A series of technical projects on space flight as proposed by writers in fictional novels is presented. Descriptions are given of the landscapes and portrayals of inhabitants of other worlds, as these are presented by various authors. Such illustrations are based on the inventions of the author's imagination or on reasoning concerning the possible forms of landscapes and living beings originating in physical and chemical conditions of different celestrial bodies about which information is provided by modern astronomy, astrophysics, and astrochemistry.