WARNING
!!!!Definite Spoilers!!!!!!
As talked about a little in this thread, The Outer Worlds is rife with SF references and easter eggs.
Hell, even the the Board's ultimate solution is straight from
So… what did you find?
Here are some direct references from quest titles that I could find without resorting to Google (i.e. I have them on a bookshelf somewhere!):
Quest Title
Reference
Brave New World novel by Aldous Huxley
The City and the Stars novel by Arthur C Clarke
Radio Free Monarch Radio Free Albemuth, novel by Philip K Dick
Stranger in a Strange Land novel by Robert Heinlein
The Doom That Came to Roseway The Doom That Came to Sarnath, story by H P Lovecraft
Die, Robot I, Robot - book by Isaac Asimov
Why Call Them Back From Retirement? Why Call Them Back From Heaven?, novel by Clifford D Simak
Slaughterhouse Clive Slaughterhouse Five, novel by Kurt Vonnegut
The Stainless Steel Rat The Stainless Steel Rat, novel (and series) by Harry Harrison
The Secret People novel by John Wyndham
By His Bootstraps story by Robert Heinlein
Vulcan's Hammer novel by Philip K Dick
The Long Tomorrow novel by Leigh Brackett
Canid's Cradle Cat's Cradle, novel by Kurt Vonnegut
The Low Crusade The High Crusade, novel by Poul Anderson
Don't Bite The Sun novel by Tanith Lee
Star-Crossed Troopers Star Troopers, novel by Robert Heinlein
Worst Contact First Contact, novel by Carl Sagan
Drinking Sapphire Wine novel by Tanith Lee
The Illustrated Manual The Illustrated Man, collection by Ray Bradbury
The Lying Earth The Dying Earth, collection (and series) by Jack Vance
Makes Space Suits, Won't Travel Have Spacesuit, Will Travel - novel by Robert Heinlein
Salvager in the Sky Tunnel in the Sky, novel by Robert Heinlein
Who Goes There? novella by Don A Stuart aka John W. Campbell, Jr
!!!!Definite Spoilers!!!!!!
As talked about a little in this thread, The Outer Worlds is rife with SF references and easter eggs.
Hell, even the the Board's ultimate solution is straight from
Dayworld by Philip Jose Farmer.
So… what did you find?
Here are some direct references from quest titles that I could find without resorting to Google (i.e. I have them on a bookshelf somewhere!):
Brave New World novel by Aldous Huxley
The City and the Stars novel by Arthur C Clarke
Radio Free Monarch Radio Free Albemuth, novel by Philip K Dick
Stranger in a Strange Land novel by Robert Heinlein
The Doom That Came to Roseway The Doom That Came to Sarnath, story by H P Lovecraft
Die, Robot I, Robot - book by Isaac Asimov
Why Call Them Back From Retirement? Why Call Them Back From Heaven?, novel by Clifford D Simak
Slaughterhouse Clive Slaughterhouse Five, novel by Kurt Vonnegut
The Stainless Steel Rat The Stainless Steel Rat, novel (and series) by Harry Harrison
The Secret People novel by John Wyndham
By His Bootstraps story by Robert Heinlein
Vulcan's Hammer novel by Philip K Dick
The Long Tomorrow novel by Leigh Brackett
Canid's Cradle Cat's Cradle, novel by Kurt Vonnegut
The Low Crusade The High Crusade, novel by Poul Anderson
Don't Bite The Sun novel by Tanith Lee
Star-Crossed Troopers Star Troopers, novel by Robert Heinlein
Worst Contact First Contact, novel by Carl Sagan
Drinking Sapphire Wine novel by Tanith Lee
The Illustrated Manual The Illustrated Man, collection by Ray Bradbury
The Lying Earth The Dying Earth, collection (and series) by Jack Vance
Makes Space Suits, Won't Travel Have Spacesuit, Will Travel - novel by Robert Heinlein
Salvager in the Sky Tunnel in the Sky, novel by Robert Heinlein
Who Goes There? novella by Don A Stuart aka John W. Campbell, Jr
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