When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- The Beat Poets (5.12, 14.29)
- The Declaration of Independence (11.135, 13.133, 15.30)
- Allen Ginsberg, Howl (14.30-31)
- Jack Kerouac, On the Road (14.32-41)
Media Agencies
- The San Francisco Chronicle (5.32, 8.86, 12.169)
- KQED (9.45, 14.114)
- AlJazeera (13.67-68, 13.73, 14.102)
- NPR (13.66-73)
- BBC (14.102)
- The Bay Guardian (16.61-62, 16.135, 20.10-21)
Historical References
- Cesar Chavez (1.1, 14.29)
- Alan Turing (6.67-70)
- Thomas Bayes (7.75-77)
- Emma Goldman (11.88, 11.101)
- the Yippies (12.114-124)
- Wavy Gravy (not the ice cream) (12.116)
- Dan Bernstein (a crypto-writing mathematician) (17.5)
- John Postel (he used to run key internet servers) (17.88)
- Sodom and Gomorrah (17.102, epilogue.29)
- Rosa Luxembourg (19.91)
San Francisco References
- BART and MUNI
- San Francisco neighborhoods
- Goat Hill Pizza (4.39, 5.62, 5.78-79)
- Dolores Park (12.33, 12.82-150)
Pop Culture References
- Benetton's ads (4.10)
- Castle Wolfenstein (6.68)
- Britney Spears (13.53)