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	The Tucker Circle - Jim Baen's Universe magazine
		Tuckerization is the use of a real person's as a character name, place name, or equipment name in a story.
		Tuckerization is the opposite of the more common roman à clef story in which the characters are all real people whose names and titles have been changed (to protect the innocent) but whose background, appearance, and personality have been kept.
		Being tuckerized is considered a high honor in Science Fiction fandom, and popular authors will sometimes auction off tuckerization at conventions as charity auctions, frequently bringing very large prices.
	www.baensuniverse.com /tucker.html (715 words)

	Tuckerization - Legion Wiki
		Tuckerization is the act of using a person's name or image in an original story as an in-joke.
		The term is derived from Wilson Tucker, a science fiction writer of the 1940s-80s, who made a practice of using his friends' names for minor characters in his stories.
		Tuckerization saw a rise in the early to mid 1970s when writers Jim Shooter and Cary Bates were members of Legion fandom (such as the fanzine Interlac), and then years later in the late 1980s/early 1990s when Tom and Mary Bierbaum, who had also been active in early Legion fandom, became writers.
	www.legionclubhouse.com /wiki/index.php?title=Tuckerization (422 words)

	Notes on How Like a God
		When you tuckerize a person, you put him or her into your book.
		In this book I didn't use anybody's name when I tuckerized, so the only identification they're going to get is here.
		As of this writing he is almost old enough to be thoroughly embarrassed by his tuckerization.
	www.sff.net /people/Brenda/howlike.htm (1920 words)

	Recursive Science Fiction Introduction
		A "tuckerism" is the use of a friend's name as a character, place, equipment name, or the like in a story where the name itself is the only stfnal reference.
		If, in the future, someone wishes to collect a list of these items it could be issued as an appendix to this book (or as a separate book, if size warrants it).
		Tuckerization is the converse of the more common roman à clef (story with key) in which the characters are all real people whose names and titles have been changed but whose characteristics have been retained.
	www.nesfa.org /Recursion/recursive_Introduction.htm (1134 words)

	9th Wonders Boards > SF/fantasy/fannish references
		Tuckerization is the act of using a person's name in an original story as an in-joke (i.e.
		The term is derived from Wilson Tucker, a science fiction writer of the 1950s-1970s, who made a practice of using his friends' names for minor characters in his stories.
		A tuckerization can also be the use of a person's character or personal attributes with a new name as an in-joke (i.e.
	www.9thwonders.com /boards/lofiversion/index.php/t6522.html (573 words)

	Wilson Tucker at AllExperts
		Arthur Wilson "Bob" Tucker (born November 23, 1914) is an American mystery and science fiction writer and fan.
		Tucker became involved in science fiction fandom in 1932 and in that decade began publishing a fanzine, The Planetoid.
		Tucker is also noted for using the names of fellow fans and other friends in his fiction, to the point where the literary term for doing so is now called tuckerization.
	en.allexperts.com /e/w/wi/wilson_tucker.htm (482 words)

	Pantagraph Blogs & Columnists » Our grand old manof science fiction is gone
		Tucker told us writing was “just” a hobby and he was “just” a fan.
		Arthur Wilson “Bob” Tucker was born Nov. 23, 1914, in Deer Creek, and raised in Bloomington.
		Finally Tucker who was visiting Robin again, said it would be nice to see such a production as he was usually on the other side of things.
	www.pantagraph.com /blogs/main/?p=1015 (1408 words)

