Ajax Penumbra 1969 by Robin Sloan: “It is Isaac Asimov’s Foundation; Claude has spoken of this one often.”
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie: “On that first aeroplane he read science fiction tales of interplanetary migration: Asimov's Foundation, Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles.”
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu: “"There's a legend that says you named your organization after these novels." The old man set the book gently to one side and smiled. "Let it stay a legend."”