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* [[Defiant to The End]]: {{spoiler|John delivers a choice slur before getting executed by Jones}}.
* [[Doorstopper]]: It's by Neal Stephenson so not a surprise.
* [[Draft Dodging]]: Richard did this to avoid being drafted for [[The Vietnam War]] , only to come back to the U.S. during Jimmy Carter's blanket amnesty. This earned him [[The So
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Only his family calls Richard "Dodge".
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** Abdallah Jones is another example. Right in the middle of a gunfight with Richard, he starts ignoring Richard and shooting frantically at a mountain lion. Even when Richard pops out of hiding to shoot him, Jones is babbling about the cat.
* [[The War On Terror]]
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: The fate of {{spoiler|Jake the helicopter pilot}} is never revealed.
* [[Word Salad Title]]: Like several of Stephenson's previous novels, the title is a made-up word found within the story. It's apparently supposed to be "README" with the letters transposed, either as a result of a typo or a lack of writing proficiency.
* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: This whole novel reads as a big game of this.
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