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* In ''[[The Acts of Caine]]'' it's one half of the setting. The other half if classical [[Dystopia]].
* In ''[[The Acts of Caine]]'' it's one half of the setting. The other half if classical [[Dystopia]].
* The ''[[Second Apocalypse]]'' series begins with about half the known world being destroyed by the No-God, and things continue in the same general tone from there.
* The ''[[Second Apocalypse]]'' series begins with about half the known world being destroyed by the No-God, and things continue in the same general tone from there.
* ''Hrolf Kraki's Saga'' by Poul Anderson has a powerful story and beautiful description as befits the author. But it is set in a world where Dark Things walk the wild, chieftains are obsessed with their feuds, commoners are treated like dirt, no woman can walk safely alone, and the best anyone can hope for is that one warlord will beat up a bunch of others and then run his conquest generously. Oh yes and the gods are all jerks as well. And this apparently was the world Norsemen [[Nightmare Fuel|really believed they lived in.]] Probably at least the behavior of [[Humans Are Bastards|humans]] was fairly close to that described in the book.


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