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comments, "Recursive fantasy fiction – that is, a fantasy about writing fantasy – is scarce;" one potential example of recursive fantasy, however, would be
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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders'
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An Annotated Bibliography of Recursive Science Fiction
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Recursive science novel
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science fiction
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Gary Westfahl
Patrick Rothfuss
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Typewriter in the Sky
L. Ron Hubbard
Barry N. Malzberg
Luigi Pirandello
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Time After Time
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
The Time Machine
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