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Stories Set in the 22nd century (2100–2199)
2100–2199 · worldwide, all places
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Nobody has lived here yet, so every story from the 22nd century is a wager about where we are heading: off-world colonies and machine minds, or ruins picked over by survivors. The catalogue's far-future shelf leans hard into science fiction - artificial worlds, deep-space crews and post-human cities. The Matrix and Avatar are the landmarks. Open the 22nd century on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
10 famous stories set in the 22nd century
Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.
Browse 30 books, 47 movies, 15 TV shows and 21 games set in the 22nd century (2100–2199).
The Matrix
Set in the 22nd century The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Avatar
In the 22nd century a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Aliens
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her…
Prometheus
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
The 100
100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100…
Elysium
In the year 2159 two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium and the rest who live on an overpopulated ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes a hard line government…
Dredd
In the future America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite…
Doom
In the future, humans have left Earth and settled throughout the galaxy. On Mars, the Union Aerospace Corporation has established a radioactive waste facility and allowed the military to conduct teleportation…
Overlord
In the year 2138, virtual reality gaming is booming. Yggdrasil, a popular online game is quietly shut down one day. However, one player named Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of…
JUNG_E
On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary.
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