History Hammerspace / Literature

* In the Literature/{{Spellsinger}} series by Creator/AlanDeanFoster, an anthro turtle wizard named Clothahump has drawers that pull out of his chest that he uses to store various spell components. His house, which is built inside a tree, has a similar effect on it, though he warns that excessive use of the spell can become very expensive because [[IncrediblyLamePun it causes inflation]].

* Caroline, from ''Literature/TunnelInTheSky'', leaves for her off-world survival test unarmed, [[DoesNotLikeShoes barefoot]], and with an overnight bag. About fifteen minutes later, Rod arrives in the relay room and sees that she ditched the bag before leaving. A month later, Caroline arrives at the fledgling colony with all of her odd items, including her diary and a saucepan. Nobody is sure how she kept and carried it all without a bag.

* Literature/{{Discworld}} dwarves have access to HammerSpace: in ''The Truth'' Gunilla Goodmountain's troop of dwarves are able to produce large weapons seemingly from nowhere.

* Canon in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', where it is known as Z-Space and is used to enable both morphing and [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace interstellar travel]].

* ''Literature/LizardMusic'': [[PlanetofSteves One of the lizards named Reynold] takes a sheet of paper out of his pocket, despite not wearing any clothes. Another Reynold buys refreshments for himself and Victor later on, but Victor is unable to catch the lizard putting his hand into his pocket or taking the money out.

* In the ''Literature/YoungWizards'' series, "temporospatial claudications" leading to small pockets of "otherspace" are frequently used for storage by the wizard characters. In execution, it works exactly like hammerspace, except with more TechnoBabble. Or possibly MagiBabble; it's [[ScienceFantasy often hard to tell the difference with that series...]]
** The "pup tents" used by the wizards in books seven and eight operate similarly, except these places can be used as bedrooms.
** Not quite Hammerspace but very related, in one book there's the sentient white hole that burps up random highly-ordered objects. At one point, it manages a fully assembled jumbo jet -- harking to a traditional creationist argument about a windstorm in a junkyard.

* Canon in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', where it is known as Z-Space and is used to enable both morphing and [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace interstellar travel]].
* In M.A.R. Barker's ''Man of Gold'', set in the world of Tekumel (which was originally created as an RPG) the hero, Harsan, learns to put things into another dimension, someplace he calls "around the corner", for safekeeping. There's one catch -- if you leave something there very long, when you bring it back, it is cold enough to destroy flesh. If you put an item around the corner yourself, you can get it back by concentrating on it; or you can simply grope around and bring something back that someone else put there. But you won't know what it is until it materializes...
* In Tom Holt's ''Grailblazers'', a character has the hereditary ability to reach vaguely behind him, and always bring the hand back holding something weapon-like.
* Sycophants in the ''Leven Thumps'' series have an unlimited "void" where they stow useful stuff. Pretty annoying, it's very hard to visualize what's going on when you read "Clover fished around in his void."

** The wizards of Discworld have a lot of artifacts that can access Hammerspace, including a cabinet which, if you can find the proper drawer, contains anything you can think of and quite a few things you probably couldn't. This includes their own clothes: "You could find anything in a wizard's pocket - peas, unreasonable things with legs, small experimental universes, anything..." ''Literature/LordsAndLadies''

* In ''Literature/CiaphasCain'', '''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!!!''', Jurgen's webbing and greatcoat seem to contain an infinite amount of ration bars, tanna, and various helpful objects like goggles.
* In Brandon Sanderson's ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' series:
** Shardblades automatically go into Hammerspace when dismissed, dropped or otherwise separated from their owner, unless he or she wills otherwise when releasing them. The owner can re-summon the Blade at will (although it takes 10 heartbeats for it to appear). Blades are [[{{BFS}} really huge]] (although remarkably light), so carrying them around is pretty inconvenient whenever someone has to do it, such as when they are bonding to a newly acquired blade which takes a few weeks.
** Interestingly [[PoweredArmor Shardplate]] does not have this property. It's huge and bulky at all times, making transporting it around an important logistical consideration. However if it is damaged or broken it can be regrown by providing it with [[{{Mana}} Stormlight]], even just from a single small piece.
** As the series goes on, some explanation of both of these properties (although more the Bldaes than Plate) are given. Shardblades are actually [[spoiler: Spren that Knight's Radiant have bonded with]]. When they aren't being used as swords, the blades exist in the [[MentalWorld Cognitive Realm]], appearing in the Physical realm when summoned, using [[spoiler:the person they are bonded to in order to manifest physically.]] It's still unknown where Shardplate comes from, although [[spoiler: Dalinar's Visions]] seem to imply that there is or was some method by which it used to be stored in Hammerspace and summoned.

* In the Literature/DeathStalker series, when Owen travels back to [[OlderIsBetter the mythical First Empire]], he discovers that wealthy people of the time can buy bodies just like clothes. These bodies are stored away in subspace and be donned in a split second. You can have bodies for riot control, combat, courtly occasions, sex, etc.
* In a ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'' novel, the Doctor lands on a planet which follows [[ToonPhysics cartoon rules]] and is inhabited {{Expy}}s of many well-know cartoon characters. Towards the end the Doctor uses the rules of the world to produce a custard pie gun (an appropriate weapon for the Doctor) from {{Hammerspace}} to disable the bad guy.

* In Mike Leon's ''Supervillainous!'', the main character, Baron Hammerspace, has this as a super power. He can store and retrieve anything he wants in his jacket, provided it is not too big to wrap the jacket around. He seems to have an infinite supply of guns, bombs, and bizarre science fiction weapons in there.
* The ''Literature/{{Fablehaven}}'' series has the transdimensional backpack with a storage room inside.
* In ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'', the Duat is also used as an infinite storage space.
* In ''Literature/EmilyTheStrangeTheLostDays'' Emily/Earwig's dress has pockets that can hold an inordinate amount of items, cats included. However, it was never properly used and only mentioned as a curiosity.
* ''Literature/PinkiePieAndTheRockinPonypaloozaParty'': ''Pinkie pulled three sets of mini spring-loaded shoes just like hers seemingly out of nowhere. It was almost like magic, but it wasn’t--it was just Pinkie.''
* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Mia's has an explict ability to store things in a pocket dimension that she can access from thin air. One of her hobbies is finding inventive ways to play around with it such as new ways to deliver a mission bill to the mercenaries.
* In ''Literature/PrincessHolyAura'' Silvertail the rat uses Lemurian magic to have ready access to the Apocalypse Brooches, ID documents, and disposable phones.
* The Hunters of Artemis in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' seem to have endless Hammerspace. Despite not being seen with any camping gear, they manage to set up an entire campsite complete with a luxury tent for Artemis herself. In addition, they always seem to have their bows across their shoulders when the need arises. So much so, that Percy notices and comments that they must be magical.