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.