Anomaly - in Science Fiction

In Science Fiction

  • The Tycho Magnetic Anomaly (TMA) on the Moon in the novel and in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by Sir Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick
  • The Fortean anomaly, as in the work of Charles Fort
  • Spatial anomaly, broad term in the Star Trek dramas and other works of science fiction for any sort of extraordinary disruption in the space-time continuum
  • Anomaly, a rift in the space-time continuum in the television series Futurama
  • Anomaly, any shortcut to hyperspace travel in Robert Heinlein's novels of the 1950s, today called wormholes
  • Anomaly (comics), a villain in some DC Comics
  • "Anomaly" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a 2003 episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
  • Anomaly (Primeval), a time portal in the TV series Primeval
  • Anomalies, small areas in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series of games that have various effects on the game environment
  • Anomaly, a bridge to another world in His Dark Materials, series of novels by Philip Pullman
  • Phobos Anomaly, a level in Doom (video game), Episode 1 Level 8
  • Deimos Anomaly, a level in Doom (video game), Episode 2 Level 1
  • Anomaly, an unbalanced system in the motion picture The Matrix
  • Anomalies, dangerous balls of energy in the game Metro 2033

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