History Literature / REAMDE

** The book mentions ''WorldOfWarcraft'' a few times as ''T'Rain'''s chief competition.

* ChickFlick: At one point, Zula tries to take her mind off being kidnapped by watching a DVD she found of ''LoveActually''. One of her kidnappers (a Jihadist terrorist) later secretly admits that he liked that movie.

* NextSundayAD: In Xiamen, a celebration/diplomatic meeting is said to be held on the 350th anniversary of Zheng Chenggong driving away the Dutch. Wiki/TheOtherWiki says this happened between 1661-1662, placing the events of the novel somewhere between 2011-2012. They also mention that LoveActually (2003) was released almost ten years ago. The book was published late September of 2011.

* NextSundayAD: In Xiamen, a celebration/diplomatic meeting is said to be held on the 350th anniversary of Zheng Chenggong driving away the Dutch. TheOtherWiki says this happened between 1661-1662, placing the events of the novel somewhere between 2011-2012. They also mention that LoveActually (2003) was released almost ten years ago. The book was published late September of 2011.

* DraftDodging: Richard did this to avoid being drafted for TheVietnamWar , only to come back to the U.S. during Jimmy Carter's blanket amnesty. This earned him [[TheSoCalledCoward the scorn of many of his family members]] although not the ones who really know him.

* {{Badass}}: Sokolov and Seamus

** At one point, the opening sequence of T'Rain is described as being ripped off from the opening sequence of GoogleEarth, which is in turn (accurately) described as being ripped off from some old science fiction novel. The novel in question is one of Stephenson's earlier books, ''Literature/SnowCrash''.

'''REAMDE''' is a novel by Creator/NealStephenson in which the worlds of international crime and {{Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game}}s intersect.

** At one point, the opening sequence of T'Rain is described as being ripped off from the opening sequence of GoogleEarth, which is in turn (accurately) described as being ripped off from some old science fiction novel. The novel in question is one of Stephenson's earlier books, ''SnowCrash''.

* WhiteGuyGetsTheGirl: The three female characters (one African and two Asians) in the book are strong and capable so they don't quite fit the "mellow" part of the {{Mighty Whitey and Mellow Yellow}} trope but in the end [[spoiler:they all end up with white guys]]. For the two Asian women, they feel an immediate, compelling attraction to a white guy within moments of meeting under crazy, extreme circumstances.
* WordSaladTitle: Like several of Stephenson's previous novels, the title is a made-up word found within the story. It's apparently supposed to be "README" with the letters transposed, either as a result of a typo or a lack of writing proficiency. Stephenson pronunces the titles as "REAM-duh"

* WhiteGuyGetsTheGirl: The three female characters (including two Asian ones) in the book are strong and capable so they don't quite fit the "mellow" part of the {{Mighty Whitey and Mellow Yellow}} trope but in the end [[spoiler:they all end up with white guys]]. For the two Asian women, they feel an immediate, compelling attraction to a white guy within moments of meeting under crazy, extreme circumstances.

* BadassDamsel: Zula and Yuxia.

** To be fair, though, that also tended to indicate whether you paid some level of attention to the lore and role-playing[[note]]which was repeatedly shown to be a strong consideration of (most of) the designers, so even converting in-game money to real and vice versa required a ritual to invoke the gods[[/note]] (Earthtone Coalition) or were a more casual player (Forces of Brightness).

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: So, it's about these guys that are picked up by the Russian Mob who go after a hacker that made all of their files useless. [[spoiler: And it goes great... until they run into the Terrorists.]]
** [[WordOfGod Stephenson himself]] has said that it could have been two books, but [[ExecutiveMeddling the publisher has decided]] that his books should be of a certain length to maximize profit.

** The hack writer Devin Skraelin is nicknamed [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]] when he loses weight.

* {{Introdump}}: Used in the snippet of writing we see of Skraelin, which is constantly explaining who and what the characters are and what's going on, even though it's supposedly in the middle of the story. Skraelin is supposed to be a bad writer, but it's probably not a parody of the trope. Skrealin's reader wouldn't need that information to know what's going on, but readers of ''Readme'' don't have any context, so they ''do''.

* BadassBoast: Sokolov, to Jones: [[spoiler: "Running away like fucking rat while brave men are dead in a city below. What a fine man you are, Jones. Still have Zula? Are you being nice to her? I suggest you be nice to that girl, Jones, because when I find you, I will kill you fast if you have treated her well and if you have harmed her in any way, I will do it in a way that is not so nice. I have sent a thousand jihadists to heaven to be with their virgins, but you I am going to hell."]]

* {{Expy}}: Don Don shares a few traits with J.R.R. Tolkein. He's a Cambridge professor by day and medieval fantasy author by night who's written a sprawling fantasy {{Doorstopper}} as his masterpiece and invents languages for his works.

* {{Expy}}: Don Don shares a few traits with J.R.R. Tolkein. He's a Cambridge professor by day and medieval fantasy author by night who's written a sprawling fantasy DoorStopper as he masterpiece and invents languages for his works.

* SdrawkcabName: Richard's character in ''T'Rain'' is called Egdod, which is his nickname "Dodge" spelled backwards.

* WordSaladTitle: Like several of Stephenson's previous novels, the title is a made-up word found within the story. It's apparently supposed to be "README" with the letters transposed, either as a result of a typo or a lack of writing proficiency.
** Stephenson pronunces the titles as "REAM-duh"

* BadassDamsel: Zula
** Yuxia as well.

** The fate of [[spoiler:Jake the helicopter pilot]] is never revealed.