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** Newman really does love these. His [[Warhammer Fantasy]] and [[Dark Future (novel)|Dark Future]] novels are [[Reference Overdosed|crammed full of them.]]. Who else would make [[Iain Banks]] mayor of the Isle of Skye?
* The ''[[Mass Effect]]'' novel ''Ascension'' is one ''long'' shout out. Specifically, it involves a [[Firefly|mentally-ill girl with incredible mental powers being rescued from an Academy by a loving family member after being experimented on by a shadowy organization devoted to "improving" mankind, and takes refuge on a ship whose captain's nickname is Mal.]]
* The [[Dragaera]] page quote on the [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] page is an alteration of an earlier quote said by Vlad about the House of Athyra. As their [[Planet of Hats|hat]] is being wizards, the original is likely a [[Shout-Out]] to a much-parodied quote from [[The Lord of the Rings]], "Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger". This line also gets referenced in [[Discworld]] on a couple of occasions. Once, when Vlad is warned that a sorcerous adversary could [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|turn him into a newt]], he replies, "I'd get better". Also, the most recent book, ''Jhegaala'' has a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Nero Wolfe]]- Vlad is bedridden and is using his familiar, Loiosh as his "legs". He comments that this could work well as an arrangement, leading Loiosh to comment that Vlad would soon end up several hundred pounds heavier.
* David Weber sometimes does these in a fairly explicit fashion.
** At one point, [[Honor Harrington]] enjoys a [[Horatio Hornblower]] novel. Consider that the ''Honor Harrington'' series is best described as ''[[Horatio Hornblower]] [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]]''.
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* In John Barnes's ''[[One for the Morning Glory]]'', Deacon Dick Thunder is a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Robin Hood]]. Indeed, the prime minister Cedric explicitly says they can draw him into certain plans because he wouldn't miss the chance to play [[Robin Hood]].
** Also, the Riddling Beast's [[Riddle of the Sphinx]] ends "[[The Hobbit (novel)|And what has it got in its pockets]]?"
* ''Sideways Arithmetic From [[Wayside School]]'', Wayside's think outside the box puzzle book, features in the first chapter a series of prototype algebra problems where numbers are substituted with letters. The first such problem is [[The Lord of the Rings|ELF + TOOK = FOOL]].
* ''The Game'' by [[Diana Wynne Jones]] makes several shout outs to much of [[Greek Mythology]], [[Russian Mythology and Tales]], "[[Hansel and Gretel]]", ''[[The Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]'', and many other fantasy stories from across the entire genre. She also makes a less obvious reference to the TARDIS from ''[[Doctor Who]]'', as the characters use it at one point in the book without naming it. (Nearly every other reference has at least a name you can associate with a book or myth, but the TARDIS shout out has no way to tell unless you know about [[Doctor Who]].)
* In Dean Koontz's ''[[Odd Thomas]]'' novels, Odd says of his abilities, "[[I See Dead People]]," in a knowing nod to ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'', adding, "but then, by God, I do something."
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