Neptune's Moons in Fiction
- Three levels of Descent take place on Neptune or its moons. Level 22 is set on Neptune in a storage depot. The setting for level 23 was also a storage depot, this time on Neptune's largest moon, Triton. Level 24 took place on Nereid, in a volatile materials mine.
- In Ringworld by Larry Niven, a segment is set on an Outsider settlement on Nereid.
- Adventure game Anastronaut: The Moon Hopper allows the player to travel to Neptune by beaming-up through its moons Triton (moon), Proteus (moon), Thalassa (moon) and Naiad (moon).
- In Vainglory by Alastair Reynolds, Neptune has developed a magnificent ring system following the deliberate demolition of its moon Naiad.
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