# Inside Jokes in Books

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-books/56870>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 6, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-books/56870 "2001-03-06T00:52:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-books/56870/21 "2001-03-16T09:23:16Z")

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Pratchett books are veritably _stuffed_ with in-jokes - that’s half the fun of reading them. I particularly liked Soul Music in which one of the characters, a rock musician who’s a dwarf(i think, it’s been a while), is often asked… “Aren’t you a little… elvish?”. Hee hee.

Fran

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-books/56870/22 "2001-03-16T10:48:29Z")

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In _Haroun and the Sea of Stories_ by Salman Rushdie, Iff the Water Genie complains about an outbreak of “talking helicopter stories” – presumably a reference to the Duchess of York’s attempt at children’s literature.

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-books/56870/23 "2001-03-16T12:43:34Z")

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Clive Cussler writes himself into most of his novels. Dirk Pitt, Cussler’s fictional hero, always a sense of deja vu when he meets him.

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**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-in-books/56870/24 "2001-03-16T23:48:01Z")

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Francesca, Soul Music is basically a music reference fest. That said, the best joke along those lines is that the main characters name is Imp y Celeon(sp), which translates to Bud y Holly.

For Pratchett injokes, go [here](http://www.co.uk.lspace.org/books/apf/index.html)

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