# Fictional companies in Sci fi-related areas **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2006, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594 "2006-04-21T09:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/21 "2006-04-21T16:10:55Z")
The Polesotechnic League, from Poul Anderson’s writings. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/22 "2006-04-21T16:23:52Z")
Ohh! The Hanzo Foundation - LOST - HANZ Dharma Industries - LOST - DRMA ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/23 "2006-04-21T16:26:23Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > Nice… except I think it should be WRH. To match the derivation of the firm’s name. Except it’s probably Wolfram and Hart, LLP and probably not a public company. Other evil law firms include: Milton, Chadwick & Waters - Devils Advocate Bendini Lambert & Locke - The Firm ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/24 "2006-04-21T16:30:27Z")
The second one wouldn’t be sci-fi/fantasy though ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/25 "2006-04-21T16:44:56Z")
I think one could reasonable classify Wayne Enterprises from Batman as “sci-fi related”. ---
**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 21, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/26 "2006-04-21T16:54:58Z")
From _Shadowrun_: Saeder-Krupp Industries (owned by a dragon, no less!) Gaeatronics Inc. Fuchi Inc. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/27 "2006-04-21T16:59:00Z")
> [@ArrMatey!](#): > > Zeus, Inc. From the Company series of novels (which I’m reading right now and LOVING!) > > Probably traded as DRZ, but… Let’s face facts… When Zeus comes into power, there really -aren’t- other companies. At least, not ones that aren’t controlled / owned by them. Its symbol would be Z. Not only short, as appriate for a god, but the symbol is currently available. Harriman and Strong (HS) from **The Man Who Sold the Moon** ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/28 "2006-04-21T17:08:26Z")
Shin-Ra Corporation - Final Fantasy VII - probably SRC, or SRE (for Shin-Ra Electric Power Coporation, the core company) or SHINRA. Roxxon - Marvel Comics - RXN, no doubt. STAR Labs - DC Comics - STL or STAR Jost Enterprises - DC Comics (Doom Patrol v3) - JOST or JST S-Mart - Army of Darkness - Take K-Mart’s symbol and switch the K with an S. Planet Express - Futurama - PLEX ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/29 "2006-04-21T17:18:32Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Harriman and Strong (HS) from **The Man Who Sold the Moon** Oooh, good one! Or possible HSLE, for Harriman and Strong Lunar Estate? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/30 "2006-04-21T17:27:49Z")
[Pretty exhaustive list of fictional companies here.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_companies) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/31 "2006-04-21T17:34:58Z")
My favorite: **The Hidalgo Trading Company** , If you don’t know where it’s from you’re probubly a young whippersnapper. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/32 "2006-04-21T17:54:38Z")
Clonus– **Parts:The Clonus Horror** –CLNS ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/33 "2006-04-21T17:55:55Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > Oooh, good one! Or possible HSLE, for Harriman and Strong Lunar Estate? 🙂 Nah. They’d trade on the NYSE, not NASDAQ. ---
**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 21, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/34 "2006-04-21T17:56:58Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > My favorite: > > **The Hidalgo Trading Company** , If you don’t know where it’s from you’re probubly a young whippersnapper. Yeah, yeah. The Bronze thing. 🆒 Isn’t that just down rhe street from Radio Staion WHIZ? Or was that Apex Broadcasting? I can never keep the two of them straight… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/35 "2006-04-21T18:09:48Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Yeah, yeah. The Bronze thing. 🆒 > > Isn’t that just down rhe street from Radio Staion WHIZ? > > Or was that Apex Broadcasting? I can never keep the two of them straight… 😃 Around the corner the Daily Star. ---
**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 21, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/36 "2006-04-21T18:17:58Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Around the corner the Daily Star. \Can you identify **both** of the firms I listed?\ :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/37 "2006-04-21T18:51:32Z")
Hasn’t General Atomics (GA) been used in a number of stories? I know Heinlein used it a lot, but I seem to remember that Stephen King used it in Running Man as well. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/38 "2006-04-21T19:19:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Oooh, good one! Or possible HSLE, for Harriman and Strong Lunar Estate? No, Harriman’s umbrella covered a _lot_ more than just the Moon. He had his hand in pretty much everything profitable. There’s also the Shipstone company, but I suspect that’s privately held. As is the Howard Foundation, certainly. What was the name of the company in “We also walk dogs”? General Services, I think it was? They’re probably public. From the Honor Harrington books, I think that ticker-symbols were actually given for the Hauptman cartel (HAUP), and Greyson Sky Domes (SKY). And if it’s corporate evil you want, there’s Manpower, Inc., though I don’t know what their ticker would be (since they’re not openly traded in Manticore). ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/39 "2006-04-21T19:32:57Z")
Network 23 Zik-Zak, INC. Security Systems Incorporated alk from **Max Headroom** ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-companies-in-sci-fi-related-areas/353594/40 "2006-04-21T19:37:43Z")
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