Thread: Using other authors as characters
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Old 12-02-2014, 06:52 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by murg View Post
Wasn't there a Larry Niven/Jerry Whatshisname novel where there was a bunch of SciFi authors advising the president on a alien invasion crisis of some sort?
Good memory.
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In Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's Footfall, the government employs a number of science fiction writers as technical advisors to help deal with an alien invasion. These writers are thinly veiled real science fiction writers, including "Bob and Virginia Anson,", a particularly clear homage to Robert and Virginia Heinlein.
Lots of examples, here:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/.../t-503298.html
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