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* DeadpanSnarker: Most characters. Richard notes that Jones likes to be the only one making the snarks.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The entire plotline of the "Wor" between the Earthtone Coalition and the Forces of Brightness is never resolved and has no impact at all on the main plot of Zula's capture.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The entire plotline of the "Wor" between the Earthtone Coalition and the Forces of Brightness is never resolved and has no impact at all on the main plot of Zula's capture.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: In ''T'Rain'', there is a war going on between players who dress their avatars in bright colors and those who use subdued colors.
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* {{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.
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* EyeScream: What Zula does to [[spoiler: Khalid]]. With a broken [[spoiler: dvd copy of LoveActually]], no less.
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* EyeScream: What Zula does to [[spoiler: Khalid]]. With a broken [[spoiler: dvd copy ofLoveActually]], ''Love Actually'']], no less.
* EyeScream: What Zula does to [[spoiler: Khalid]]. With a broken [[spoiler: dvd copy of
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* PunctuationShaker: A discussed trope. The "hack" writer has created a number of names with apostrophes, but the literature Don grills him at length to determine what system of grammar he's applying to the apostrophes. Finally someone has to break in and state the obvious, that it's following RuleOfCool. The Don still insists on removing all the apostrophes in the "Apostropocalyse."
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* PunctuationShaker: A discussed trope. The "hack" writer Skeletor has created a number of names with apostrophes, but the literature Don don grills him at length to determine what system of grammar he's applying to the apostrophes. Finally someone has to break in and state the obvious, that it's following RuleOfCool. The Don still insists on removing all the apostrophes in the "Apostropocalyse."
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* RecklessGunUsage: The story features an almost fetishistic amount of gun safety content. Nearly every time a gun is mentioned, we hear about whether the character is using proper or improper gun handling techniques. Stephenson even credits a man as his firearms copy editor.
* RuleOfCool: The PunctuationShaker names in ''T'Rain'' didn't follow any kind of system of grammar. Theyjust looked cool.
* RuleOfCool: The PunctuationShaker names in ''T'Rain'' didn't follow any kind of system of grammar. Theyjust looked cool.
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* RecklessGunUsage: The story features an almost fetishistic amount of gun safety content.procedure. Nearly every time a gun is mentioned, we hear about whether the character is using proper or improper gun handling techniques. Stephenson even credits a man as his firearms copy editor.
* RuleOfCool: The PunctuationShaker names in ''T'Rain'' didn't follow any kind of system of grammar.Theyjust They just looked cool.
* RuleOfCool: The PunctuationShaker names in ''T'Rain'' didn't follow any kind of system of grammar.
* SdrawkcabName: Richard's character in ''T'Rain'' is called Egdod, which is his nickname "Dodge" spelled backwards.
* SeriousBusiness: The colors you use on your avatar in ''T'Rain''. The entire gamer population spontaneously divided into two warring factions based on whether you use bright or earthtone colors.
* SeriousBusiness: The colors you use on your avatar in ''T'Rain''. The entire gamer population spontaneously divided into two warring factions based on whether you use bright or earthtone colors.
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** And speaking of TheMafiya, Sokolov and his men are "security consultants." (and certainly ''not'' "Russian Mafia Goons".) Actually, this one's somewhat justified, in that they really ''are'' security consultants (whose services just happen to have been retained by Ivanov).
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** And speaking of TheMafiya, Sokolov and his men are "security consultants." (and consultants," and certainly ''not'' "Russian Mafia Goons".) Actually, this one's somewhat justified, in Goons". It turns out that they Sokolov really ''are'' is a security consultants (whose services just happen to have been retained consultant by Ivanov).honest trade when he's not hiring himself off as muscle.
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* PunctuationShaker: A discussed trope. The "hack" writer has created a number of names with apostrophes, but the literature Don grills him at length to determine what system of grammar he's applying to the apostrophes. Finally someone has to break in and state the obvious, that it's following RuleOfCool. The Don still insists on taking all the apostrophes out in the "Apostropocalyse."
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* PunctuationShaker: A discussed trope. The "hack" writer has created a number of names with apostrophes, but the literature Don grills him at length to determine what system of grammar he's applying to the apostrophes. Finally someone has to break in and state the obvious, that it's following RuleOfCool. The Don still insists on taking removing all the apostrophes out in the "Apostropocalyse."
