I want examples of many different fictional companies and products from literature!
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I want examples of many different fictional companies and products from literature! So you get T-shirts with designs for non-existent companies that feature in literature: http://meanfellas.com/store/1984-inspired-george-orwell-victory-gin-tshirt-p-879.html from 1984. http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln01lpfh1x1qdu4fco1_500.jpg from Infinite Jest etc etc I want a huge list of companies that only exist within literary texts! Any company name that was invented by an author. Like 'Brown's Slaughterhouse' from The Jungle. I realise this is a very broad category (loads of books have fake companies in them) but I really am after any examples anyone has. Literature only, please, no movies or music! Preferably no sci-fi or fantasy please!
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Answer:
Franco-Midland Hardware Company, Ltd, the fictional fictional company in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Stockbroker's_Clerk Sherlock Holmes story, if you want to be meta.
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Wikipedia has a http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fictional_companies
The Man from Lardfork
Obscure Reference
LeFever Parfumaire from Jitterbug Perfume
Pwoink
My personal favorite is http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoyodyne#section_1.
deathpanels
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tono-Bungay, the wildly successful snake oil patent medicine from HG Wells' http://www.gutenberg.org/files/718/718-h/718-h.htm of the same name.THE SECRET OF VIGOUR, TONO-BUNGAY.Tono-Bungay had some competitors in the scam supplement market, too: "Sorber's Food" and "Cracknell's Ferric Wine". Like good capitalists everywhere, the Tono-Bungay people developed plenty of follow on product lines for various demographic segments -- Tono-Bungay Mouthwash, Tono-Bungay Chocolate, Tono-Bungay Hair Stimulant, Tono-Bungay: Thistle Brand (specifically blended with 11% pure alcohol, for the Scottish market).
notyou
Grand Trunk Semaphore Company Which reminds me: the http://www.henry-miller.com/narrative-literature/cosmodemonic-telegraph-company-of-north-america.html, from Henry Miller's semi-autobiographical Tropic of Capricorn.
UbuRoivas
Encyclopedia Galactica Publishing Company, from Asimov's Foundation Megadodo Publications, from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
RonButNotStupid
Burleigh & Stronginthearm Weapons Manufacturer Grand Trunk Semaphore Company Sonky Rubber Company--sonkies, the penny-a-packet preventatives Thimble's Pipe and Tobacco Shop Pointer & Pickles--Crystals, Minerals & Tumbling Supplies Higgs & Meakins Fine Chocolatiers Soon Shine Sun Shonky Shop--thrift store Goatberger Publishers of Ankh-Morpork Teemer and Spools Publishers Not sure if you want the restaurants: Gimlet's Hole Foods Delicatessen "We use only the best free range rats!" Famous for: Dwarf Bread Fried rat on a stick (best in the city) Soya rat (vegetarian) Pizza "Quatre rodenti" (with newts and chillis) Pizza "Klatchian Hots" (with salami) Yo Rat! Harga's House Of Ribs Three Jolly Luck Takeaway Fish Bar These are all I can remember off the top of my head. I'm sure someone with a better memory could add more.
BlueHorse
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