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* ''[[Don Quixote]]'': Hundreds upon hundreds of them, although many would be unrecognizable to the modern reader because of [[Weird Al Effect]]. |
* ''[[Don Quixote]]'': Hundreds upon hundreds of them, although many would be unrecognizable to the modern reader because of [[Weird Al Effect]]. |
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** Chapter I part I mentions [[Aristotle]], philosopher widely regarded as the greatest abstract thinker of Occidental Civilization. Even he has no chance to make sense of the purple prose that plagued [[Chivalric Romance|Chivalry Books]]. Also in the Chapter III part II, Don Quixote's opinion about history and poetry reflects the theory exposed in Aristotle's ''[[Poetics]]''. |
** Chapter I part I mentions [[Aristotle]], philosopher widely regarded as the greatest abstract thinker of Occidental Civilization. Even he has no chance to make sense of the purple prose that plagued [[Chivalric Romance|Chivalry Books]]. Also in the Chapter III part II, Don Quixote's opinion about history and poetry reflects the theory exposed in Aristotle's ''[[Poetics]]''. |
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* In the short story [http://www.onthepremises.com/issue_11/story_11_h1.html "Same-Day Delivery"] by Desmond Warzel, the phrase "blue bolts from the heavens" appears twice; this is a direct [[Shout-Out]] to first-edition ''Advanced [[Dungeons & Dragons]]''; specifically, the ''Dungeon Master's Guide''. |
* In the short story [https://web.archive.org/web/20130705211617/http://www.onthepremises.com/issue_11/story_11_h1.html "Same-Day Delivery"] by Desmond Warzel, the phrase "blue bolts from the heavens" appears twice; this is a direct [[Shout-Out]] to first-edition ''Advanced [[Dungeons & Dragons]]''; specifically, the ''Dungeon Master's Guide''. |
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* In the very first chapter of ''McClendon's Syndrome'' by Robert Frezza, there are bars called [[The Lord of the Rings|the Prancing Pony]] and [[Callahan's Crosstime Saloon|Callahan's]]. |
* In the very first chapter of ''McClendon's Syndrome'' by Robert Frezza, there are bars called [[The Lord of the Rings|the Prancing Pony]] and [[Callahan's Crosstime Saloon|Callahan's]]. |
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* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[The Golden Oecumene|The Golden Age]]'', ''The Phoenix Exultant'', and ''The Golden Transcedence'', Heinlein's "An armed society is a polite society" is inverted into "An unarmed society is a rude society", and Harrier Sophotect's appearance is clearly modeled on [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Characters pose as figures from [[William Shakespeare]]'s [[Hamlet]], [[Commedia Dell'Arte]], and [[John Milton]]'s ''Comus'' -- though enough explaination is given in story for them to be understood. |
* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[The Golden Oecumene|The Golden Age]]'', ''The Phoenix Exultant'', and ''The Golden Transcedence'', Heinlein's "An armed society is a polite society" is inverted into "An unarmed society is a rude society", and Harrier Sophotect's appearance is clearly modeled on [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Characters pose as figures from [[William Shakespeare]]'s [[Hamlet]], [[Commedia Dell'Arte]], and [[John Milton]]'s ''Comus'' -- though enough explaination is given in story for them to be understood. |
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* The [[Doctor Who]] [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel ''The Also People'', in addition to being one long homage to [[The Culture]], also references [[Discworld/Men At Arms|a cocktail called a Double Entendre]], [[Discworld/Reaper Man|a suspicious yellow dip that always appears at parties]], [[Discworld/The Colour of Magic|Time Lords having octagons in their eyes to see into the timestream]], and [[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|a market trader named C!Mot]]. Ben Aaronovitch is clearly a [[Discworld]] fan. |
* The [[Doctor Who]] [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel ''The Also People'', in addition to being one long homage to [[The Culture]], also references [[Discworld/Men At Arms|a cocktail called a Double Entendre]], [[Discworld/Reaper Man|a suspicious yellow dip that always appears at parties]], [[Discworld/The Colour of Magic|Time Lords having octagons in their eyes to see into the timestream]], and [[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|a market trader named C!Mot]]. Ben Aaronovitch is clearly a [[Discworld]] fan. |
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** The [[Virgin New Adventures]] [[Sherlock Holmes]] crossover ''All-Consuming Fire'', as well as multiple Holmesian references, features an appearance by ''[[The Lost World (novel)|The Lost World]]'''s Lord John Roxon, and references to Professor Challenger, [[Fu Manchu]], and [[Kim Newman]]'s Diogenes agent Charles Beauregard. It's also one of several New Adventures to have references to [[The Cthulhu Mythos]]. |
** The [[Virgin New Adventures]] [[Sherlock Holmes]] crossover ''All-Consuming Fire'', as well as multiple Holmesian references, features an appearance by ''[[The Lost World (novel)|The Lost World]]'''s Lord John Roxon, and references to Professor Challenger, [[Fu Manchu]], and [[Kim Newman]]'s Diogenes agent Charles Beauregard. It's also one of several New Adventures to have references to [[The Cthulhu Mythos]]. |
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* The short story [http://abyssandapex.com/201004-black.html "The Black Sheep of Vaerlosi"] by Desmond Warzel makes reference to a mineral whose unrefined form is too sharp to handle safely. The mineral is called "costnerite"--because it's [[The Untouchables|untouchable]]. |
* The short story [https://web.archive.org/web/20111118150225/http://abyssandapex.com/201004-black.html "The Black Sheep of Vaerlosi"] by Desmond Warzel makes reference to a mineral whose unrefined form is too sharp to handle safely. The mineral is called "costnerite"--because it's [[The Untouchables|untouchable]]. |
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* The climax of Robert Frezza's novel ''The VMR Theory'' contains a string of [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]]. Among them: |
* The climax of Robert Frezza's novel ''The VMR Theory'' contains a string of [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]]. Among them: |
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** A flock of [[Dragonriders of Pern|genetically engineered dragons who enjoy going ''between'']]--though in this case, "between" refers to their delight in gliding between upright objects, slalom-style, and accidentally unseating their riders due to their poor spatial-reasoning skills. |
** A flock of [[Dragonriders of Pern|genetically engineered dragons who enjoy going ''between'']]--though in this case, "between" refers to their delight in gliding between upright objects, slalom-style, and accidentally unseating their riders due to their poor spatial-reasoning skills. |