History ShoutOut / Literature

* In the book ''Jeremy Fink And The Meaning Of Life'' by Wendy Mass, there seems to be either an accidental ShoutOut or simply a very subtle one, as ''[[H2G2/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything life, the universe and everything]]'' are mentioned a few times in that exact phrasing.

* In ''{{Sharpe}}'s Tiger'', Sharpe briefly sees (and is warned not to steal) the Moonstone from, well, ''The Moonstone''.

* In Paul Robinson's ''InstrumentOfGod'', which is a story about an Afterlife run inside a computer system, the dead people who go to orientation are given references to movies about their situation, including ''TheMatrix'', ''VanillaSky'', ''TotalRecall'' and ''What Dreams May Come''. The Preface to the book mentions other stories including RobertAHeinlein's ''Elsewhen'' and ''StrangerInAStrangeLand'', as well as the movie ''The Green Mile''. Also, when Supervisor 246 is explaining to a character it might not be a good idea to mention that he's from an Afterlife in another world, she agrees with him, realizing people would think she's crazy. 246 then thinks about the scene where Avery Brooks in ''Deep Space Nine'' is trying to convince the men of a mental institution that he's actually a Starbase captain.

** In the same book the symbol of the King's Messengers is a lens of grey glass, which glows in the hand of the right man, created by the great magician Sir Edward Elmer; a ShoutOut to E.E. "Doc" Smith and the ''{{Lensman}}'' books.

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* In JohnCWright's ''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 SherlockHolmes.

* The DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novel ''The Also People'' in addition to being one long homage to TheCulture, also references [[Discworld/MenAtArms a cocktail called a Double Entendre]], [[Discworld/ReaperMan a suspicious yellow dip that always appears at parties]], [[Discworld/TheColourOfMagic Time Lords having octagons in their eyes to see into the timestream]], and [[Discworld/GuardsGuards a market trader named C!Mot]]. Ben Aaronovitch is clearly a {{Discworld}} fan.

* The ''MassEffect'' 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.]] SoYeah....

* The S.M. Stirling novel ''Conquistador'' features South African villians with the same names as the South African antagonists of the HarryTurtledove novel ''Guns of the South''. There is also a reference to a landholder named Morrison, like the titular hero of HBeamPiper's ''Lord Kalvin of Otherwhen''. Morrison's House motto is "Death to Styphon!," a reference to the "Gunpowder God" cult of the Kalvin stories.

** Several items that end up being disposed of in said volcano, including a bloody glove, a "Grassy Knoll" diagram, and eighteen-and-a-half minutes of audiotape.

** Said robot's dying words: [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy"Forty-two"]] and [[CitizenKane "Rosebud"]] (for no apparent reason).

* The climax of Robert Frezza's novel ''The [=VMR=] Theory'' contains a string of {{ShoutOut}}s. Among them:
** A flock of genetically engineered dragons who enjoy going ''between''--though in this case, "between" refers to their delight in gliding between upright objects, slalom-style, and unseating their riders due to their poor spatial-reasoning skills.
** A final showdown in the interior of a large volcano, which a signpost has helpfully designated "The Dark Tower".

** A seemingly-human robot, programmed to obey and protect humans, but capable of overriding that programming for the greater good of humanity.
** Said robot's dying words: "Forty-two" and "Rosebud".