Place
Chicago
Also known as 1 name
- Chicago, Illinois
In the books
#4 Mafia Fix
One of the destinations of Verillio’s shipment order and a later delivery route
#7 Union Bust
Convention city and location of the planned headquarters and attacks.
#10 Terror Squad
City from which FBI agent Peterson is abruptly sent to take command of the Los Angeles airport response.
#16 Oil Slick
City named as location of the dial-a-prayer line used to reach Smith.
#17 Last War Dance
City named as the home of some Revolutionary Indian Party members.
#18 Funny Money
Illinois city containing O’Hare and the Eldorado Spa.
#20 Assassin's Play-Off
City of the medical school where Ashley’s actual body is examined and of O’Hare Airport.
#23 Child's Play
City where the Board of Education operation and main investigation occur.
#36 Power Play
City where Pruiss opens the first Gross-Out nightclub.
#38 Bay City Blast
Place Lizzard falsely tells his landlord he has furniture; no actual furniture or residence established.
#39 Missing Link
City of a reporter and the later note’s postmark; not proof the supposed kidnappers moved there.
#40 Dangerous Games
City where Remo visits the Hefferling Building.
#60 The End of the Game
U.S. city Marcia names among the reprogrammed missile targets.
#65 Lost Yesterday
City where Gladys Smith is kept while under government witness protection.
#66 Sue Me
City where the Save Humanity benefit concert is staged and where Dastrow engineers the stage collapse.
#68 An Old-Fashioned War
City where Bill studies and lives before returning to Oklahoma.
Source notes
Repeated exact source label and compatible controlled type identify the same named subject; only observations with this label/type are grouped.
No merge by spelling was applied across distinct controlled types.
Reviewed source observation locators: destroyer-004:chicago (witness:00000009:ch05:p0036); destroyer-007:chicago (witness:00000018:ch01:p0004); destroyer-010:chicago (witness:00000027:ch03:p0005).
destroyer-016:b16-chicago links to this subject after independent source review and lead contextual comparison (witness:00000045:ch12:p0014).
destroyer-017:b17-chicago links to this subject after independent source review and lead contextual comparison (witness:00000048:ch03:p0004; witness:00000048:ch03:p0097).
destroyer-018:b18-chicago links to this subject after independent source review and lead contextual comparison (witness:00000051:ch03:p0001; witness:00000051:ch04:p0001).
destroyer-020:chicago links to this subject after independent source review and lead contextual comparison (witness:00000057:ch01:p0159; witness:00000057:ch03:p0003).
destroyer-036:chicago: Lead contextual comparison supports the recurring Chicago referent: City where Pruiss opens the first Gross-Out nightclub. Earlier compatible observation: One of the destinations of Verillio’s shipment order and a later delivery route. Preserve the observed source label, scope and attributed claims. (witness:00000105:ch01:p0016; witness:00000009:ch05:p0036; witness:00000009:ch14:p0003).
destroyer-023:chicago: Lead compared identifying primary passages and reviewed roles for Chicago: City where the Board of Education operation and main investigation occur. This is compatible with the existing chicago subject (One of the destinations of Verillio’s shipment order and a later delivery route). The source’s own labels, narrative/mention/paratext scope, attributed statements and uncertainty remain in its observation; this decision does not assert real-world accuracy of fictional acts. (witness:00000066:ch04:p0013; witness:00000009:ch05:p0036).
destroyer-038:chicago-cover: Lead compared identifying primary passages and reviewed roles for Chicago: Place Lizzard falsely tells his landlord he has furniture; no actual furniture or residence established. This is compatible with the existing chicago subject (One of the destinations of Verillio’s shipment order and a later delivery route). The source’s own labels, narrative/mention/paratext scope, attributed statements and uncertainty remain in its observation; this decision does not assert real-world accuracy of fictional acts. (witness:00000111:ch07:p0097; witness:00000009:ch05:p0036).
