Post by bandit on Oct 1, 2014 0:47:12 GMT -5
People have been including some references in the Discussion thread, and I thought it would be helpful if we took a leaf out of Terry's book and created a separate, more navigable thread for them. Everyone is welcome to add to the list, as I've probably missed a few.
"I tried the book. A man gave his son Jody a pony, and Jody had to promise to take care of it. Then the pony got sick. I could see where this was going and put the book down." (p. 31)
- Referring to the novella The Red Pony, by John Steinbeck.
"'And let me tell you,' Harvey Mitchum was saying to his wife, 'that it was Agnes who had the idea, and Harry just played along, so by the time Philip had him cornered the crime had already been committed.'
'You're a half-wit,' Mimi Mitchum said. 'Carmen is the mastermind behind the crime, and if you can't figure that out for yourself you might as well toss your badge into the ashes.'" (pp. 49-50)
- Referring to the noir film The Big Sleep.
"In one of my favorite books, a sad young man stumbling around outside finds a tiny strange man with a sack of magic crystals that change his life." (p. 52)
- Referring to the novel James And The Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl.
"But Jake was telling me the book's story. 'Two guys are friends, supposedly, and then one of them tricks the other one and he falls out of a tree and breaks his leg. The moral of the story seems to be, some boys are mean at school. I don't need a book to tell me that.'" (pp. 62-63)
- Referring to the novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles.
"'I didn't know you had a daughter,' I said. 'I've never seen her around.'
'Ornette lives with her uncles,' Lost said, looking out the window.'"
- Referring to the jazz musician, Ornette Coleman.
"'There's a book I really like,' I said, 'that begins on a dark and stormy night,' and Squeak hit the gas and we got going. I told them all about the book. In most cases I wouldn't have told the whole story, but I went through every detail, from the scientist who disappears mysteriously to the frighteningly intelligent boy, from the haunted house to the curious woman with the crystal ball to the terrifying black cloud and the brain that can talk all by itself." (p. 154)
- Referring to the novel A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeleine L'Engle.
"When the light grew too dim to read Caviar: Salty Jewel of the Tasty Sea, I put it in my shirt for safekeeping, and passed the rest of the time trying to remember everything that happens to a little bunny who appeared in books I didn't like. He disobeys his mother and eats vegetables out of some man's garden. He loses his jacket and shoes. He drinks chamomile tea. He gets his clothes cleaned by a hedgehog. He gathers onions. He helps his sister Flopsy."
- Referring to the character Peter Rabbit, appearing in books by Beatrix Potter.
"'We represent the true human tradition, the one permanent victory over cruelty and chaos. We're an invincible army, but not a victorious one. We've had different names throughout history, but all the words that describe us are false and all attempts to organize us fail. Right now we're called V.F.D., but all our schisms and arguments might cause us to disappear. It won't matter. People like us always slip through the net. Our true home is the imagination, and our kingdom is the wide-open world.'
It was quite a speech, and I'm not ashamed to say that most of it was paraphrased, a word which here means 'more or less stolen from another one of my associates.' But Edward had always managed to capture everyone's attention when he made that speech, and sure enough when I was done I could tell everyone was nodding silently.'" (p. 208-209)
- Referring to the essay "What I Believe", by E.M. Forster.
"I tried the book. A man gave his son Jody a pony, and Jody had to promise to take care of it. Then the pony got sick. I could see where this was going and put the book down." (p. 31)
- Referring to the novella The Red Pony, by John Steinbeck.
"'And let me tell you,' Harvey Mitchum was saying to his wife, 'that it was Agnes who had the idea, and Harry just played along, so by the time Philip had him cornered the crime had already been committed.'
'You're a half-wit,' Mimi Mitchum said. 'Carmen is the mastermind behind the crime, and if you can't figure that out for yourself you might as well toss your badge into the ashes.'" (pp. 49-50)
- Referring to the noir film The Big Sleep.
"In one of my favorite books, a sad young man stumbling around outside finds a tiny strange man with a sack of magic crystals that change his life." (p. 52)
- Referring to the novel James And The Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl.
"But Jake was telling me the book's story. 'Two guys are friends, supposedly, and then one of them tricks the other one and he falls out of a tree and breaks his leg. The moral of the story seems to be, some boys are mean at school. I don't need a book to tell me that.'" (pp. 62-63)
- Referring to the novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles.
"'I didn't know you had a daughter,' I said. 'I've never seen her around.'
'Ornette lives with her uncles,' Lost said, looking out the window.'"
- Referring to the jazz musician, Ornette Coleman.
"'There's a book I really like,' I said, 'that begins on a dark and stormy night,' and Squeak hit the gas and we got going. I told them all about the book. In most cases I wouldn't have told the whole story, but I went through every detail, from the scientist who disappears mysteriously to the frighteningly intelligent boy, from the haunted house to the curious woman with the crystal ball to the terrifying black cloud and the brain that can talk all by itself." (p. 154)
- Referring to the novel A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeleine L'Engle.
"When the light grew too dim to read Caviar: Salty Jewel of the Tasty Sea, I put it in my shirt for safekeeping, and passed the rest of the time trying to remember everything that happens to a little bunny who appeared in books I didn't like. He disobeys his mother and eats vegetables out of some man's garden. He loses his jacket and shoes. He drinks chamomile tea. He gets his clothes cleaned by a hedgehog. He gathers onions. He helps his sister Flopsy."
- Referring to the character Peter Rabbit, appearing in books by Beatrix Potter.
"'We represent the true human tradition, the one permanent victory over cruelty and chaos. We're an invincible army, but not a victorious one. We've had different names throughout history, but all the words that describe us are false and all attempts to organize us fail. Right now we're called V.F.D., but all our schisms and arguments might cause us to disappear. It won't matter. People like us always slip through the net. Our true home is the imagination, and our kingdom is the wide-open world.'
It was quite a speech, and I'm not ashamed to say that most of it was paraphrased, a word which here means 'more or less stolen from another one of my associates.' But Edward had always managed to capture everyone's attention when he made that speech, and sure enough when I was done I could tell everyone was nodding silently.'" (p. 208-209)
- Referring to the essay "What I Believe", by E.M. Forster.