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* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books, wizards have roughly the same standards of living as muggles did in the 50's (radio but no TV or internet). Except they use magic for everything beyond medieval technology.
* The entire Magical Land of ''[[Xanth (Literature)|Xanth]]'' runs off of this. And puns. Often at the same time.
* ''[[Labyrinths of Echo (Literature)|Labyrinths of Echo]]'' by Max Frei describe mostly the
** Most clever characters, no matter how strong mages themselves, remember that everyone in Uguland is spoiled rotten with "kitchen magic", and that there are more complex yet efficient ways to do things, starting from alchemy developed on the next continent ''far'' beyond basic drugs and spell components. Those aware of [[Summon_Everyman_Hero|Max's youth in a magic-poor world]] sometimes called him to think of something [[We_Have_Forgotten_the_Phlebotinum|when magical solutions are unavailable]], or just to get a fresh point of view when they run into dead-end.
* In Sherwood Smith's ''[[Inda]]'' series, the protagonists' culture primarily uses magic for waste-disposal, [[Fantasy Contraception]], and similarly mundane tasks.
* This is how magic is used in the ''[[Lord Darcy (Literature)|Lord Darcy]]'' books. It many cases, magical devices will take the place of some sort of mundane technology in our world, e.g. the magical preservation chest that acts like a refrigerator.
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* [[Incarnations of Immortality]] has an Earth where magic was always used publicily (and never [[The Magic Goes Away|went away]]); technology was eventually invented, resulting in such odd things as car salesmen competing with [[Flying Carpet]] salesmen.
* ''Rhymes with Witches'' has a high school coven of witches who use their power to become the most popular girls in school.
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