Big Chief Tablet - Literary References

Literary References

• Hugo Award winning Science Fiction Author Connie Willis writes her books by hand on Big Chief Tablets which she buys in bulk.
• In John Kennedy Toole's novel A Confederacy of Dunces, the protagonist Ignatius Reilly pens his philosophical ramblings on Big Chief tablets.
• In the play by Tennessee Williams, 'Suddenly, Last Summer', the poet Sebastian Venable is said to write his annual 'Poem of Summer' in a Big Chief tablet.
• In "In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash" by Jean Shepherd. Ralphie uses it to decode the secret code from the Little Orphan Annie radio show. This book of short stories was the basis for "A Christmas Story."