Philology: The Real Professional Bag of Tricks (short story)

Philology: The Real Professional Bag of Tricks was the fifth story in the anthology Stranger Tales of the City. It was written by James Bojaciuk.

Summary
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Characters

 * J. R. R. Tolkien / "Ronald"
 * Florence Briscoe
 * Adoma Achede
 * The Competition
 * Functionary Ifede
 * Weaver Emilohi
 * Mister Chicawebe
 * Dr Chiang
 * Aemos
 * Mrs V. M. McCrimmon

Individuals

 * Florence mentions her friend William Hope Hodgson, who had stories in The Idler.
 * Achede's parents come from the Belgian Congo.
 * The Competition is a posthuman who wears dark grey clothes associated with the 40th millennium.
 * Mister Chicawebe of the Cognitive Philology Association wears a 22nd century suit with 15th century colours.

Literature

 * Charles Dickens' novels stopped having illustrations in his work.

Jama'a history

 * The Jama'a period began after the Tracian Wars, lasting from the Pan-African Exodus to the Little War.
 * The Jama'a civilisation was killed and replaced by sentient oil.

Continuity

 * The Jama'a were situated on a ship in RealSpace. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...)
 * Aemos is forced to speak at the University of the Seven Ages. (PROSE: The Socratic Problem)
 * Tolkien speculates that the scandal from CPA's plagiarism migth even draw KaneNet's attention. (PROSE: The Socratic Problem, et al)
 * Tolkien insisted the historical Jesus Christ the media speaks of is a fraud. (PROSE: A Hundred Words from a Civil War)