Place

California

Named in 10 guided books, from #5 Dr. Quake

In the books

  1. #5 Dr. Quake

    State threatened by the extortionists and the culminating earthquake.

  2. #27 The Last Temple

    State in the false Captain Kangaroo return address.

  3. #38 Bay City Blast

    State named on Nobile’s limousine license plates and in Smith’s account of Pinkerton’s retirement.

  4. #39 Missing Link

    State named with Oxnard.

  5. #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.

  6. #53 Time Trial

    State Remo infers from his route and where Smith is called.

  7. #64 The Last Alchemist

    State containing La Jolla, where Bonner questions Brewster.

  8. #65 Lost Yesterday

    U.S. state containing the Dolomo estate, several witness and defendant locations, and the Poweressence campaign.

  9. #78 Blue Smoke and Mirrors

    State location for Vandenberg and other narrative references.

  10. #89 Dark Horse

    State whose governor and lieutenant governor die in the plane crash and whose special gubernatorial election is manipulated.

Source notesIdentity and text locators

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:p0001
  • witness:00000012:ch22:p0013
  • witness:00000012:ch26:p0028

The Last Temple

mention

Sources 1 references
  • witness:00000078:ch17:p0016

Bay City Blast

mention

Sources 3 references
  • witness:00000111:ch01:p0012
  • witness:00000111:ch07:p0036
  • witness:00000111:ch07:p0043

Missing Link

mention

Sources 1 references
  • witness:00000114:ch05:p0019

Timber Line

narrative

Sources 3 references
  • witness:00000123:ch02:p0017
  • witness:00000123:ch12:p0024
  • witness:00000123:ch04:p0003

Time Trial

narrative; named state

Sources 2 references
  • witness:00000153:ch02:p0037
  • witness:00000153:ch02:p0099

The Last Alchemist

mentioned; narrative setting

Sources 2 references
  • witness:00000186:ch06:p0091
  • witness:00000186:ch06:p0109

Lost Yesterday

narrative

Sources 3 references
  • witness:00000189:ch01:p0132
  • witness:00000189:ch03:p0002
  • witness:00000189:ch04:p0143

Blue Smoke and Mirrors

narrative

Sources 1 references
  • witness:00000228:ch01:p0001

Dark Horse

narrative

Sources 4 references
  • witness:00000261:ch01:p0004
  • witness:00000261:ch03:p0006
  • witness:00000261:ch22:p0017
  • witness:00000261:ch33:p0067

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