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* [[Michael Moorcock]]. A good bit of his work falls into this, especially ''[[The Elric Saga]]''. Like ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' he created or expanded upon many fantasy tropes that are commonplace now. Hell, even one of the introductions to the new paperback collections of Elric's tale states this. Also all that crazy-ass, sexually deviant, creature-of-their-time, lone wolf super spy stuff (different from the way [[James Bond]] does it, mind you)? Well, that's [[The Cornelius Chornicles|Jerry Cornelius]], possibly Moorcock's second most famous creation.
* ''[[Neuromancer]]'' by William Gibson was hailed as a radical departure that overturned science fiction with its noir mood, gritty realism, and dystopian outlook. Now [[Cyberpunk]] looks old-fashioned and passe to some, and [[Shiny Looking Spaceships]] are back in vogue as unironic extensions of modern consumer products.
* ''[[The Neverending Story (Literature)|The Neverending Story]]''. Similar to ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'', it can seem an awful lot like a rather standard read, albeit a [[
* ''Paul Clifford''. Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton's fifth novel, was an immense commercial success when first published. Today, it is remembered only as the origin of the notorious "[[It Was a Dark And Stormy Night]]".
* [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Some argue that he qualifies as a "stock character", arguing that even though he was the ''origin'' of various clichés, to a modern reader they are just clichés.
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