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
- Stephen King (1.18)
- Dylan Thomas (1.63)
- Jack Kerouac (2.22)
- J.R.R. Tolkein (3.192)
- Charles Dickens (4.72)
- Agatha Christie (5.79)
- Miss Havisham from Great Expectations (7.56)
- Leo Tolstoy (8.135)
- Edgar Allan Poe (8.135)
- James George Frazer, The Golden Bough (9.2)
- Ovid, Metamorphoses (9.2)
- Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (9.2)
- T.S. Eliot (9.3)
- Orpheus and Eurydice (9.213)
- Bram Stoker (10.220)
- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (10.226)
- Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (11.63)
- William Shakespeare (13.13)
- John Milton (13.13)
- George Orwell (13.13)
- Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (15.7, 15.12; 16.119)
- Charles Causley, "At the War Cemetery, Bayeux" (24.7)
Historical References
- Amelia Earhart (1.34)
- Jack the Ripper (4.72)
- Secretariat (5.58)
- Sigmund Freud (5.73)
- The Mary Celeste (7.20)
- Tutankhamen (7.56)
- George W. Bush (10.47)
- Frederic Chopin (15.55)
- Adolf Hitler (19.19)
- The Holy Grail (19.68)
- Albert Einstein (20.32)
Pop Culture References
- Daffy Duck (1.28)
- Wallace & Gromit (1.30)
- Woody Woodpecker (1.30)
- South Park, Kenny (1.31)
- Marilyn Monroe (1.34)
- James Bond (1.49)
- Sarah Jessica Parker (1.69)
- Mulder and Scully from The X-Files (1.73; 3.6)
- Law & Order (1.74)
- Worms (2.1)
- The Simpsons (2.2)
- Road Runner (2.31)
- Mikhail Baryshnikov (3.192)
- Beach Boys (3.97)
- Cosmo magazine (3.100)
- When Harry Met Sally (5.2)
- Metallica and Anthrax (mentioned throughout, as the bands on the T-shirts worn by teenage Devlin and his gang)
- Paddington Bear (5.23)
- Donkey Kong (5.137, 5.138)
- Mickey Mouse (5.138)
- Scissor Sisters (7.18)
- Britney Spears (7.121; 8.162)
- Justin Timberlake (7.121)
- Jon Bon Jovi (7.128)
- Ricky Martin (8.2)
- Martha Stewart (8.3)
- Miss Cleo (8.17)
- Billie Holiday (8.114)
- Scarlett Johansson (8.162)
- American Idol (9.43)
- Elvis Presley (10.7)
- Annie (10.130)
- Columbo (11.31)
- Sex and the City (11.39; 17.10)
- P. Diddy (11.65)
- Leonard Bernstein (12.10)
- The Three Musketeer (movie) (13.46)
- Princess Leia (13.58)
- Michelle Shocked (15.45)
- Cranium (15.46)
- Wham! "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" (16.19)
- Evel Knievel (16.20)
- Cowboy Junkies (16.124)
- The Simple Life (18.82)
- Tom Cruise (18.100)
- Kylie Minogue (18.117)
- Charlie Chaplin (18.129)
- The Late Late Show (20.3)
- Hello Kitty (20.89)
- Oz (21.109)
- Clint Eastwood (22.18)
- Cinderella (23.76)
- Radiohead (25.72)
- Leonard Cohen (25.72)