In Popular Culture
The game Halo: Reach takes place within this constellation—the planet Reach orbits Epsilon Eridani.
In some maps of the Star Trek universe the planet Vulcan is shown to be located at 40 Eridani A.
In the fourth adventure of the popular webcomic series MS Paint Adventures, known as Homestuck, there is a major character named Eridan Ampora whose name is derived from the word "Eridanus." The character is themed around the Aquarius zodiac sign.
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Famous quotes containing the words popular culture, popular and/or culture:
“The lowest form of popular culture—lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people’s lives—has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.”
—Carl Bernstein (b. 1944)
“Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.”
—Charles James Fox (1749–1806)
“When women finally get liberated, they’ll do the same that men do—dog eat dog— that’s what our culture is.... Not cooperation but assassination. Women will cooperate until they attain certain goals. Then one will begin to destroy the other.”
—Alice Neel (1900–1984)