 Hadley's boss, Jim Fergesson, appeared briefly in Dick's previous novel "Gather Yourselves Together" as well as in "Humpty Dumpty in Oakland", this time as the proprietor of an television and radio repair shop.Fergessen makes a final appearance in Dick's later post-apocalyptic science fiction novel "Dr. Bloodmoney", cast in his original role of proprietor of a television and radio repair shop (although he is killed in the opening stages of World War III).Hadley’s coworker Olsen, the in-house television repairman, as well as Fergessen’s store Modern TV Sales & Service reappear in "Puttering About in a Small Land".