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* In ''Sole Survivor'' by [[Dean Koontz]] the character of Barbara Christman was named after a competition winner. The real Barbara had hoped to be portrayed as a psychotic killer, but instead was written as a flight crash investigator. |
* In ''Sole Survivor'' by [[Dean Koontz]] the character of Barbara Christman was named after a competition winner. The real Barbara had hoped to be portrayed as a psychotic killer, but instead was written as a flight crash investigator. |
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** Ditto Linda Paquette, the protagonist's love interest, from ''The Good Guy''. |
** Ditto Linda Paquette, the protagonist's love interest, from ''The Good Guy''. |
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* [[Matthew Reilly]] auctions character names, ranging from a [[Lord of the Rings|Gandalf]] role spanning a trilogy to a spy killed (by jet engine) in his only scene. |
* [[Matthew Reilly]] auctions character names, ranging from a [[The Lord of the Rings|Gandalf]] role spanning a trilogy to a spy killed (by jet engine) in his only scene. |
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* Sean Tourangeau won a contest to design the ''Luna''-class of starships for the ''[[Star Trek: Titan]]'' novel series. The novel with the design in it also established a Dr Tourangeau as one of the design team in-story. Who was [[Death by Cameo|killed horribly]] when the USS ''Luna'' suffered a core breach. |
* Sean Tourangeau won a contest to design the ''Luna''-class of starships for the ''[[Star Trek: Titan]]'' novel series. The novel with the design in it also established a Dr Tourangeau as one of the design team in-story. Who was [[Death by Cameo|killed horribly]] when the USS ''Luna'' suffered a core breach. |
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* Robert Asprin's ''[[Myth Adventures|Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections]]'' features a Pervect cabbie who at one point casually mentions bidding for a cameo in a book at an art auction, before adding that [[No Fourth Wall|if he hadn't won, Skeeve would be talking to someone else]]. |
* Robert Asprin's ''[[Myth Adventures|Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections]]'' features a Pervect cabbie who at one point casually mentions bidding for a cameo in a book at an art auction, before adding that [[No Fourth Wall|if he hadn't won, Skeeve would be talking to someone else]]. |
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