Crouching Stross, Hidden Clancy ...

... if you've read Iron Sunrise, you may or may not have noticed the similarity between the "Impact, T - zero" chapter and Tom Clancy's "Three Shakes" chapter from The Sum of All Fears. It's like Stross did an exponential sequel to Tom Clancy's 35th chapter, an outdoing to outdo all further outdoings if you catch my drift.

Great minds? You be the judge.