	Author Topics : Charles Coleman Finlay
		In the case of the stories that E's talking about, I used names for characters (thus tuckerizing them, with their permission of course) but what I did was translate one name into another language and use the other's nickname, then translated that too.
		Another person he tuckerized (I'm playing coy with the guilty because it's up to Charlie what he wants to reveal) was treated similarly, though he wandered into the ballpark with the name.
		Tuckerize -- to take an existing person (usually a fan or fellow writer) and name a character after him or her.
	www.speculations.com /?t=263&s=1819 (13517 words)

	fan characters in SFF - Science-Fiction & Fantasy forums
		Tuckerization is the act of using a person's name in an original story as an in-joke (i.e.
		The term is derived from Wilson Tucker, a science fiction writer of the 1950s-1970s, who made a practice of using his friends' names for minor characters in his stories.
		A tuckerization can also be the use of a person's character or personal attributes with a new name as an in-joke (i.e.
	www.chronicles-network.com /forum/10378-fan-characters-in-sff.html (0 words)

	Vylar Kaftan » Blog Archive » Tuckerization!
		Clarion West and I are auctioning off the right to Tuckerize a character in one of my stories.
		Tuckerization is usually a real person’s name (like you or your cat), but I’m open to weird invented names too.
		Maybe I should be charging extra for personal “tuckerization.” If you know what I mean.
	www.vylarkaftan.net /2007/06/19/tuckerization (122 words)

	Making Light: Mike Ford memorial benefit auction
		Tuckerization is the act of using a person's name in an original story as an in-joke (e.g.
		The term is derived from Wilson Tucker, a science fiction writer of the 1940s-1980s, who made a practice of using his friends' names for minor characters in his stories.
		A tuckerization can also be the use of a person's character or personal attributes with a new name as an in-joke (e.g.
	nielsenhayden.com /makinglight/archives/008541.html (3203 words)

	Read New Science Fiction Magazine Jim Baen’s Universe Before Publication
		Tuckerization is named after famed sci-fi author Wilson Tucker, who used his friends’ names, and sometimes their personalities in his fiction.
		Tuckerization is similar to being “redshirted”; or killed off by name in a story.
		Redshirting dates to the original Star Trek television series, where it was noticed that the member of the team that beamed down to the surface who was wearing the red uniform blouse was usually the one that got killed.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2006/2/emw348795.htm (571 words)

	Universe Club - Jim Baen's Universe (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Andromeda members have a total of eighteen points, which may be used for e-arcs, webscription months or hardcopy.
		Saturn members may express a preference but will be tuckerized by an author of our choosing.
		The tuckerization privledges have been reduced for members joining after February 10, 2006 Members upgrading who purchased subscriptions prior to Feb 10 will be grandfathered in through June 1 when the magazine goes live.
	preview.baens-universe.com /UCLUB (422 words)

	Gunn, Kaftan, Park: SFWA Members Support Clarion West with Tuckerization Auction
		The Clarion West Writers Workshop is running an unusual fundraising auction on eBay this week, offering bidders the right to appear in stories by various science-fiction and fantasy writers:
		The writers, of course, can't guarantee where or when (or even if) their stories will be published, but, in the past, stories featuring
		tuckerizations, as they are called, have appeared in well-known magazines and Best-of-the-Year anthologies.
	www.sfwa.org /pressbook/07/0625b-CW-BenefitAuction.html (211 words)

	Brush with greatness: 'Tuckerizing' your name into a novel - OregonLive.com
		Science fiction writer Wilson "Bob" Tucker died in October, but his legacy continues: a tradition of naming characters after real people.
		"Tuckerizations" began as Tucker's inside joke but quickly spread to other authors.
		Anyone attending a conference for mystery or science fiction fans is sure to get the chance for Tuckerization in return for a tax-deductible donation, usually to a literacy-related charity.
	www.oregonlive.com /entertainment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1166484314235950.xml&coll=7 (713 words)

	whump.com \| More Like This WebLog » Get Tuckerized for a Good Cause
		(after Wilson Tucker) is to name a character in a work of fiction after a real person.
		You, dear reader, can buy the right to be tuckerized by the likes of Karen Joy Fowler (Tiptree Award co-founder), Steven King, Michael Chabon, and Neil Gaiman in a series of fund raising auctions for the First Amendment Project.
		David Weber [thanks, Patrick] used Cynthia’s name when he needed a hispanic character in one of his Honor Harrington novels (he didn’t know her surname was Portuguese.) Now she worries with each new book in the series that her namesake’s going to end up on the wrong end of an anti-ship missile.
	www.whump.com /moreLikeThis/link/04246 (242 words)

