	A reviewer of "Black Easter" said, of the book's California governor "Rogan": "A Californian governor named Rogan, which must be an allusion to [Ronald] Reagan", who was then Governor of California. Other people have suggested that Baines, the biggest arms dealer in the world in the book, is an allusion to then-U.S. President Lyndon "Baines" Johnson, including Ted White in his review of the book. Blish replied to White's review, but did not comment on that claim.