Dies The Fire - References To Other Works

References To Other Works

  • Often characters and symbols from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, are mentioned throughout the novel:
    • Astrid, who is obsessed with the stories, often compares what is happening around her after the Change to events in the books.
    • Lord Protector Arminger adopts the Eye of Sauron as the symbol of the Portland Protective Association.
  • The Bearkillers also borrow from Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, among other contemporary works of fiction, for their A-Lister oath
  • The lyrics to some of Juniper Mackenzie's songs quoted in the books are actually Heather Alexander's; Alexander is credited in the acknowledgments of The Protector's War.
  • Sutterdown and the Brannigan family are references to Brannigan's Special Ale, by Heather Alexander.
  • Stirling's depiction of feudalism after the Change is similar to Poul Anderson's novella No Truce with Kings.
  • There is a reference in the novel to David Brin's The Postman.

Lady Juniper's offsider Aylward speaks of a fellow called Willie who ran a pub called The Treadmill, also speaks of Willie's friend although she is not named, she is Modesty Blaise. This is an homage to Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise series of books.

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