States.
• The novel Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years takes place from April 30, 1997 to May 2, 1998.
• The 1999 novel Battle Royale takes place in 1997.