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** Occasionally, Ringo puts out a call for [[Red Shirt|fans wanting to be killed]], usually in a brutal manner. Given that he writes a good bit of military fiction, [[Military Science Fiction|science]] or otherwise, there are ''plenty'' of opportunities for becoming a literary corpse.
* Samkim and Arula in the [[Redwall]] book ''Salamandastron'' are modifications of the names of two fans, Samantha Kim and Laura.
* The "Gameras" of John Scalzi's ''[[
* In [[Esther Friesner]]'s ''Majyk by...'' series, the three village idiots are named Lorrenz, Wot, and Evvon, a shout-out to author [[Lawrence Watt-Evans]].
* Taken to an art form in Bill Fitzhugh's ''Pest Control'', whose lead is named Bob Dillon. It didn't make for a happy childhood. He spends the entire book being confused with [[Bob Dylan]], even by ''the CIA''.
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* When [[Ian Fleming]] was writing the early [[James Bond]] novels, he was informed by one Geoffrey Boothroyd that Bond's Beretta 418 was more or less [[Little Useless Gun|a wimpy purse gun]]. His next novel had a "Major Boothroyd", introduced as "the greatest small-arms expert in the world", issuing Bond his iconic Walther PPK. The character was transferred over to the movies, although he was only referred to as Boothroyd in the first, as well as a blink-and-you'll-miss-it use of the name in ''The Spy Who Loved Me''; in every other movie he was simply Quartermaster Branch, or "Q."
* In [[Brandon Sanderson]]'s ''[[Wheel of Time]]'' books, a number of minor characters [http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog/831/Alcatraz-3-Maze-Runner-Names are named after people who donated to charity at a particular event].
* The ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' series has done this several times. The author has admitted to using screennames from fansites (notably [[Wands and Worlds]] and [[
* Like the ''Animorphs'' example above, the final book in the ''[[Spy High]]'' series introduced major character Kate Taylor, named after Kate Harrison who had won a fan contest.
* Birdwell Island, the setting of the ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog]]'' series books and cartoon, is actually named after Norman Bridwell, who created this series.
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