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In [[Speculative Fiction]], it is often used to do an [[Encyclopedia Exposita]]. Can also be used for an [[As the Good Book Says]] effect. See also [[Pretentious Latin Motto]].
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* ''[[The Death of the Vazir Mukhtar]]'', being a historical novel about a famous Russian poet and polyglot, has short relevant lines from poems or songs in different languages at the beginning of every chapter but the last (by which point he [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|dies]]).
* [[Ciaphas Cain]] chapters have fictional epigraphs that are written in-universe by the author.
* Two of Ken Kesey's novels are prefaced with quotes that each book's title came from. ''[[One Flew Over the
* Gerald Durrell does this at the beginning of every chapter in some of his books.
* In the war novels by [[Sven Hassel]], every chapter begins with a short section of prose, often unrelated to the novel but showing events in the wider war.
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* [[Fanfic]] writers often preface chapters with quotes [[Song Fic|from their favourite songs]]. In some cases the song has little to do with the actual contents of the fic, and is simply what the writer happened to be listening at the moment.
* [[Stray (Fanfic)|Stray]] has one for most of its chapters. A variation on [[Arc Words|"What can change the nature of a man?"]] from ''[[Planescape Torment]]'' is the most common, but the story also uses quotes from ''The Waste Land,'' ''Evangelion,'' and other works.
* The chapters from [[Robert J Defendi]]'s [[Podiobook]] ''[[Death By Cliche]]'' are all prefaced by gag quotes attributed to the author, often [[Self
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* ''[[Uncharted]]'' opens with a quote from Sir Francis Drake, and the second game continues the tradition with a quote from [[Marco Polo (Creator)|Marco Polo]].
* The ''[[Total War]]'' series tends to feature epigraphs in its loading screens.
* Every time you boot up an ''[[X Universe]]'' game, you're treated to a quote from somebody like [[Arthur C. Clarke (Creator)]] or [[Albert Einstein]].
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