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Art of Pal'mystery’

                                                 A Fictional Universe



                                  A  fictional  universe  is  the  internally  consistent   fictional  setting   used  in  a
                 narrative work  or work of art , most commonly associated with works of fantasy  and science
                 fiction . Fictional universes appear in novels , comics , films , television shows , video games , art ,
                 and other creative works.


                                  A fictional universe may be
                an  alternative  version  of  the  real  world ,
                differing only in the particulars of the story. All
                fiction ,  in  this  sense,  is  set  in  a  fictional
                universe, since at least some of its characters,
                events,  and  places  are  not  real;  the  term
                "fictional  universe",  however,  is  usually  not
                applied  to  worlds  that  do  not  contain
                speculative  elements.
                                  When  the  setting  of  a
                fictional universe is not presented as our own
                world but as its own distinct world, it is often



                                                                                 instead  called  a  fictional
                                                               world or "fantasy world " .In science fiction such
                                                               a fictional world may be a remote alien planet or
                                                               galaxy  with  little  apparent  relationship  to  the
                                                               real world (as in Star Wars ); in fantasy it may be
                                                               a  greatly  fictionalized  or  invented  version  of
                                                               earth's distant past or future (as in The Lord of
                                                               the Rings ). When such a world is meant to have
                                                               no connection to our own world (in effect, our
                                                               world does not exist in that world's reality) or is
                                                               presented  as  a  reality  that  can  only  be
                                                               accessed  from  our  own  by  a  portal ,  it  is
                                                               sometimes  called  a  secondary  world;  such
                                                               settings are common in high fantasy  (as in The
                                                               Chronicles  of  Narnia    ,  Earthsea  ,  and
                                                               Discworld ). A fictional world that is meant to
                                                               exist inside the real world (as in the Land of Oz
                                                               or  the  Neverland )  may  be  termed  a  fictional
                                                               realm.
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