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The most famous work of literature in which Shoeburyness is mentioned is H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.
Shoeburyness is also mentioned in The Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams et al. The Meaning of Liff is a fictional dictionary assigning names to local English towns. Shoeburyness is described as "that uncomfortable feeling one experiences when sitting in a chair that is still warm from the last occupant."
In the fifth Temeraire novel Victory of Eagles, it is the setting of a fictitious climactic battle in which Wellesley and Nelson drive Napoleon out of England in early 1808.
Philip Reeves's Larklight mentions 'a squalid spot called Shoeburyness'.
Billy Bragg's Essex-style reworking of Route 66, A13, opens with the line "If you ever go to Shoeburyness".
Ian Dury's Billericay Dickie mentions Shoeburyness.
Shoeburyness is home to "the commuter", protagonist in the eponymous song and music video by Ceephax Acid Crew.
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