Fiction
- John Carter of Mars, a character from the classic science fiction series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- John Carter (film), a 2012 film featuring the Burroughs character
- John Carter, Warlord of Mars, a Marvel Comics series created in 1977 and based on the Burroughs character
- The fictional universe depicted in John Carter fiction, known commonly as Barsoom
- John Carter (ER), a character from the television series ER
- John Carter, a character from the film Cromwell played by Frank Finlay
- John Carter, a character from the television series Little House on the Prairie played by Stan Ivar
- Zebadiah John Carter, a character from the Robert A. Heinlein novel, The Number of the Beast
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Famous quotes containing the word fiction:
“A fiction about soft or easy deaths ... is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)
“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
—Andrew Gordon, U.S. educator, critic. “The Inescapable Family in American Science Fiction and Fantasy Films,” Journal of Popular Film and Television (Summer 1992)
“My mother ... believed fiction gave one an unrealistic view of the world. Once she caught me reading a novel and chastised me: “Never let me catch you doing that again, remember what happened to Emma Bovary.””
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)