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Writers, what famous/notable real-life objects, places, etc. will appear or get a mention in your fiction?
Here are mine:
Objects:
Concorde and Spitfire is likely to get a mention. One character will be reading a middle-ages hardcover book which I haven't decided the title. And a lot of famous paintings, one of my characters is so rich his house is more like a castle.
Places:
Bran Castle is going to appear in mine, and the Führerbunker will either get a mention or appearance. A lot of the world's countries will be mentioned too, as my characters travel from one place to another.
4 Answers
- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
I've written only one book that's set in the real world. Off the top of my head, it mentions... Richmond (suburb of London), BBC News, Bracknell, Luton, a few old sci-fi movies, a fictional nuclear bunker in Siberia, Martinique (island in the Caribbean), New York City, the Statue of Liberty, and New Mexico. There are a few blink-and-you'll-miss-them references to Alice in Wonderland, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and The Muppets.
- Anonymous8 years ago
My character is a Harry Potter fan.
Apart from that? A few big English cities get mentioned by name, but although I know where the locations that the story takes place are based on, the names in the story aren't real (and I've tweaked the geography to suit myself anyway).
- Kitty KMLLv 68 years ago
Aw, nothing famous :(
One of the buildings in my university will appear, but not by its own name. Just a building of the same sort of design. It's a very old sandstone hall - very beautiful, actually.
I also live near a place called "Snake Gully", which is a fast, windy road through your classic dry Australian hills (and goes partway through a eucalypt forest). I love it, and that place will appear in the story - but not by it's own name, either.
