Editing Harold Robbins (section)

== In popular culture ==
Robbins is mentioned (with [[Jacqueline Susann]]) in ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'' by Admiral [[James T. Kirk]], as archetypal 20th century writers, whom his first officer [[Spock]] recognizes as "the giants". Robbins is also mentioned by name by [[Basil Fawlty]] in the ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' episode "Waldorf Salad"; he refers to Robbins's work as "transatlantic tripe, a sort of pornographic muzak". The band [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] mentions "a Harold Robbins paperback" in their song "[[Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)]]". The band [[Sleeper (band)|Sleeper]] also state that a character in their song "[[Inbetweener (song)|Inbetweener"]], "reads Howard Robbins". In [[Roger Corman]]'s 1970 post-apocalyptic ''[[Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.]]'', a young couple uses a public library's copies of the collected works of [[Jacqueline Susann]] (who took inspiration from Robbins in writing her first novel in ''[[Valley of the Dolls (novel)|Valley of the Dolls]]''){{Citation needed|date=November 2022}} as kindling after the woman's initial objection to burning library books to keep warm.  She says, "OK, but what if we run out?" Her boyfriend says, "Don't worry, there's an entire shelf full of Harold Robbins." In the movie ''[[Educating Rita (film)|Educating Rita]]'', Dr Bryant, played by [[Michael Caine]] said he doubts that the examiner of the English Literature course has read ''[[Where Love Has Gone (novel)|Where Love Has Gone]]''.