destroyer-039:chicago: Lead compared identifying primary passages and reviewed roles for Chicago: City of a reporter and the later note’s postmark; not proof the supposed kidnappers moved there. This is compatible with the existing chicago subject (One of the destinations of Verillio’s shipment order and a later delivery route). The source’s own labels, narrative/mention/paratext scope, attributed statements and uncertainty remain in its observation; this decision does not assert real-world accuracy of fictional acts. (witness:00000114:ch05:p0014; witness:00000009:ch05:p0036).
destroyer-040:chicago: Lead compared identifying primary passages and reviewed roles for Chicago: City where Remo visits the Hefferling Building. This is compatible with the existing chicago subject (One of the destinations of Verillio’s shipment order and a later delivery route). The source’s own labels, narrative/mention/paratext scope, attributed statements and uncertainty remain in its observation; this decision does not assert real-world accuracy of fictional acts. (witness:00000117:ch02:p0001; witness:00000009:ch05:p0036).
destroyer-060:chicago: Lead compared identifying primary contexts and recurring scope for Chicago: U.S. city Marcia names among the reprogrammed missile targets. Prior context: One of the destinations of Verillio’s shipment order and a later delivery route Preserve each work’s account and its attribution. (witness:00000174:ch16:p0036; witness:00000009:ch05:p0036).
destroyer-068:chicago: Chicago is the named city in both source passages; the prior occurrence places an event there. Lead inspected the proposed primary contexts; supplementary direct identifying anchors replace incidental context where needed. (witness:00000198:ch01:p0001; witness:00000105:ch01:p0016).
destroyer-065:chicago: 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:ch03:p0132; witness:00000009:ch05:p0036).
destroyer-066:chicago: Both are the same named real city; Book 66 explicitly locates the concert in Chicago (ch07:p0073) and depicts the collapse (ch08:p0002). Lead inspected the proposed primary contexts; supplementary direct identifying anchors replace incidental context where needed. (witness:00000192:ch07:p0073; witness:00000192:ch08:p0002; witness:00000009:ch05:p0036).
Mafia Fix
narrative
Sources 2 references
witness:00000009:ch05:p0036witness:00000009:ch14:p0003
Union Bust
narrative
Sources 5 references
witness:00000018:ch01:p0003witness:00000018:ch05:p0017witness:00000018:ch08:p0001witness:00000018:ch13:p0049witness:00000018:ch01:p0004
Terror Squad
narrative
Sources 2 references
witness:00000027:ch03:p0005witness:00000027:ch03:p0006
Oil Slick
mention
Sources 1 references
witness:00000045:ch12:p0014
Last War Dance
mention
Sources 4 references
witness:00000048:ch03:p0004witness:00000048:ch03:p0097witness:00000048:ch03:p0099witness:00000048:ch15:p0039
Funny Money
narrative; appearance
Sources 2 references
witness:00000051:ch03:p0001witness:00000051:ch04:p0001
Assassin's Play-Off
narrative
Sources 2 references
witness:00000057:ch01:p0159witness:00000057:ch03:p0003
Child's Play
narrative
Sources 4 references
witness:00000066:ch04:p0013witness:00000066:ch04:p0085witness:00000066:ch04:p0122witness:00000066:ch10:p0133
Power Play
mentioned
Sources 1 references
witness:00000105:ch01:p0016
Bay City Blast
mention
Sources 1 references
witness:00000111:ch07:p0097
Missing Link
mention
Sources 2 references
witness:00000114:ch05:p0014witness:00000114:ch07:p0003
Dangerous Games
narrative
Sources 1 references
witness:00000117:ch02:p0001
The End of the Game
narrative
Sources 1 references
witness:00000174:ch16:p0036
Lost Yesterday
narrative
Sources 2 references
witness:00000189:ch03:p0132witness:00000189:ch03:p0137
Sue Me
narrative
Sources 1 references
witness:00000192:ch08:p0002
An Old-Fashioned War
narrative
Sources 2 references
witness:00000198:ch01:p0001witness:00000198:ch01:p0050
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