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Characters cannot be connected by characters "that do not originate with the publisher"—otherwise it could be argued that Superman and the Fantastic Four were in the same universe, as both met
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Characters are only considered to have met if they appeared together in a story; therefore, characters who simply appeared on the same front cover are not necessarily in the same universe.
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Fictional universes are sometimes shared by multiple prose authors, with each author's works in that universe being granted approximately equal canonical status. For example,
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In science fiction, a fictional universe may be a remote alien planet or galaxy with little apparent relationship to the real world (as in
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be used as connections; this also applies to specific versions of public-domain fictional characters, such as
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If characters A and B have met, then they are in the same universe; if characters B and C have met, then,
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has an approximately 135-year period in which Niven allows other authors to write stories about the
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Subcreation: fictional-world construction from J.R.R. Tolkien to Terry Pratchett and Tad Williams
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detailing where and how to submit a manuscript to the fictional canon oversight process for the
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meant to clarify the concept of fictional continuities. According to the criteria he imagined:
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Self-consistent fictional setting with elements that may differ from the real world
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Characters cannot be connected by real people—otherwise, it could be argued that
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The print published and e-published Grantville Gazettes all contain a post book
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Schult, Stefanie; Tolkien, J. R. R.; Pratchett, Terry; Williams, Tad (2017).
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Specific fictionalized versions of real people—for instance, the version of
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Map of the Land of Oz, the fictional realm that is the setting for
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Writer's Guide to Creating A Science Fiction Universe
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