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* In JRRTolkien's ''Literature/OnFairyStories'', he criticized the use for fairy tales -- at best, it makes a bad frame on an otherwise good work.
* CatherineWebb's ''Mirror'' duet is primarily set in the world of dreams where people from Earth appear when they sleep, seeking their ultimate dream. Each kingdom in this world caters to different dreamer tastes. The main character controls a kingdom which specialises in storms.

* In P.C. Hodgell's ''ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath'' books, the dreams of the Kencyr form a dreamscape made of their individual dreams, from which one can journey to the soulscape (the land of the collective soul images of the Kencyr).

In medieval Europe it was commonplace for a writer to situate a story in DreamLand, as a way of apologizing for the fictional quality. As fiction became more respectable, the DreamLand became chiefly used for fantasy works, as it provided a reason why the MagicalLand does not obey ordinary laws of nature. As fantasy became more respectable (for [[SciFiGhetto certain values of "respectable"]]), the DreamLand came to be used only in fictional settings relying on actual dreams. Still, this makes this OlderThanPrint.

Has nothing to do with the [[{{Kirby}} Dream Land on Popstar]] or the Music/JulienK song "Dreamland."

* In ''FanFic/AeonNatumEngel'', the dreamland is devoured like in the source material CthulhuTech, but since its still getting digested, the mages of the Special Services, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial which doesn't exist]], certainly didn't perform a special ritual to summon Moloch using special properties of the dreamlands, and most certainly were not killed in process.

* ''Manga/{{Dreamland}}'' has the protagonists living between RealLife and such a world. Most dreamers are unconscious but those who overcame their phobia during a nightmare become Travellers, are granted a specific power, and can wander freely in Dreamland when they are asleep.

* Both ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' and ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Through the Looking Glass]]'' prove to take place in DreamLand.
* Jodi Lynn Nye's ''{{Dreamland}}'' mixes a fantasy realm which is subject to the rules of constant change.
* Creator/HPLovecraft did a number of stories set in a fairly surreal and oddly-light-on-the-horror-he's-known-for Dreamlands. "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" includes Nyarlathotep, an enigmatic and dangerous being found in his other work, one of the major links between this Dream Cycle and the Cthulhu Mythos.

* CliveBarker's ''Books of the Art'' contain Quiddity which is essentially this, [[spoiler: though, in the second book, the question is asked if whether Quddity is our Dream World or if we are its]].

* ''TheGreatDivorce'' by Creator/CSLewis takes place in DreamLand.

* A lot of CharlesDeLint's work, relying as it does on pseudo-Jungian theory being the laws of the universe (which is actually pretty cool) does a lot with this. Most prominently with the character Sophie, who breaks electronics by trying to use them and visits/populates a whole perfectly real dream world in her sleep, although she's in her mid-twenties before she starts to acknowledge the realness. Eventually her boyfriend comes out of dreamland and lives with her. This is considerable dedication, since the relationship started when he came and gave her reward sex for saving him in the form of a crow, and she blamed his existence on a severe need to get laid when she woke up. [[spoiler: It's all because her mother was the Moon]].

* As implied by the title, JohnCWright's ''Literature/WarOfTheDreaming'' deals with this. Everness Mansion guards the gates of dreamland. If it is destroyed, humanity will shortly go insane.

* The Fraggles of ''FraggleRock'' can join each other's dreams by placing their heads in contact and [[MagicalIncantation reciting the phrase]] "dream a dream with me, dream a dream and see" when going to sleep. Although normally just a form of benign dream sharing; it is possible to become trapped in another character's DreamLand.

* ''TabletopGame/ArkhamHorror'', being CthulhuMythos TheBoardGame, features the Dreamlands mentioned above as an Other World location to be explored. Like it's source material it's a surprisingly "gentle" location compared to, say the Plateau of Leng.
* The small-press RPG ''Shattered Dreams'' is all about DreamLand adventures and battling its monsters that prey on dreamers.

* ''TheDreamlandChronicles'' is about a DreamLand all children go to when they sleep. Usually, they outgrow it after a few years, and can no longer access it as adults.

* ''YuMeDream'' has elements of this, if the name didn't tip you off. Fiona starts out as someone who hates life so much that she dreams constantly, [[spoiler:though these turn out to be a version of DreamWithinADream]]. We come back to DreamLand concepts as Fiona [[spoiler:wakes up from her coma and subsequently goes back to find Lia]].

