Trivia / Tales from the White Hart

• Spiritual Successor: The 2011 collection "Fables from the Fountain" by Neil Gaiman, Stephen Baxter, Charles Stross and others.
• Technology Marches On: As it turns out, active noise reduction will not cause the machinery to explode with extended use. But then, a scientist in the story worked that out, and Purvis just talked over him.
• Write Who You Know: The White Hart is based on The White Horse, where Science Fiction buffs and writers would gather in 1940s and 1950s London. Furthermore, clear parallels of Samuel Youd (as John Christopher), John Wyndham (as John Benyon), and Clarke himself (as Charles Willis) appear in various stories.