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* [[Older Than Print]]: [[The Fair Folk]] being from medieval European folklore. |
* [[Older Than Print]]: [[The Fair Folk]] being from medieval European folklore. |
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* Gregory Maguire's ''[[Wicked (novel)|Wicked]]'' makes an important distinction between animals and [[Funny Animal|Animals]]. |
* Gregory Maguire's ''[[Wicked (novel)|Wicked]]'' makes an important distinction between animals and [[Funny Animal|Animals]]. |
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** Likewise, capitalization serves to distinguish sentient hominids of [[ |
** Likewise, capitalization serves to distinguish sentient hominids of [[Ringworld]], such as Hanging People or Grass Giants, from non-sentient ones such as vampires. Subverted in that, while this convention is used in the (English) text of the last two novels, it's stated in-character that the trade-language of Ringworlders actually uses a ''prefix'' to tell them apart. |
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* The [[Fish People|Forevers]] from [[Ayreon]] |
* The [[Fish People|Forevers]] from [[Ayreon]] |
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* [[Fallen Angel|The Fallen]] |
* [[Fallen Angel|The Fallen]] |