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Are there any cases of authors/writers that have intentionally stolen a character name from another work?

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[โ€“] jordanlund@lemmy.world 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Generally called an "homage".

Stephen King named a character "Pickman" in "It" as a reference to H.P. Lovecraft. The whole book is an homage to Lovecraftian themes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickman's_Model

@jordanlund@lemmy.world He also wrote Cthulhu mythos stories, including Jerusalem's Lot, which he adapted into 'Salem's Lot.

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