In Literature
- James Pike was an inspiration for the character of Timothy Archer in Philip K. Dick's book, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer. They were friends, and Pike officiated at Dick's wedding to Nancy Hackett, step-daughter of Maren Hackett (1966).
- Joan Didion wrote about Pike and the building of the Grace Cathedral in her collection of essays, The White Album (1979).
- E. L. Doctorow includes Pike as a fictionalized character in his novel, City of God (2000).
- Sam Peckinpah may have appropriated his name for the anti-hero Pike Bishop (played by William Holden) of his Western The Wild Bunch (1969).
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