* The cartoon Somewhere in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU7oIL7wHXM Dreamland]] is pretty much what you'd expect.
* In ''[[CareBears Adventures in Care-a-Lot]]'', all the Care Bears' dreams occur in one connected dreamland that looks just like Care-a-Lot. Accordingly, they tend to dream about doing the same things they do when they're awake.

* ''PhineasAndFerb'''s Isabella has her own version of DreamLand, Phineasland. Which is a very strange place to be, considering that, after having confessed his [[ToyShip undying love]] to her, [[MentalWorld Phineas turned into a centaur, had Isabella sit on him and started levitating, with a rainbow rising behind them.]] [[LampshadeHanging But then of course everything goes back to normal.]]

Has nothing to do with the [[{{Kirby}} Dream Land on Popstar]] or the JulienK song "Dreamland."

* The Dreaming in DC's ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]''. This place ''has'' a huge red-light district, but most stories don't go there. There are also individual characters who are nightmares (the Corinthian, Brute, Glob), or wet dreams (Quivering Mary) or even lovely [[HappyPlace dream places]] (Fiddler's Green)

Has nothing to do with the [[{{Kirby}} Dream Land on Popstar.]]

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'' is composed of two worlds: Dream World and Awake World

* ''ArkhamHorror'', being CthulhuMythos TheBoardGame, features the Dreamlands mentioned above as an Other World location to be explored. Like it's source material it's a surprisingly "gentle" location compared to, say the Plateau of Leng.

** The Dream World of ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'' is more explicitly an actual place, accessed through Luigi falling asleep on magic pillows that serve as the main tourist draw for Pi'illo Island. While the [[DualWorldGameplay exact geography of the Dream World section visited depends on where Luigi falls asleep]], it's still depicted as existing independently of the green guy's mind.

* In Creator/JulieKagawa's ''Literature/TheIronKnight'', the Dream River. It has interesting flotsum and jetsum, and Puck, fishing in it, catches a yellow boot, a turtle that asks for a pocket watch, a catfish that plead IHaveAFamily, and an annoyed dragon.

* Sub-Con in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}!'' episode "Dream Machine" is even trippier than WesternAnimation/{{AdventureTime}}'s "King Worm". But then again, it IS Superjail...

** Played straight in one of these rare instances however, where the villains end up travelling into the dreams to sabotage them (with the heroes persuing shortly after).

* In ''{{Paprika}}'', scientists invent a [[AppliedPhlebotinum portable device]] that allows people to enter other people's dreams and record them. Things start going wrong when someone hijacks an insane person's dream for terrorist purposes, and then [[spoiler:Dream Land and reality start to merge]].

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* The ''Superjail!'' episode "Dream Machine" is even trippier than WesternAnimation/{{AdventureTime}}'s "King Worm". But then again, it IS Superjail...

* The ''Superjail'' episode "Dream Machine" is even trippier than WesternAnimation/{{AdventureTime}}'s "King Worm". But then again, it IS Superjail...

* The ''WesternAnimation/Superjail'' episode "Dream Machine" is even trippier than WesternAnimation/{{AdventureTime}}'s "King Worm". But then again, it IS Superjail...

* The ''WesternAnimation/Superjail!'' episode "Dream Machine" is even trippier than WesternAnimation/{{AdventureTime}}'s "King Worm". But then again, it IS Superjail...

* The WesternAnimation/''Superjail!'' episode "Dream Machine" is even trippier than WesternAnimation/{{AdventureTime}}'s "King Worm". But then again, it IS Superjail...

* The WesternAnimation/{{Superjail!}} episode "Dream Machine" is even trippier than WesternAnimation/{{AdventureTime}}'s "King Worm". But then again, it IS Superjail...

* The WesternAnimation/Superjail! episode "Dream Machine" is even trippier than WesternAnimation/{{AdventureTime}}'s "King Worm". But then again, it IS Superjail...

* The "{{WesternAnimation/Superjail!}}" episode "Dream Machine" is even trippier than WesternAnimation/{{AdventureTime}}'s "King Worm". But then again, it IS Superjail...

* The {{WesternAnimation/Superjail!}} episode "Dream Machine" is even trippier than WesternAnimation/{{AdventureTime}}'s "King Worm". But then again, it IS Superjail...

* The episode "King Worm" of WesternAnimation/{{AdventureTime Adventure Time}} uses this trope to its trippy potential.

* The episode "King Worm" of WesternAnimation/{{AdventureTime}} uses this trope to its trippy potential.

* The episode "King Worm" of [[AdventureTime]] uses this trope to its trippy potential.
* The [[Superjail!]] episode "Dream Machine" is even trippier than [[AdventureTime]]'s "King Worm". But then again, it IS Superjail...