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* Shakespeare's HenryV is quoted, but [[GeniusBonus not named]]:
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* Shakespeare's HenryV ''Theatre/HenryV'' is quoted, but [[GeniusBonus not named]]:
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DarknessVisible has rather a lot of shout outs and references, most of which are literary or musical allusions dating back to before 1895, when it is set. Many of these count as [[GeniusBonus Genius Bonuses]] and are included to ground the work in the Victorian era or to reinforce the fact that the protagonist is a GentlemanAndAScholar.
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* Marsh quotes from the speech OscarWilde gave in court during his indecency trial:
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* Marsh quotes from the speech OscarWilde Creator/OscarWilde gave in court during his indecency trial:
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* Mention is made of the Second Afgan War, as well as (repeatedly) to TheBritishEmpire in India.
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* Mention is made of the Second Afgan War, as well as (repeatedly) to TheBritishEmpire UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire in India.
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* Lewis mentions the investigation of the JackTheRipper murders, with an in-universe twist which suggests he was personally involved:
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* Lewis mentions the investigation of the JackTheRipper UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper murders, with an in-universe twist which suggests he was personally involved:
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* One of the characters compares Lewis, scathingly, to SherlockHolmes, as a shorthand insult for not catching a criminal sooner.
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* One of the characters compares Lewis, scathingly, to SherlockHolmes, Franchise/SherlockHolmes, as a shorthand insult for not catching a criminal sooner.
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* The title itself is from John Milton's ParadiseLost, when Hell is first described. Marsh actually gives the appropriate quote in the book:
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* The title itself is from John Milton's ParadiseLost, Literature/ParadiseLost, when Hell is first described. Marsh actually gives the appropriate quote in the book:
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* Victor Hugo's LesMiserables is also quoted directly, because Lewis says it fits his thinking on being a Warden:
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* Victor Hugo's LesMiserables ''Literature/LesMiserables'' is also quoted directly, because Lewis says it fits his thinking on being a Warden:
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* The reference to a 'solitary, optimistic man selling sausages in a bun' is a shout out to [[{{Discworld}} Terry Pratchett's]] CMOT Dibbler.
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* [[{{Discworld}} Sam Vimes's]] comment that "We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything" is referenced by Lewis (with a little bit of fudging to get round the fact that Terry Pratchett hadn't even been born yet):
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* The reference to a 'solitary, optimistic man selling sausages in a bun' is a shout out to [[{{Discworld}} [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Terry Pratchett's]] CMOT Dibbler.
*[[{{Discworld}} [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Sam Vimes's]] comment that "We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything" is referenced by Lewis (with a little bit of fudging to get round the fact that Terry Pratchett hadn't even been born yet):
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* The name Albert Spangler is also a {{Discworld}} reference.
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* The name Albert Spangler is also a {{Discworld}} Literature/{{Discworld}} reference.
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* Much to the surprise of the protagonist, a Bible quotation is used by the NietzscheWannabe BigBad as a clue to the location of the final showdown:
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* Literature/TheBible is referenced obliquely several more times, such as when Lewis says that he feels as old as Methuselah.
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* Literature/TheBible is referenced obliquely several more times, such as when Lewis says that he feels as old as Methuselah.
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* The works of CharlesDickens are mentioned (this might actually be mandatory for late-Victorian works).
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* TheBible is referenced obliquely several more times, such as when Lewis says that he feels as old as Methuselah.
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* TheBible Literature/TheBible is referenced obliquely several more times, such as when Lewis says that he feels as old as Methuselah.
