Chapter 4 begins with the introduction of Jones and Sully.

There's a suggestion that this "real-life Dana Scully" watches porn—if you're an X-Files fan you know that's more of a Fox Mulder thing, but maybe he managed to get her into some of it.

It's also a reference to Sphere: "I AM COMING" was a line laced with menace in that novel and motion picture. (My Michael Crichton phase was brief.)

Yeah, that pentagonal speech balloon thing didn't last long. Neither did Sully's curvy balloon tails.

Jones' comments about the rise of geek power hold up surprisingly well almost ten years after they were written, since he'd still be older than the Sergey Brins of the world.