When I wrote my first novel in 1988 (Eye of the Pharaoh, c.1990 MJC) adding a Bibliography after the story was very uncommon. Does Star Wars mention Ancient Egypt in the credits? Or Walt Disney? The idea for this is to make it appear scholarly, as one would for a college paper; it makes it appear the author is intelligent or doesn't want people to believe s/he plagiarized another source. Research for Novels forms the background data. The story goes on from there. Star Trek, for example, Never Supplies a Bibliography of books in the Credits of any Star Trek based film. People asked this about Eye of the Pharaoh in the US Media in the 1990s, before I had any means to communicate with them (no Internet). People believed I stole information to write my science fiction novel. I read 12 books before writing it, and none of which contained anything more than placing the scene. The other knowledge came from me. Real Past Lives for example or Otherworldly Knowledge does not have a human source. The CIA classified the book and author top secret since my book was published (stolen) in 1991-1992. This is not the fault of the author (victim). She (the publisher, KW) could have asked for sources if she wanted to publish the book legally, but no. She photocopied it without telling me in 1991 when she asked to "see it." She returned the book claiming "her car was stolen but the book was still inside it." Published it by 1992 off my College campus (I attended college from 1990-1999, part time, for 2 degrees at 2 colleges - Chabot College and CSUH/CSUEB - the name changed after I left it). The university is where she was a student working on her Masters in Psychology using my book as reference. Other people stole ideas from my novel, not just in Hollywood -- The Matrix and The Mummy series. Walt Disney used Ancient Egypt for his cartoon films (Cinderella from Osiris, and wishing upon a star - from Dua).
MC 2022.
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