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fiction
* The Newcomer ship in Alien Nation hovered over the Mojave Desert at its
fictional 1988 arrival.
* In Steven King short story The Langoliers a time rip is situated over the
Mojave Desert.
* Fictional character Captain Christopher Pike of the Star Trek universe called
the Mojave his home, having grown up in the town of Mojave, built in what was
once desert "wasteland".
* The play Fool For Love, written and directed by Sam Shepard in 1983, takes
place on the edge of the Mojave Desert.
* The Mojave Desert has been featured four times throughout the series of the
FOX hit drama television show, 24:
o In the first season of 24, terrorist, Mandy, blew up a 747 airplane and then
parachuted into the Mojave Desert.
o In the second season of 24, George Mason sacrifices his life to dispose of a
nuclear bomb safely in the Mojave Desert.
o In the fourth season of 24, Air Force One was shot down by a stealth fighter
over the Mojave Desert and Jack Bauer had to go in and find the Nuclear Football
briefcase, which was among the wreckage of the aircraft, before the terrorists
could get it.
o In the first episode of the fifth season of 24, Jack Bauer is living and
working (under an assumed name in order to avoid detection by American or
Chinese authorities) in the city of Mojave, CA.
* In Hunter S. Thompson's book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and its film
adaptation, when Raoul Duke, Dr. Gonzo and the hitchhiker are on their way to
Las Vegas, they are driving through the Mojave Desert. Duke is contemplating
what to do with the hitchhiker: "How long could we maintain, I wondered. How
long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will he
think then? This same lonely desert was the last known home of the Manson
family, will he make this grim connection when my attorney starts screaming
about bats and huge manta rays coming down on the car?"
* The stark back-drop for Madonna's 1997 comeback "Frozen" video is the desert
shot through a cold filter.
* In the PlayStation video game Parasite Eve 2, the majority of the storyline
unfolds in a small town called Dryfield (said in game to be located in the
Mojave desert).
* The music video for the Spice Girls' second single, Say You'll Be There, was
shot in this desert in September 1996.
* The post-apocalyptic computer game Wasteland is set in the area.
* Paulo Coelho's book, The Valkyries, is set in the Mojave Desert.
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