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* ''2048'', a singularly [[Anvilicious]] dystopian novel that could best be described as ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' [[X Meets Y|meets]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' only much, much worse, attributed to [[George Orwell|Erica Blair]]. |
* ''2048'', a singularly [[Anvilicious]] dystopian novel that could best be described as ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' [[X Meets Y|meets]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' only much, much worse, attributed to [[George Orwell|Erica Blair]]. |
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* ''[[Primary Colors]]'' by Anonymous. Fifteen years later, ''[[O]]'' by Anonymous. |
* ''[[Primary Colors]]'' by Anonymous. Fifteen years later, ''[[O]]'' by Anonymous. |
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** Also by Anonymous ''[[A Book With No Name]]''. |
** Also by Anonymous ''[[A Book With No Name]]''. |
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* ''[[Go Ask Alice]]''... [[Based on a Great Big Lie|allegedly]]. |
* ''[[Go Ask Alice]]''... [[Based on a Great Big Lie|allegedly]]. |
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* ''[[The Bride Stripped Bare]]''. Australian Nikki Gemmell eventually revealed her authorship. |
* ''[[The Bride Stripped Bare]]''. Australian Nikki Gemmell eventually revealed her authorship. |
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* ''[[Frankenstein]]'', on its initial publication, to hide that the author was a young woman. |
* ''[[Frankenstein]]'', on its initial publication, to hide that the author was a young woman. |
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* During her lifetime, [[Jane Austen]]'s novels only identified the author with the words "By a Lady". |
* During her lifetime, [[Jane Austen]]'s novels only identified the author with the words "By a Lady". |
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* Nearly all creators of the [[Visual Novel]] [[Katawa Shoujo]] use nicknames (e.g. cpl_crud, silentcook, Aura) |
* Nearly all creators of the [[Visual Novel]] [[Katawa Shoujo]] use nicknames (e.g. cpl_crud, silentcook, Aura) |
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* Many of the credits in Mega Man II are aliases, e.g. Inafking, Tom Pon, 2m03cm Man, Yuukichan's Papa, Fish Man) |
* Many of the credits in Mega Man II are aliases, e.g. Inafking, Tom Pon, 2m03cm Man, Yuukichan's Papa, Fish Man) |
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Revision as of 21:25, 29 August 2018
An author who doesn't want their authorship known will use a Pen Name. An author who wants everyone to know they don't want their authorship known will use Anonymous, or a pen name that very obviously presents itself as a pen name.
This is done to convey the impression—which may even be true—that the author would be in trouble were his or her identity known. So it's often done with controversial works, or works that wish to present themselves as such, and with exposes.
Compare Pen Name. Contrast Same Face, Different Name, where the pseudonym may not even be particularly opaque and serves largely to emphasize Genre Adultery.
Examples of Anonymous Author include:
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Literature
- 2048, a singularly Anvilicious dystopian novel that could best be described as Nineteen Eighty-Four meets The Handmaid's Tale only much, much worse, attributed to Erica Blair.
- Primary Colors by Anonymous. Fifteen years later, O by Anonymous.
- Also by Anonymous A Book With No Name.
- Go Ask Alice... allegedly.
- The Bride Stripped Bare. Australian Nikki Gemmell eventually revealed her authorship.
- The Name Of This Book Is Secret and its sequels by Pseudonymous Bosch.
- Frankenstein, on its initial publication, to hide that the author was a young woman.
- During her lifetime, Jane Austen's novels only identified the author with the words "By a Lady".
Live-Action TV
- Parodying Austen, The Two Ronnies serial 'The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town' was credited to 'Spike Milligan & A Gentleman' (The Gentleman being Ronnie Barker).
Theatre
- A Prussian nobleman wrote plays under the name J.E. Mand -- jemand is German for "someone."
Video Games
- Nearly all creators of the Visual Novel Katawa Shoujo use nicknames (e.g. cpl_crud, silentcook, Aura)
- Many of the credits in Mega Man II are aliases, e.g. Inafking, Tom Pon, 2m03cm Man, Yuukichan's Papa, Fish Man)
Web Comics
- The Wotch by Anne Onymous.