> was the use of
>combined words such as "realfact" and "goodfact" in the 500 year
>sequence similarly a tip of the hat to David Brin's "The Crystal
>Spheres", which made considerable use of this technique?

Since I never read it, the answer would be no.

This is a common technique in literary SF, from 1984 to Brave New World, some
cyberpunk stuff...it's pretty common stuff.


jms