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Walter White, himself a novelist as well as a leading official with the NAACP, expressed both admiration and regret that he had not thought of the title first.
Randall Kennedy • Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
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Ernest Cline • Ready Player One

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Frank Herbert • Dune Messiah
his skin, too, was dark, and his eyes seemed purple or brown, very softly coloured behind his glasses.
Philip K. Dick • The Man in the High Castle (Penguin Modern Classics)
‘Folk hero.’ I sipped at the beer. ‘Where is John Wayne now that we really need him?’ ‘John Wayne?’ He shook his head. ‘I never went in the can, you know. I’m no expert at military history.’ ‘Forget it.’