In Fiction
- Barataria, a fictional ínsula ("isle") awarded by some noblemen to Sancho Panza as a prank in Cervantes' Don Quixote (from the Spanish word barato, meaning cheap)
- Barataria, a fictional republican kingdom in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Gondoliers
- Barataria, a Spanish language academic journal in Latin America focused on children's literature
- Castle Barataria, a castle on Planet X in the CRPG Ultima II
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“Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.”
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