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    Gregor Samsa from The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.

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    Good one.

    Lots and lots of album names and song titles. Band names, not so much.

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    Faust.

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    Duh, how could we forget Faust.

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    Gilgamesh
    Rumplestiltskin
    Cressida
    Titus Groan
    Bodkin
    Last edited by mogrooves; 12-15-2014 at 04:20 PM.
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    Uriah Heep from a Charles Dickens novel.
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    Pere Ubu.

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    Spock's Beard (from the Star Trek original series Episode "Mirror, Mirror)
    T'Pau (from the Star Trek original series Episode "Amok Time")
    S.P.O.C.K. ( techno band)

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    Iluvatar is also from Tolkien

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    Par Lindh & Bjorn Johansson - Bilbo

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterG View Post
    Oh dear, theres always one! Jethro Tull was a real person, not a fictional literary character.
    I think he's saying that he's a real person of note, and therefore would be in a non-fiction book.
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    Juicy Lucy.

    Can't remember what book the character was from, there have probably been several books with a character of that name, many of them probably R-rated or X-rated!

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    Steve Peregrin Took from T Rex.
    Mott the Hoople
    Josef K

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterG View Post
    Each time I create a thread, I think to myself, no i dont need to be so specific
    and overexplain the purpose of the thread in its title, because the context of the content in the dopning post will make it obvious. AND each time I think that, I am proven wrong by a few stubborn interpreters of every word in a thread title....and you know it really is tiring and boring for others, so just for you few, FICTIONAL PEOPLE FROM WRITTEN WORKS OF FICTION I.E. FICTIONAL HUMANS IN NOVELS....Sheesh!
    Fred Drift?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterG View Post
    Each time I create a thread, I think to myself, no i dont need to be so specific
    and overexplain the purpose of the thread in its title, because the context of the content in the dopning post will make it obvious. AND each time I think that, I am proven wrong by a few stubborn interpreters of every word in a thread title....and you know it really is tiring and boring for others, so just for you few, FICTIONAL PEOPLE FROM WRITTEN WORKS OF FICTION I.E. FICTIONAL HUMANS IN NOVELS....Sheesh!
    I suppose that's what you get if you start asking for a very limited aspect. I don't think there are that many groups named after fictional humans. All characters from Lord of the rings should be dropped. No animals, no real people, which leaves us with not much more than Uriah Heep.

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    That narrows it down a lot, there are tons of bands named after Gods, Demons, Places even Swords out of fictional novels.

    I can only come up with (Uther) Pendragon from the King Arthur saga (which was a fictional novel in the start)
    Of couse there are more based on this source like Parzival (German Folk Prog) Galahad (Neo Prog) Galaad (Swiss Neo Prog)
    Last edited by TheH; 12-16-2014 at 09:52 AM.

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    The Archies - named for Archie Andrews in Archie comics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    The Archies - named for Archie Andrews in Archie comics.
    Okay, that should officially close the thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rcarlberg View Post
    Okay, that should officially close the thread.
    Not before I mention Veruca Salt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rcarlberg View Post
    Okay, that should officially close the thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dropforge View Post
    Not before I mention Veruca Salt.
    That's a good one!

    Not sure why my The Archie's entry would be less valid that the Duran Duran one in the opening post.

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    If The Archies are allowed, then so are The Veronicas!

    Unless of course someone says "Oh no those are comics, not books."

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    Quote Originally Posted by bob_32_116 View Post
    If The Archies are allowed, then so are
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    Eloy, I believe were from HG Well's "The Time Machine"

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