Editing The Big Rock Candy Mountains (section)

===In literature===
*In 1943, [[Wallace Stegner]] published an autobiographical novel titled ''[[The Big Rock Candy Mountain (novel)|The Big Rock Candy Mountain]]''. He published a further autobiographical work in 1992 entitled ''Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs'', a reference to a line in the song.
*In 1945, [[George Orwell]] referenced the song in the book ''[[Animal Farm]]'' with an animal version of [[heaven]] named Sugarcandy Mountain.
*In [[Glen Cook]]'s 1982 novel ''Shadowline'', first in the ''Starfishers'' trilogy, a planet named the Big Rock Candy Mountain is the location for several scenes.
*The song is discussed in depth in the book ''[[The Areas of My Expertise]]'' by [[John Hodgman]], and performed by [[Jonathan Coulton]] in the audiobook.
*In 2005, [[Lucius Shepard]] referenced the song in the story 'Over Yonder'.
*In [[Mur Lafferty]]'s ''Heaven'' novella series, the Big Rock Candy Mountain is portrayed as the hobo afterlife.
*In the 2014 [[Valiant Comics]] series ''The Delinquents'', the Big Rock Candy Mountain is presented as a [[mesa]], atop which is the "lost treasure of the hobos", a giant [[Cornucopia|horn of plenty]].
*In [[Elizabeth Bear]]'s 2020 Novel ''Machine'', second in the ''White Space'' series, an ancient [[generation ship]] is named Big Rock Candy Mountain.