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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
I don't remember the title or the author, but I remember reading of an author who wrote a whodunit in which every murder victim was a New York literary critic.
I was reminded of this reading Lee Child's "Never Go Back", because in it one of the bad guys are named Ronald David Baldacci. I'm not familiar enough with naming conventions in the U.S., but it strikes me as odd that he would chose the name of another suspense writer for an unsavory character in his novel. Is there some bad blood between these authors or did Baldacci perhaps name an unsavory character Lee Child in one of his novels?
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Here is an example of an author venting anger by condemning an actual place to a bad fictional end:
From Wikipedia for Bellingham, Washington
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In Footfall, a bestselling novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Bellingham was mostly destroyed after an alien invasion when Earth's defenders launched an Orion-type vehicle. Bellingham was chosen for this honor after Niven had a bad experience as guest of honor at a local science fiction convention.
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By the way, Bellingham is a great little city. Niven should give it another chance.