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Neptune has been largely overlooked in the genre
Very few alternativersal versions of Neptune—even among those reported in the earliest days of imaginative exploration—feature an active ecosphere, the principal exceptions being located in two notable alternativerses in which Neptune became a significant refuge for human life following the expansion of the senescent sun.
since these worlds have reasonably been viewed as cold and inhospitable, they have generally been underutilized as settings for science fiction stories.
Neptune, like Uranus, makes only relatively rare sf appearances except as part of a Grand Tour.
Neptune has been largely overlooked in the genre
