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** And he [[Wunza Plot|keeps encountering new stuff on it]] every day, including baobab trees.
* Justified in [[Larry Niven]]'s ''Protector'' due to use of gravity generators, etc.
* Played straight and justified in the novel ''[http://www.wilmccarthy.com/tc.htm The Collapsium]'' by [[Wil Mc CarthyMcCarthy]]: one of the main characters lives on an artificially constructed planet which is only a few hundred kilometers wide. It has a core made out of [[wikipedia:Degenerate matter|degenerate matter in the form of neutronium]] which gives it Earth-normal gravity, holds it in a spherical shape and allows it to retain an atmosphere.
* The [[Mushroom Planet]] in the eponymous novels.
* The [[Frederic Brown]] story ''[[Placet is a Crazy Place]]'' features a tiny planet with a breathable atmosphere with a core made of degenerate matter to give it its shape and gravity. It even has life forms made of degenerate matter that "fly" through the crust (which is like air to them since they are so dense), causing earthquakes. It obviously suffers from the "what keeps the degenerate matter from expanding" problem, but might be excused since it is a story from the 40s1940s and [[Science Marches On]].
** Also, the degenerate matter "birds" that cause earthquakes are completely 100% excused by the [[Rule of Funny]].
* Gary Gibson's ''[[Stealing Light]]'' has at least one asteroid fitted with a Shoal 'world engine', and their Coreships.
 
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