* RealMoneyTrade: A major theme in the ''T'Rain'' side of the story. The game is built for the express purpose of facilitating a real-world economy within the game. This helps Marlon create a virus that can extort money from players, which sets the novel's plot in motion.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: There's an awful lot of witticisms being traded by people in gunfights who should probably be using that time to shoot someone or avoid getting shot.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Ivanov completely snaps in the end. Sokolov realizes that Ivanov might be losing his sanity well beforehand.
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* VillainousBreakdown: VillainousBreakdown:
** Ivanov completely snaps in the end. Sokolov realizes that Ivanov might be losing his sanity wellbeforehand.beforehand.
** Abdallah Jones is another example. Right in the middle of a gunfight with Richard, he starts ignoring Richard and shooting frantically at a mountain lion. Even when Richard pops out of hiding to shoot him, Jones is babbling about the cat.
** Ivanov completely snaps in the end. Sokolov realizes that Ivanov might be losing his sanity well
** Abdallah Jones is another example. Right in the middle of a gunfight with Richard, he starts ignoring Richard and shooting frantically at a mountain lion. Even when Richard pops out of hiding to shoot him, Jones is babbling about the cat.
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* 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''.
* PunctuationShaker: A discussed trope. The "hack" writer has created a number of names with apostrophes, but the literature Don grills him at length to determine what system of grammar he's applying to the apostrophes. Finally someone has to break in and state the obvious, that it's following RuleOfCool. The Don still insists on taking all the apostrophes out in the "Apostropocalyse."
* RuleOfCool: The PunctuationShaker names in ''T'Rain'' didn't follow any kind of system of grammar. Theyjust looked cool.
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* ShoutOut: 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''.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** 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''.''SnowCrash''.
** The book mentions ''WorldOfWarcraft'' a few times as ''T'Rain'''s chief competition.
** The hack writer Devin Skraelin is nicknamed [[HeMan Skeletor]] when he loses weight.
** 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,
** The book mentions ''WorldOfWarcraft'' a few times as ''T'Rain'''s chief competition.
** The hack writer Devin Skraelin is nicknamed [[HeMan Skeletor]] when he loses weight.
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* BadassCripple: John, a war hero who lost his lower legs in 'nam and can still mix it up.
* HandicappedBadass: John, a war hero who lost his lower legs in 'nam and can still mix it up.
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** Csongor is a possible example, since he helps track down Peter and Wallace for the Russian mobsters, but he makes it pretty clear that he has no choice in the matter and is soon in just the same boat as the rest of the hackers.
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* HopeSpot: Zula manages to escape the mobsters and make a break for it, only to run right into Sokolov, who just so happened to be coming the opposite direction at that moment.
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* PunchClockVillain: Zula recognizes pretty quickly that Sokolov is a decent guy who doesn't mean her any harm, and might protect her when push comes to shove. In fact, we find out that Sokolov feels guilty about serving a mobster and has planned to prevent any harm from coming to her.
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* BadassCripple: John, a war hero who lost his lower legs in 'nam and can still mix it up.
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* CrazySurvivalist: Jake, his family and the other inhabitants of Prohibition Crik.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Abdallah Jones
* HollywoodHacking: An in-universe example:
-->"They have convinced themselves," Csongor said, "that if the three of us get inside the building, we can determine which unit contains [[spoiler:the Troll]]."
-->"Why do they believe that?"
-->"Because we are hackers," Csongor said, "and they have seen the movies."
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-->"They have convinced themselves," Csongor said, "that if the three of us get inside the building, we can determine which unit contains [[spoiler:the Troll]]."
-->"Why do they believe that?"
-->"Because we are hackers," Csongor said, "and they have seen the movies."
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* FauxAffablyEvil: FauxAffablyEvil:
** AbdallahJones
* HollywoodHacking: An in-universe example:
-->"They have convinced themselves," Csongor said, "that if the three of us get inside the building, we can determine which unit contains [[spoiler:the Troll]]."
-->"Why do they believe that?"
-->"Because we are hackers," Csongor said, "and they have seen the movies."Jones almost always speaks respectfully and keeps a calm facade. He's actually a bloodthirsty, ruthless killer.
