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{{quote|''"This is not how these tales end," Calliope said firmly.
''"This is not the way that things end when they get to be tales," Amatus said, "but since ours is not told yet, we cannot count on it. There were a hundred dead princes on the thorns outside [[Sleeping Beauty]]'s castle, and I'm sure many of them were splendid fellows."'' }}
''One for the Morning Glory'' is a [[Troperrific]] fantasy novel by John Barnes. The characters are all aware that they feature in [[Fairy Tale|Fairy Tales]], but they are quite aware that they do not know which roles they play in the stories.
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And word play. Lots and lots of word play. The book is full of malapropisms used seriously and consistently throughout the work.
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* [[All Myths Are True]]
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Used freely, and [[Lampshaded]]; when Sir John drinks tea, he thinks it's an anachronism, but the Duke points out that such problem exists only the lands that are merely actual.
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