	Eiden Myr: The Codices: FAQ
		I did, however, name the Meri Isles and the Isle of Senana after two friends, and I Tuckerized in an anagrammatic way for geographical names.
		Tuckerization is where you name characters after people you know (always with their permission).
		What I did was use frequent chatroom typos of my friends' names for rivers, bays, mountains, and so on.
	www.eidenmyr.com /codices/faq.html (919 words)

	VodkaPundit: Comment on Independece Day II (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bob made a practice, when editors didn't stomp on him for trying, of using well-known (for a value of "known to the few hundred people who constituted active science fiction fandom") fans' names for minor characters in his stories.
		Strictly speaking, doing the same for pros is not "Tuckerizing," but since the universe of sf fandom, and its interaction with the Rest Of The World, has changed substantially since the Seventies, language changes as well.
		Besides, most of y'all wouldn't recognize the Tuckerized names in the first place, which was pretty much the point.
	www.vodkapundit.com /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=5406 (0 words)

	Noticias ciencia-ficción: Wilson Tucker y la "tuckerización"
		Hace unas semanas falleció el escritor de cf Wilson Tucker, conocido entre los aficionados por novelas como El año del sol tranquilo.
		Sin embargo, fuera de la cf, Tucker es más conocido por dar nombre a una práctica: la "tuckerización".
		Tucker inició esa práctica, usando los nombres de amigos suyos para personajes de sus historias, a modo de broma.
	notcf.blogspot.com /2006/12/wilson-tucker-y-la-tuckerizacin.html (286 words)

	The Story in Progress (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mostly they do comics stuff, but the Culture Vultures cover other material, and one of them was kind enough to get in touch with me. Writing, gaming, academic life -- the interview covers it all.
		I think I'll have to make her one of the senators or representatives that's on the less shady side; "Spyker" as an antagonist's name just wouldn't be subtle.
		The deal is the same as it was with Doppelganger: be the first person to e-mail me a picture of Warrior and Witch in a store, and I'll name a character after you in the urban fantasy I'm working on.
	www.swantower.com /journal/blosxom.cgi/writing (0 words)

	Wyrdsmiths: Tuckerization
		I put my friend Patrick into my second novel as a (very nice) giant mutant rat.
		This is not true Tuckerization, which is naming minor characters after friends.
		The rat is an important character in the novel and doesn't bear Pat's name.
	wyrdsmiths.blogspot.com /2006/08/tuckerization.html (176 words)

	Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine- News
		Most of you should know what tuckerization is. It is when an author uses a real person's name as a character in his/her book.
		DP contributor Maggie/Mason is the undisputed queen of tuckerization.
		Four women who are married to some of the most feared of London's gangsters ban together to get revenge on their husbands by beating them at their game.
	www.deadlypleasures.com /news.html (5766 words)

	The SF Site: News
		Tucker was a long-time fan and author, responsible for such notable fanzines as the 1930s The Planetoid, Le Zombie (1938-1975) and The Bloomington News Letter.
		In 1970, Tucker received the Hugo for Best Fan Writer and was the second SFWA Author Emeritus in 1996.
		Tucker's tendency to name characters in his books and stories after friends and fans resulted in that process being known as "tuckerization." In 1941, he coined the term "space opera." On at least two occasions, Tucker's death was announced in fandom, once in 1934 during the fannish "Staple War" and again in 1949 at Cinvention.
	www.sfsite.com /columns/news0610.htm (868 words)