** Ivanov pretends to be friendly to his captives and is almost cartoonishly chivalrous toward Zula, but she realizes that it's just a ploy to keep them docile and helpful.
** Abdallah
* HollywoodHacking: An in-universe example:
-->"They have convinced themselves," Csongor said, "that if the three of us get inside the building, we can determine which unit contains [[spoiler:the Troll]]."
-->"Why do they believe that?"
-->"Because we are hackers," Csongor said, "and they have seen the movies."
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* HeelFaceTurn. Technically
** Csongor is a possible example, since heworking helps track down Peter and Wallace for Ivanov although the Russian mobsters, but he makes it pretty clear that he has no choice in the matter and is soon in just barely qualifies the same boat as even a PunchclockVillain. the rest of the hackers.
** Sokolovis starts out as a straight version.PunchclockVillain for Ivanov, but eventually decides that he'll try to protect Zula and later becomes an avenging angel for her.
** Csongor is a possible example, since he
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* HitmanWithAHeart: Sokolov wants to avoid killing [[spoiler:the Troll is more of a mercenary and co.]].honest security consultant than a hitman. This is an unusual job for him, and he vows never to take another one like it again.
* HollywoodHacking: An in-universe example:
-->"They have convinced themselves," Csongor said, "that if the three of us get inside the building, we can determine which unit contains [[spoiler:the Troll]]."
-->"Why do they believe that?"
-->"Because we are hackers," Csongor said, "and they have seen the movies."
-->"They have convinced themselves," Csongor said, "that if the three of us get inside the building, we can determine which unit contains [[spoiler:the Troll]]."
-->"Why do they believe that?"
-->"Because we are hackers," Csongor said, "and they have seen the movies."
* KarmaHoudini: Marlon, who steals $2 million from ''T'Rain'' players, keeps it, and never suffers any ill affects for the rest of the story.
* TheMafiya: Ivanov. The rest of his crew are either local American thugs or Sokolov, who's a mercenary. It's implied that Igor calls some of Ivanov's compariots, but they never show up.
* TheMafiya: Ivanov. The rest of his crew are either local American thugs or Sokolov, who's a mercenary. It's implied that Igor calls some of Ivanov's compariots, but they never show up.
* OnlyOneName: Sokolov, which is lampshaded at the end.
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* 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.
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* ChekhovsGun: Peter cuts himself after snapping a DVD in the beginning of the novel. [[spoiler: Zula uses this information later, when Khalid tries to rape her.]]
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** Peter cuts himself after snapping a DVD in the beginning of the novel. [[spoiler: Zula uses this information later, when Khalid tries to rape her.]]
** Peter cuts himself after snapping a DVD in the beginning of the novel. [[spoiler: Zula uses this information later, when Khalid tries to rape her.]]
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* HollywoodEncryption: Safely averted. The encrypted file on Wallace's hard drive has a ".gpg" file extension. GPG is a real-world program, the GNU Privacy Guard, that implements an encryption alogrithm ([=OpenPGP=]) that would work exactly as described.
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* HollywoodEncryption: Safely averted. The encrypted file on Wallace's hard drive has a ".gpg" file extension. GPG is a real-world program, the GNU Privacy Guard, that implements an encryption alogrithm ([=OpenPGP=]) that would work exactly as described. That said, there's nothing about GPG that requires a three-letter ".gpg" file extension as it instead embeds GPG/PGP header information in the file itself. GPG'd files can have any extension the user wants and GPG will still be able to identify and decrypt them by checking for the PGP header block in the file. Stephenson likely used a .gpg file extension because it was quicker and less awkward than explaining the details of GPG's functionality, and worked just as well as a shout-out for cryptogeek readers and wouldn't have made much difference anyway for those who didn't know what he was talking about in the first place.
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** Also a quite literal one: after being introduced to firearms at the beginning of the novel, Peter buys an [[CoolGun AR-15]]. [[spoiler: After it gets stolen, it falls into the hands of Sokolov, who uses it in the book's climax.]]
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* UnusualEuphemism: Stephenson has always had soooooo much fun with these.
** When dealing with custody issues for Zula: "Richard, at the time, was in regular contact with motorcycling enthusiasts who had a branch in Southern California, euphemistically describable as 'active.' Through their good offices, he got a line on some private investigators, unconventional in grooming and in methods. These then made it their business to learn more about Bob's private life." Notice how he lampshades "active", but leaves a bare bulb hanging over "motorcycling enthusiasts". (Which certainly has ''nothing'' to do with "biker gangs".)
