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
- Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five (Before.7)
- Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird (9.02[2].19), (9.12[1].42-67)
- J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye (9.02[2].20), (9.14.1)
- Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild (9.02[2].20)
- Jack Kerouac, On the Road (9.02[2].20)
- The Silver Surfer (9.12[1].40), (9.12[1].62), (9.12[2].92)
- Leo Tolstoy (9.12[2].89)
- J.D. Salinger (9.12[2].89)
- Kurt Vonnegut (9.12[2].89)
- Charles Bukowski (9.12[2].97), (9.12[2].170), (9.12[2].174), (10.09[2].5), (2.11[1].17)
- e.e. cummings (10.09[2].5)
- Robert Frost (10.09[2].5), (2.11[1].17)
- Sylvia Plath (10.09[2].5)
- T.S. Eliot (10.09[2].5), (2.11[1].10), (2.11[1].17)
- Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash (10.09[3].13)
- Oedipus the King (10.13.47)
- Antigone (10.13.49)
- Sir Francis Bacon (10.13.66-68)
- Shakespeare (10.13.67)
- Homer (10.13.79)
- Euripides (10.13.80)
- Khalil Gibran (10.13.91-92)
- Benjamin Franklin (10.13.93-94)
- Ernest Hemingway (10.13.206), (10.13.208)
- William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury (11.27.85)
- Ray Bradbury (12.16.163)
- Richard Wilbur (12.19.111)
- Charles Bukowski, Pleasures of the Damned (12.19.40)
Historical References
- The Civil War (throughout)
- Stonewall Jackson (9.02[2].6)
- Robert E. Lee (9.02[2].24)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (12.16.124), (12.16.126)
- Voltaire (12.16.128)
- Battle of Honey Hill (throughout 2.05)
- Colonel Colcock (2.05.97)
Pop Culture References
- Gone with the Wind (9.12[2].18)
- Elton John (10.13.207)
- The Shining (10.31.135)
- Phantom of the Opera (11.27.161)
- Gods and Generals (12.16.21)
- Little House on the Prairie (2.05.134)