Es werden erwähnt:
Bücher:
Scheibenwelt, Neuromancer, Rendezvous with Rama, Herr Guardiola, Die Buddenbrooks, The Circle, Das Einmaleins der Skepsis, Freemium, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, S., House of Leaves, Hyperion, Cloud Atlas, Ghostwritten, Warbreaker, The Name of the Wind, Rivers of London, High Fidelity, Fever Pitch, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, Last Chance to See, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Heroes, Salammbô, A History of the World in Six Glasses, You Are Not So Smart, You Are Now Less Dumb, Fünf Kopeken.
Personen:
Isaac Asimov, Terry Pratchett, George R. R. Martin, Dave Eggers, Gerd Gigerenzer, J. J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, David Mitchell, Brandon Sanderson, Patrick Rothfuss, House Stark, House Lannister, House of York, House of Lancaster, Dan Simmons, Ben Aaronovitch, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Nick Hornby, Douglas Adams, Erich Kästner, William Shakespeare, Joe Abercrombie, Gustave Flaubert, Tom Standage, David McRaney, Sarah Stricker, Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle.
Organisationen:
Facebook, Herrn Kalibans Eskapistischer Buchklub, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, TED, Obsidian Entertainment.
Spiele:
Fez, Pillars of Eternity, System Shock.