Tuckerizing

Tuckerizing

Named after Wilson Tucker, the practise of introducing as peripheral characters, or offstage icons, names recognisable to the reader. (For example, naming the Moon's capital Heinlein and its main street La Rue de la Professor Bernardo de la Paz.) A subclass of rewarding the careful reader.

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