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Shared universe

A shared universe or shared world is a fictional universe from a set of creative works where one or more writers (or other artists) independently contribute works that can stand alone but fit into the joint development of the storyline, characters, or world of the overall project. It is common in genres like science fiction.

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Originating in print publications

Universes in films and television

Other media

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Shared universe

Nodes237
Edges236
Triples104
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008439
Components1

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Shared universe

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related to Universes in video games and the internet · 26
Shared universe → Allied, Allies, Amateur, Another, Blind Pig, Command, Conquer, Dargon Project, Devilbunnies, Furthermore, Hitler, Internet, Kane, One, Other, Red Alert, SFStory, Shared, Soviet, Superguy
related to Originating in novels · 22
Shared universe → August Derleth's, By, Cthulhu Mythos, David Brin, Elf Sternberg, Eric Flint, For, Frank Baum's Oz, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Isaac Asimov's Foundation, Known Space, Kzinti, Larry Niven, Less, Lovecraft, Lovecraft's, Man-Kzin Wars, Niven, One
related to Originating in comics/based upon comics · 14
Shared universe → Amalgam Comics, By, DC Comics, DC Universe, Earth-692, Exceptions, Jack Kirby, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, These, Within
related to Universes in television · 14
Shared universe → American, An, Cheers, Elsewhere, Frasier, It, St, Television, The, The American, The Tortellis, This, Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis, Westphall's
related to Other media · 13
Shared universe → Dr, Energon Universe, Hasbro, Hasbro Comic Book Universe, Hasbro Universe, IDW Publishing, Joe, Related, Seuss, Seussical, Skybound Entertainment, The, Transformers
related to Definitions · 10
Shared universe → Artagnan, Bergerac, Cyrano, Fiction, Incidental, It, More, Not, The, While

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universe series films characters shared television comics film also works media universes continuity franchise set within fictional wars writers one

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
novels or comicsinstance ofand print works0.80text
telling additional canonical stories set within the same continuity.Universes in filmsFollowing the films Son of Frankensteininstance ofand print works0.80text
the Metropolitan Policeinstance ofshared institutions0.80text
and direct crossover eventsinstance ofshared institutions0.80text
including Goodman's return to Saint Marie in Beyond Paradiseinstance ofshared institutions0.80text
Shared universerelated to DefinitionsFiction0.60section
Shared universerelated to DefinitionsIncidental0.60section
Shared universerelated to DefinitionsArtagnan0.60section
Shared universerelated to DefinitionsCyrano0.60section
Shared universerelated to DefinitionsBergerac0.60section
Shared universerelated to DefinitionsMore0.60section
Shared universerelated to DefinitionsWhile0.60section

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