	L'Ombre de l'Olivier
		This is the sort of incentive that is just bound to work amongst the dedicated fans and is also the sort of thing that makes for cool presents to dedicated fans by their nearest and dearest.
		There are different levels of Tuckerization offered (the equivalent of being a movie extra, minor bit player etc etc) so the money capture rate is nicely optimized at what ever the sheep can afford to pay.
		In other words what we have is a cunning method of mass producing something that has hitherto been the domain of the truly dedicated and comparatively wealthy but which has no production costs what so ever.
	www.di2.nu /200512/29.htm (892 words)

	Re: Tuckerization
		"Tuckerize" was named after Wilson Tucker more because of his stature in fandom (he was Smooooooooooth!) than because he started the practice of using the names of friends and other writers in his stories during the 1940s.
		The members of H.P. Lovecraft's writing circle were using each other's names in stories in the '20s and '30s -- the evil god "KlarKashTon" was Clark Ashton Smith, after all.
		I only rise to the defense of "Tuckerize" because I grew up in the same town as Tucker and he played a key role in getting me involved in SF fandom.
	p078.ezboard.com /fjackvancefrm25.showMessage?topicID=45.topic&index=3 (706 words)

	Input wanted (research for webcomic) - Law Enforcement, Police Officer, Resource : RealPolice.net
		I'll try to give people who provide, what I think are particularly good ideas a public acknowledgement or maybe even a Tuckerization, but beyond that I can't promise anything.
		A Tuckerization is, in written fiction, what a "walk-on cameo" is in TV and movies.
		Some of them are obvious, not the least of which is that much of what he will be doing is illegal.
	forums.realpolice.net /showthread.php?t=33068 (0 words)

	[No title]
		In Mirror Dance, we have this bit of text: MD p255(pb): "[Count Vortienne's] son is old enough to hold down his desk now," said the Count.
		Yes, we're meant to assume it's some strange sexual fetish, but for all we're actually told, Vortienne and his Armsmen could be acting out Alice in Wonderland or singing The Pirates of Penzance.
		Tuckerization doesn't have to use one's last name.
	lists.herald.co.uk /old-archives/lois-bujold/010906-4543 (3545 words)

	FAQ \| Jim Baen's Universe
		E-arc, webscription, and tuckerization questions all run through members@...
		Andromeda - Extensive treats, webscriptions, e-arcs, amazing Tuckerization rights, and author access.
		Each level provides a subscription plus additional benefits and products including mugs, hard copy, autographs, dinners, webscriptions, and more.
	baens-universe.com /faq (359 words)

	Challenger 20 - An Editorial: In This Issue
		We have toys and books and zines and Australian stuff and many, many Tuckerizations to exchange for the unimportant contents of your wallet.
		A Tuckerization, as you know, is a mention of your name in an author's story or novel.
		Remember, Tuckerizations will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no Tuckerizations.
	www.challzine.net /20/20editorial.html (1147 words)

	CyberGumshoe's Mumbling in September/October 2006
		Wilson Tucker died on October 06 in a St. Petersburg, Florida hospital.
		Yes, he was well known as an award-winning SF writer and popular convention-goer, but he also wrote 11 mystery novels between 1946 and 1971.
		Tucker was also famous for originating "tuckerization," the usage of one's relatives' and friends' names for characters in his fiction.
	www.nsknet.or.jp /~jkimura/mumbling0609.html (1564 words)

	Legion of Super-Heroes: Secret Files #2 (Miscellany)
		Neither Adam Karl nor Jonas H’Dar are familiar names from DC history; they may be tuckerized names of fans or friends of the creative team.
		Note that Nightstar, from the Kingdom Come continuity, is a known human/Tamaranian crossbreed (the daughter of Nightwing and Starfire); H’Dar might be a descendant of hers.
		It’s prominent presence on Shanghalla might indicate it was the original tomb, but the original tomb is more likely to be long buried and hidden by others, a lá the city of Troy building itself on top of previous versions of the city.
	lsh.freeservers.com /Frunt/1999Q2/LSH-Secret-Files-2-misc.html (4703 words)

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