Neutron stars in fiction

The idea of a super-dense star composed of neutrons was proposed in 1934, but was not popularized until the discovery of pulsars in 1967.
Uses in literature
* Larry Niven may have been first with his short story Neutron Star, which appeared in October 1966.
* The same neutron star plays a minor role in another Larry Niven story, Protector (1973).
* Stephen Baxter's novel Flux (1993) features miniature humans living inside a neutron star.
* Robert Forward's novel Dragon's Egg (1980) and its sequel Starquake (1989) center around intelligent life evolving on a neutron star.
* Death of a Neutron Star is book 17 in a series based on Star Trek: Voyager.
* Alastair Reynolds's novel Revelation Space (2000) features a neutron star named Hades. The star is revealed to be an alien supercomputer later in the book.
* Jon Hundred, main character in Don de Brandt's novel Steeldriver, uses a weapon called the Hammer, made from the core of a neutron star.
*A Neutron Star is the central feature of the Omega-41 system of the video game Freelancer. It emits strong radiation, the result of a nova that took place shortly before humanity arrived in the Sirius Sector.
Uses in films and television
* In Star Trek: The Next Generation, an episode called Imaginary Friend occurs while the ship is exploring a rare nebula that formed around a neutron star.
* In Stargate SG-1, an episode called Company of Thieves has the Odyssey fighting 3 Goa'uld motherships near a neutron star.

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