The Folk of the Fringe
Linked post-apocalyptic stories follow survivors in a Mormon-led Utah rebuilding civilization after war and collapse.
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These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall.
Plot structure labels used: episodic, linked stories, chronological fragments, backstory fill-in, prequel, time jumps, gap-filling, multiple perspectives, interstitial stories
Focused on “abrupt chapter shifts” where exact label matches exist.
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their plot structure embeddings are close.
Linked post-apocalyptic stories follow survivors in a Mormon-led Utah rebuilding civilization after war and collapse.
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