Place
California
In the books
#5 Dr. Quake
State threatened by the extortionists and the culminating earthquake.
#27 The Last Temple
State in the false Captain Kangaroo return address.
#38 Bay City Blast
State named on Nobile’s limousine license plates and in Smith’s account of Pinkerton’s retirement.
#39 Missing Link
State named with Oxnard.
#42 Timber Line
State containing a Southern California holding-company executive in CURE’s intelligence example and the hills around the later Mountain High/Tulsa Torrent setting.
#53 Time Trial
State Remo infers from his route and where Smith is called.
#64 The Last Alchemist
State containing La Jolla, where Bonner questions Brewster.
#65 Lost Yesterday
U.S. state containing the Dolomo estate, several witness and defendant locations, and the Poweressence campaign.
#78 Blue Smoke and Mirrors
State location for Vandenberg and other narrative references.
#89 Dark Horse
State whose governor and lieutenant governor die in the plane crash and whose special gubernatorial election is manipulated.
Source notes
Contextual source review of the recurring California subject; book-specific observations and uncertainty remain separate.
destroyer-038:california: Lead accepted the separate-reader contextual proposal after comparing primary contexts: New California plates, Oxnard or retirement locale are state geography; prior discusses California as a state contrasted with Texas. Individual vehicles and residents remain separate. Original labels, participation scope and attributed fictional claims remain in the observation. (witness:00000111:ch01:p0012; witness:00000111:ch07:p0036; witness:00000012:ch01:p0001; witness:00000012:ch22:p0013).
destroyer-039:california: Lead accepted the separate-reader contextual proposal after comparing primary contexts: New California plates, Oxnard or retirement locale are state geography; prior discusses California as a state contrasted with Texas. Individual vehicles and residents remain separate. Original labels, participation scope and attributed fictional claims remain in the observation. (witness:00000114:ch05:p0019; witness:00000012:ch01:p0001; witness:00000012:ch22:p0013).
destroyer-027:california: Lead accepted the separate-reader contextual proposal after comparing primary contexts: Same U.S. state, despite false-address context here and threat context earlier. Original labels, participation scope and attributed fictional claims remain in the observation. (witness:00000078:ch17:p0016; witness:00000012:ch01:p0001).
destroyer-042:california: Lead compared identifying source passages and roles: State containing a Southern California holding-company executive in CURE’s intelligence example and the hills around the later Mountain High/Tulsa Torrent setting. Prior subject: State threatened by the extortionists and the culminating earthquake. Context supports one subject; preserve attribution, observed forms and scene versus mention scopes. (witness:00000123:ch02:p0017; witness:00000012:ch01:p0001).
destroyer-053:california: Identifying context and compatible prior role compared by lead: State Remo infers from his route and where Smith is called. Prior: State threatened by the extortionists and the culminating earthquake. Retain observed form, source attribution and mention scope. (witness:00000153:ch02:p0037; witness:00000012:ch01:p0001).
destroyer-078:california: Lead compared source-identifying passages and compatible subject roles. California denotes the recurring subject here; story-specific actions, historical legends and reported claims remain separate observations. Lead inspected the proposed primary contexts; supplementary direct identifying anchors replace incidental context where needed. (witness:00000228:ch01:p0001; witness:00000012:ch01:p0001).
destroyer-064:california: The source directly calls La Jolla a California city; this is the same U.S. state as prior observations. Lead inspected the proposed primary contexts; supplementary direct identifying anchors replace incidental context where needed. (witness:00000186:ch06:p0091; witness:00000186:ch06:p0109; witness:00000012:ch01:p0001).
destroyer-065:california: Both passages explicitly name the same real-world geographic subject; the cited Book 65 and earlier contexts support its use as a place in the novel. Lead inspected the proposed primary contexts; supplementary direct identifying anchors replace incidental context where needed. (witness:00000189:ch01:p0132; witness:00000012:ch01:p0001).
destroyer-089:california: The current Book 89 observation names the U.S. state California and matches the existing state-place record. Lead inspected actual cited primary paragraphs and, where necessary, replaced a metonymic/absent comparison locator with direct prior subject evidence. Bounded identity decision, not another complete reading. (witness:00000261:ch01:p0004; witness:00000111:ch01:p0012).
Dr. Quake
narrative
Sources 3 references
witness:00000012:ch01:p0001witness:00000012:ch22:p0013witness:00000012:ch26:p0028
The Last Temple
mention
Sources 1 references
witness:00000078:ch17:p0016
Bay City Blast
mention
Sources 3 references
witness:00000111:ch01:p0012witness:00000111:ch07:p0036witness:00000111:ch07:p0043
Missing Link
mention
Sources 1 references
witness:00000114:ch05:p0019
Timber Line
narrative
Sources 3 references
witness:00000123:ch02:p0017witness:00000123:ch12:p0024witness:00000123:ch04:p0003
Time Trial
narrative; named state
Sources 2 references
witness:00000153:ch02:p0037witness:00000153:ch02:p0099
The Last Alchemist
mentioned; narrative setting
Sources 2 references
witness:00000186:ch06:p0091witness:00000186:ch06:p0109
Lost Yesterday
narrative
Sources 3 references
witness:00000189:ch01:p0132witness:00000189:ch03:p0002witness:00000189:ch04:p0143
Blue Smoke and Mirrors
narrative
Sources 1 references
witness:00000228:ch01:p0001
Dark Horse
narrative
Sources 4 references
witness:00000261:ch01:p0004witness:00000261:ch03:p0006witness:00000261:ch22:p0017witness:00000261:ch33:p0067
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