** And speaking of TheMafiya, Sokolov and his men are "security consultants." (and certainly ''not'' "Russian Mafia Goons".) Actually, this one's somewhat justified, in that they really ''are'' security consultants (whose services just happen to have been retained by Ivanov).
** When dealing with custody issues for Zula: "Richard, at the time, was in regular contact with motorcycling enthusiasts who had a branch in Southern California, euphemistically describable as 'active.' Through their good offices, he got a line on some private investigators, unconventional in grooming and in methods. These then made it their business to learn more about Bob's private life." Notice how he lampshades "active", but leaves a bare bulb hanging over "motorcycling enthusiasts". (Which certainly has ''nothing'' to do with "biker gangs".)
** And speaking of TheMafiya, Sokolov and his men are "security consultants." (and certainly ''not'' "Russian Mafia Goons".) Actually, this one's somewhat justified, in that they really ''are'' security consultants (whose services just happen to have been retained by Ivanov).
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* ShoutOut: 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''.
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* RunningGag: Richard's Wikipedia entry. It really overblows the money laundering.
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* {{Doorstopper}}: It's by Neal Stephenson so not a surprise.
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* BadassFamily: The Forthrasts.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding
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* HeroicNeutral: Richard Forthrast was perfectly happy running his computer game empire. Then the bad guys went and stole his niece.
* HeroicNeutral: Richard Forthrast was perfectly happy running his computer game empire. Then the bad guys went and stole his niece.
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* PlotShield: Jones believes that God is on his side, and there's a decent case to be made that he's right with the amount of times he cheated death.
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* CIABadFBIGood: Subverted. The FBI isn't evil in this but they are portrayed as pretty useless while the CIA, at least in the form of Seamus, kicks ass.
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* CIABadFBIGood: CIAEvilFBIGood: Subverted. The FBI isn't evil in this but they are portrayed as pretty useless while the CIA, at least in the form of Seamus, kicks ass.
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* ActionSurvivor: Csongor, Marlon, Yuxia and Zula. All but Marlon eventually [[TookALevelInBadass take a level in badass]].
* {{Badass}}: Sokolov and Seamus
* {{Badass}}: Sokolov and Seamus
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* CoolOldGuy: Richard
* CrazySurvivalist: Jake, his family and the other inhabitants of Prohibition Crik.
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* TheWarOnTerror
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* 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.]]
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* 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 And it goes great... until they run into the Terrorists.]]
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* TheRashomon: Once things start picking up, the book has a habit of splitting off the characters and following one around until one character affects another, and then start explaining how ''that'' character got there.
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* FridgeHorro: Jones makes Zula promise to be completely submissive in the future. It seems an awful lot like he knew that [[spoiler: Khalid would try to rape her]].
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* HitmanWithAHeart: Solokov wants to avoid killing [[spoiler:the Troll and co.]].
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* IndyPloy: First, Solokov Sokolov likens his situation to a game of chess. Then he realizes it's more like Go -- there's a near-infinite amount of possible moves. He's never played Go, so he pulls an IndyPloy instead.
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* ChekhovsGun: Peter cuts himself after snapping a DVD in the beginning of the novel. [[spoiler: Zula uses this information later, when Khalid tries to rape her.]]
* EyeScream: What Zula does to [[spoiler: Khalid]]. With a broken [[spoiler: dvd copy of LoveActually]], no less.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Abdallah Jones
* FridgeHorro: Jones makes Zula promise to be completely submissive in the future. It seems an awful lot like he knew that [[spoiler: Khalid would try to rape her]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: Abdallah Jones
* FridgeHorro: Jones makes Zula promise to be completely submissive in the future. It seems an awful lot like he knew that [[spoiler: Khalid would try to rape her]].
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* 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. The book was published late September of 2011.
* Orphan'sOrdeal: Richard's recounting of Zula's history reads like this.
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* 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.
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*Orphan'sOrdeal: OrphansOrdeal: Richard's recounting of Zula's history reads like this.this.
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* XanatosSpeedChess: This whole novel reads as a big game of this.
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* NextSundayAD 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. The book was published late September of 2011.
