ITT: times that authors BTFO'd other authors in works of

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ITT: times that authors BTFO'd other authors in works of fiction. Bonus points if they call the other author out by name.

"Nevertheless, Voltaire said of this city, that 'Before Louis XIV, it possessed but four fine monuments': the dome of the Sorbonne, the Val-de-Grace, the modern Louvre, and I know not what the fourth was the Luxembourg, perhaps. Fortunately, Voltaire was the author of 'Candide' in spite this, and in spite of this, among all the men who have followed each other in the long series of humanity, the one who has best possessed the diabolical laugh. Moreover, this proves that one can be a fine genius, and yet understand nothing of an art to which one does not belong."