Trout is referred to in Salman Rushdie's magical realism novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet-- "Books by famous American writers.. science fiction by Kilgore Trout,.." .
In the novel Fallen Angels by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn, the folksinging fan Jenny Trout (a character based on real-life folksinger Leslie Fish) is said to be the daughter of Kilgore Trout.