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== Literature ==
* The [[Cthulhu Mythos]] is a famous example of this; professional fan fiction set in his world is not only published, but was also acknowledged and supported by Lovecraft before his death.
** Speaking of which, showing that this Trope is [[Older Than They Think]], Lovecraft and [[Robert E. Howard]] were contemporaries, and Howard's works took place in the same world as Lovecraft's, just a different time period. The proof? In Lovecraft's story "A Shadow of Time", he introduces a character named Cromia, who is described as "a Sumerian chieftain", Sumeria being [[Conan]]'s homeland and Crom being the deity he is devoted to.
* [[C. S. Lewis]] linked [[The Space Trilogy|his world]] to his friend Tolkien's [[The Silmarillion|universe]] in ''That Hideous Strength''.
* Susannah Clarke's short story ''The Duke of Wellington Misplaces His Horse'' connects the universes of her novel ''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]'' to that of Neil Gaiman's novel ''[[Stardust (novel)|Stardust]]''.
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