When authors give shout outs to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Franz Kafka (1.25)
- O. Henry (2.105)
- George Orwell (3.2)
- William Shakespeare (3.7) (22.106)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (4.4)
- Dr. Seuss (11.38)
- Virginia Woolf (14.72)
- John Updike (15.54)
- Tom Wolfe (15.54)
- H. L. Mencken (19.29)
- Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (20.37) (20.111)
- Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (22.102)
- Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure (22.102)
- E. M. Forster, A Passage to India (22.102)
- Tiny Tim, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (24.75)
- Jonathan Swift (25.75)
- Peter Shaffer, Equus (Chapter 25)
- Thornton Wilder, Our Town (25.147)
- Neil Simon (25.147)
- Niccolò Machiavelli (25.235)
Historical References
- 2000 U.S. Presidential Election (referenced throughout)
- Ronald Reagan (2.16)
- Nelson Mandela (13.3)
- Pol Pot (16.22)
- Adolph Hitler (19.27)
- Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky (23.122) (24.23) (24.71)
- Sputnik (24.5)
- McCarthyism (24.5)
Pop Culture References
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1.47)
- Cabbage Patch Kids (2.15)
- "Ebony and Ivory" (2.16)
- All in the Family (2.16)
- M*A*S*H and Alan Alda (2.16)
- Father Knows Best (2.20)
- Terms of Endearment (2.21)
- Beach Boys (4.6)
- Elvis Presley (4.6)
- Pearl Jam (4.6)
- Star Trek (4.9)
- The Monkees (4.27)
- The Sound of Music (4.33)
- Hello, Dolly! (5.42)
- Rosemary's Baby (6.23)
- Alien (6.23)
- Mimic (6.23)
- The X-Files (6.23)
- The Talking Heads (6.61)
- Mozart (6.76)
- Marlo Thomas (9.16)
- The Cars (10.43)
- Joe Jackson (10.43)
- The A-Team (11.21)
- Little Orphan Annie (13.10)
- Braveheart (14.21)
- Reservoir Dogs (14.21)
- Child's Play 2 (14.21)
- Sidney Poitier (15.9)
- Sean Connery (15.24)
- Peter Pan (15.59) (17.45)
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (16.9)
- Don Rickles (16.22)
- Lassie (16.34)
- Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society (16.123)
- Poltergeist (17.10)
- Sherlock Holmes (17.69)
- John McEnroe (17.87)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (18.101)
- Spider-man (18.101)
- Charlie Brown (19.20)
- The Partridge Family (19.28)
- Leave it to Beaver (19.30)
- Brad Pitt (20.39)
- Leonardo DiCaprio (20. 44)
- Quentin Tarantino (20.111)
- Robert DeNiro (20.111)
- West Side Story (20.111)
- The Rolling Stones (20.129)
- Credence Clearwater Revival (20.129)
- The Who (20.129)
- Jimi Hendrix (20.129)
- Janis Joplin (20.129)
- The Band (20.129)
- Pink Floyd (20.129)
- Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young (20.129)
- The Grateful Dead (20.129)
- The Beatles (20.129)
- Led Zeppelin, "Stairway to Heaven" (20.129)
- Jefferson Airplane, "White Rabbit" (20.137)
- The Spice Girls (21.8) (24.133)
- Titanic (21.8) (24.83)
- Dawson's Creek (21.94)
- Three Dog Night (22.12)
- The Brady Bunch (22.14)
- The Flintstones (22.14)
- Jim Lehrer (23.3)
- Karen Carpenter (23.141)
- Shirley Temple, Good Ship Lollipop (23.158)
- Jerry Springer (23.165)
- Omar Sharif (24.4)
- Ron Howard, Happy Days (24.5)
- Batman and Robin (24.55)
- Teletubbies (24.79)
- Star Wars (24.79)
- The Lion King (24.79)
- Marilyn Manson (24.84) (24.133)
- Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (24.83)
- Dungeons and Dragons (24.133)
- Oasis (24.133)
- Playboy magazine (24.134)
- Silence of the Lambs (24.149)
- Frasier (26.1)
- Harvey Keitel, Pulp Fiction (26.42)
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (26.44)
- Larry King Live (27.104)
- Doom (27.106)
- Quake (27.106)
- The Basketball Diaries (27.106)