Drunkard's Walk/Trivia

Trivia about Drunkard's Walk includes:

• History Marches On: A few examples, as the almost inevitable result of the series being written over many years. A case in point: In DW2, set in 2036 but written 1998-2003, Doug got a card for Blockbuster Video (which went of out of business in 2013).
• Homage: Occasional small ones, almost on the Shout-Out level.
• Recursive Fanfiction: Not only is the series itself Fanfic, it has inspired other fan writers to create their own Drunkard's Walk stories, including two "official" sequels.
  • Drunkard's Walk XIII shows that at least one Recursive Fanfic has contributed to the canon: AI Eimi and the laptop that she inhabits were introduced in a fan-written story.
• Shout-Out: Numerous. Doug is a pop culture maven who isn't shy about tossing references and quotes around. Also subverted -- between the different worlds he visits, and the divergence of his own homeworld from other timelines, not all of his references make sense to everyone -- and vice versa.
  • On the meta-level, Chapter 13 of DW2 includes cameos by Yumeko Asagiri of The Next Generation and Bert Van Vliet of The Bubblegum Zone.
• Technology Marches On: The first few chapters of DW2 were written in the late 90s, and it shows when Nene, in 2036, is impressed by the several thousand songs stored in Doug's helmet computer -- about the same amount most people have in their iPods today. The author acknowledges this trope in a recent note in the Concordance for DW2: "Go ahead, laugh at me."
• What Could Have Been: The author occasionally posts abandoned bits and pieces of stories in his forums.
• Word of God: Numerous sources, including the author's discussion forums and his website.

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