The science behind Laxer's work of fiction is intended to be accurate and current.

Mr. Laxer was seriously injured in an automobile accident in 1993 and had lived quietly at home since.

Its leaders were university professors Mel Watkins, James Laxer and Robert Laxer.

Some members of the Waffle remained New Democrats but Laxer, Watkins and the bulk of members quit the NDP in 1972 and continued the Waffle under the official name, the Movement for an Independent Socialist Canada, but still commonly referred to as the Waffle.