# A List Of Names--Princesses In Science Fiction **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601 "2015-04-26T23:54:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/1 "2015-04-26T23:54:27Z")
Can we assemble a list of women with the title of “Princess” in Science Fiction? I’ll start– [ul] [li]Leia Organa[/li][li]Dejah Thoris[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![OneOfOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8797f3/32.png) [@OneOfOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneOfOne)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/2 "2015-04-27T00:10:56Z")
Princess Vespa - Spaceballs ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/3 "2015-04-27T00:16:36Z")
Princess Aura, Flash Gordon. [I’ll be in my bunk.](http://www.get-to-the-chopper.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/aura.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/4 "2015-04-27T00:29:57Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Princess Aura, Flash Gordon. [I’ll be in my bunk.](http://www.get-to-the-chopper.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/aura.jpg) I had thought her name was Ardala. Turned out I was confusing her with the [similarly attired princess](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/470626229781504372/) from the Buck Rogers TV series. Didn’t realize when I first saw the series how much of an eyeful Dr. Huer was getting. Then again, I was like 6 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/5 "2015-04-27T01:03:57Z")
Alusz Iphigenia Eperje-Tokay. Okay, it’s obscure, but she counts! She’s from Jack Vance’s “The Killing Machine,” second of the five-book Demon Princes series. (The name sounds like fantasy, but it really is SF.) To be even more obscure, there’s Gillian U, who met Prince Frederick of the Nashuite Empire in Alexei Panshin’s novel “The Thurb Revolution.” Their marriage was alluded to in a sequel. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/6 "2015-04-27T01:31:25Z")
Wasn’t [Meseriphine Sursamen/VIIIsa Djan Seriy Anaplian dam Pourl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_%28novel%29) an actual princess? Albeit one long removed from the family intrigues, both in distance and time, considering she was a Special Circumstances agent. I still think _[Matter](http://www.amazon.com/Matter-Culture-Iain-M-Banks/dp/0316005371)_ was Iain Banks’s attempt at writing a Regency-era drama—I think it’s required of every writer from the U.K.—but set IN SPACE. Most of the book, I kept wondering, “So when do we get back to the Culture again?” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/7 "2015-04-27T01:42:11Z")
Princess Karina from The Ice Pirates Princess Irulan from Dune ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/8 "2015-04-27T01:45:44Z")
If you’re inclined to think of superhero comics as sci-fi, there’s Princess Diana. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/9 "2015-04-27T02:05:16Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > …Princess Irulan from Dune Let’s not forget her conniving little sister Princess Wensicia Corrino. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/10 "2015-04-27T02:46:04Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Let’s not forget her conniving little sister Princess Wensicia Corrino. And I suppose Ghanima would count, too, although with their age at ascension to the throne, she wasn’t a princess for long. ---
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Princess Amidala of Thneed, Star Wars ---
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Princess Aeka Princess Sasami ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/13 "2015-04-27T03:41:28Z")
From **Doctor Who** : [Princess Astra](http://40.media.tumblr.com/dfc64ac4cb3a8ab6611579f748c8e77f/tumblr_muz4hmUCKT1st48jdo3_1280.jpg), a.k.a. the living, breathing sixth segment of the Key to Time (as well as the living ‘blueprint’ for Time Lady Romana’s next incarnation. ---
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Elaan of Troyius, Star Trek ---
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Princess Nausicaä: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind ---
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> [@Trinopus](#): > > Alusz Iphigenia Eperje-Tokay. > > Okay, it’s obscure, but she counts! She’s from Jack Vance’s “The Killing Machine,” second of the five-book Demon Princes series. (The name sounds like fantasy, but it really is SF.) Well, it would sound like fantasy - you can thank Kokor Hekkus for that. He spent centuries reshaping the whole world into his very own medieval adventure playground, the silly man. There are other ways to leave a lasting impression on the universe. 😃 ---
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Princess Kareen Vorbarra, mother of Emperor Gregor, from the \*Vorkosigan \*books. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/18 "2015-04-27T17:22:08Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > And I suppose Ghanima would count, too, although with their age at ascension to the throne, she wasn’t a princess for long. And who could we forget the Imperial Regent Princess Alia Atreides. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/19 "2015-04-27T17:37:54Z")
The Martian princesses Illana, Alura, and Glurya, from the Buck Rogers comic strip. Duare of Vepaja, from Burroughs’ Venus series. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601/20 "2015-04-27T17:50:42Z")
Also from Burroughs’ Mars: Tara of Helium Thuvia of Ptarth Llana of Gathol [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-list-of-names-princesses-in-science-fiction/718601.md?page=2)