Tuckerized adj.

(of a fictional character) bearing the name of a real person; (of a real person) appearing as the name of a fictional character

[< Tuckerize v.; see Tuckerism n.]

SF Fandom

  • 1981 F. Cleaver in Dynatron (#74) Feb. 5/2 (reviewing Michael Kringโ€™s The Space Mavericks) page image

    Happily, Central is filled with Tuckerised Albuquerque fans from General Tackett and Group leader Speer to Colonel Milan.

  • 1981 D. Schweitzer The Vivisector in Science Fiction Review (#41) Winter 33/1 page image Darrell Schweitzer

    For fans, there are some in-jokesโ€ฆ. All the white magicians are tuckerised science fiction writers.

  • 1990 D. K. Fischer Ways in Which the World Ends in Lanโ€™s Lantern (#32) Mar. 80/1 page image Dennis Fischer

    The scope is large, encompassing a larger number of characters, many of them Tuckerized local science fiction fans.

  • 1998 D. Langford in Mimosa (#22) June 43/2 (quoting Mike Resnick) page image David Langford

    Rocket to the Morgue is filled with Tuckerized pros, not fen.

  • 2012 File 770 (#161) Oct. 3/2 page image

    Loscon 38 celebrated the 20th anniversary of Fallen Angels, Niven, Pournelle and Flynnโ€™s novel starring over a hundred Tuckerized science fiction fans.

  • 2022 L. Penney in National Fantasy Fan (vol. 81, no. 7) July 7/2 page image

    I am a Tuckerized character in the book!

Research requirements

antedating 1981
Research History
Fred Cleaver's review in Dynatron #74 is said to have first appeared in Rocky Mountain Fan, and might thus be from 1980.

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