godless Allusions & Cultural References

When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.

Larry Niven (9.50)
Vernor Vinge (9.50)
Robert Heinlein (9.50)
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (9.47)
Tolkien, The Hobbit (9.49)
Gary Wills, Why I Am a Catholic (24.10)
Analog (25.5)
Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain (27.23, 25, 31.5)

George Washington (2.4)
Napoleon (2.4)
Bill Gates (2.4)
Adolf Hitler (6.59)
Martin Luther King, Jr., "Free at last, free at last." (10.2)
Einstein (21.37)
Jews (23.52)
Egyptians (23.52)
Christians (23.52)
Romans (23.52)
Pilgrims (23.52)
Nelson Mandela (24.1)
Bird Man of Alcatraz (24.1)
Rear Adm. David Farragut, Battle of Mobile Bay, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." (26.6)
Gestapo (27.1, 22)

Game Boy (1.44)
James Bond (2.6-13)
Orson Welles (1.43)
The Three Stooges (1.6, 1.35)
The Borg, Star Trek, "Resistance is futile" (12.78)
X-Men (1.44, 13.68, 17.19, 28.17, 30.6, 30.44)
Elvis Presley (12.7)
Spider-Man (12.74)
Suicidal Tendencies (15.34)
Metallica (21.44)
Eminem (21.44)
Xbox (24.1, 26.1)

Catholicism, throughout
Kahuna, Jason's nickname
Book of Genesis (13.80)
Moses (4.1, 10.62, 23.47, 27.53)
Jesus 6.59, 6.112, 23.47, 27.53)
Nicene Creed (6.106)
Holy Communion (6.109-113)
Mormonism (8.8)
Scientology (8.8)
Ten Commandments (10.62-63)
Franciscan monks (13.65)
The Beatitudes, Gospel of Matthew (15.79)
Sermon on the Mount, Book of Matthew (15.80)
Jonah and the whale (19.4)
Apostle Paul (20.30, 24.1)
Buddhism (2.12, 14, 10.70, 23.40)
Hinduism (23.40)
Martin Luther (23.47, 27.49)
Muhammad (23.47)
Moses, "Let my people go," Exodus 5-10 (23.47)
Eden (23.48)
Cain (24.1)
Judas (24.1)
Adam and Eve (26.5)
Antichrist (30.40)
Satan (30.40)
Muslim (31.49)

Amoco (11.35, 48, 29.25)
Coke (9.37, 39)
M&M (4.71)
Mountain Dew (5.13, 7.2, 11.36, 38)
Nike (6.54)
Pop Tart (9.1)
Reebok (10.1, 27.76)
Oreo (22.1, 6)
McDonalds (25.29, 38, 44)