From the Gibson blog: 


A NOD'S AS GOOD AS A HYPERLINK (NUDGE NUDGE)

posted 2:51 PM

Someone wonders how many Globe & Mail readers might "get" 

my reference to Gormenghast.



I think that's one of those *very* basic things that have

recently changed on us. References used to be there to be

"gotten" more than Googled. Google edges reference (in the

"knowing" conversational sense) ever closer to name-checking

and shout-out. Everything has already migrated halfway to 

hyperlink.



Mervyn Peake



Wink wink.