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Edward Elmer Smith is not well known but E. E. 'Doc' Smith certainly is, punctuation and all, among the right classes of science fiction fans. As other people have said, brackets may look odd but ...
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Edward Elmer Smith is not well known but [E. E. 'Doc' Smith](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/e-e-doc-smith/) certainly is, punctuation and all, among the right classes of science fiction fans. As other people have said, brackets may look odd but if you want to go by a nickname then there seems to be no reason not to - though your editor is the expert here.