Easter Eggs in Alcatraz?

[Emily Crew Leader]

Chapter titles in book 4 and the jokes/references that I, with the Internet to aide me have found:

2

6 -at the end of the previous chapter it said that the next three chapters were going to be really boring. 

pi (the Greek letter) 

4 1/2

42 - The answer to the question of Life, the Universe and Everything. From the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

144- a dozen dozen, or a gross. Also the combined ages of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins as they celebrate their birthdays in the first chapter of Lord of the Rings.

Act V, Scene III- nothing particularly noteworthy; this is the one where they quote Shakespeare

A+

No! - I believe this is in fact chapter 9. Say the name in German...

1010 - translated from binary to decimal, this gives us... 10

24601 -Le Mis 

070706 - I looked this up and it is Brandon’s wedding date; 07/07/‘06

6.022140857 x 10^23 - Avogadro constant 

Four teens and a Pickle- I mean four teens, fourteen.

8675309- a song of the same name.

16- Well, most of us fans (Read: Cosmere nerds) should know this one.

NCC-1701 - The ship in Star Trek.

4815162342 - It’s from Lost. The population of the world at the time... 

???

Infinity (the symbol)

infinity+1 - this is also infinity 

[Sparkrunner King's Wit]

The (rather) blatant but still unlisted references to beating yourself over the head with a fantasy novel by Brandon Sanderson, described as being WAY too thick.

[Archer Knight Radiant]

@Emily that was a remarkably useful summary of the chapter title's meanings. Thank-you.

[Kidpen Midnight Essence]

Wait, why is the C section of the liebrary for Jurassic park?

[Archer Knight Radiant]

On 07/04/2018 at 6:14 PM, Kidpen said:

Wait, why is the C section of the liebrary for Jurassic park?

The author was Michael Crichton

[Kidpen Midnight Essence]

4 minutes ago, Archer said:

The author was Michael Crichton

Oh, the Author. I was confused.

[Emily Crew Leader]

Umm... this one’s sorta obvious but it hasn’t been mentioned yet...

In The Dark Talent, Shasta is reading Mistborn. 

Edited July 13, 2018 by Emily

[Ark1002 Lerasium Mistborn]

On 7/12/2018 at 5:22 PM, Emily said:

Umm... this one’s sorta obvious but it hasn’t been mentioned yet...

In The Dark Talent, Shasta is reading Mistborn. 

I am extremely embarrassed. I have read this book so many times, and I never even noticed...

[Emily Crew Leader]

Also, in the Scrivener’s bones dust jacket, it mentions that Brandon has been known to bring swords to weddings. He cut the cake at his wedding with a sword.

[Sogeking Skaa]

Hi everyone! First post here, long-time lurker, though. I’ve read everything by Brandon except for his WoT books and Alcatraz. Figured I’d remedy the latter and I just read the first book. Quickly looked for an easter egg thread since so many of them (the High Imperial, the Steelheart reference) really jumped out.

 

The one that jumped out the most, though, is one I haven’t seen mentioned here (which is not to say that people haven’t noticed and I did not look carefully for fear of spoilers) was the Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference “Churches. Lead, very small rocks, and ducks.” It had me laughing out loud. I was actually starting to theorize that Quentin was talking in riddles by pointing out “things that float”. I strongly recommend everyone to look it up if it doesn’t ring any bells!

[Wyndlerunner Tarachin Superstar]

There's also a reference that Shasta Smedry 

WoT spoilers books 1-5

Spoiler

Is in fact the person behind the death of Asmodean

 

[Ernei Cobalt Guard]

There's "Avada Kedavra" in Alcatraz's list of ways not to day. And also the next one on the same list is, "a suit from JK Rowling" (more or less, I guess, I read this series in my native language and I'm unsure of the translation)

[EggArdent Crew Leader]

On 2/25/2016 at 8:43 AM, Josh L. said:

Mistborn ("Wasing not of wasing is")

 

when I read that I had to double take and then screeched.

[Cgixolek Spren]

In book two of Evil Librarians, Alcatraz says he once "...jokingly dubbed my potato a 'Potin Potato, grown and crafted in the fields of Potallia',". He says that the Crystallians were not amused, and that he should've used his carrot.

Direct "Potato in a minefield" Reckoners referece.

 

That or Brandon Sanderson thinks carrots are more romantic than potatoes.

Edited November 13, 2020 by Cgixolek

[EmulatonStromenkiin Stormwarden]

On 11/15/2018 at 4:25 AM, Ernei said:

There's "Avada Kedavra" in Alcatraz's list of ways not to day. And also the next one on the same list is, "a suit from JK Rowling" (more or less, I guess, I read this series in my native language and I'm unsure of the translation)

A lawsuit from J.K. Rowling, doesn't want to die of legal fines

[Alcatraz Fan #394 Spren]

On 6/16/2016 at 2:58 AM, Darkness Ascendant said:

The USS Enterprise......you have too much time on your hands

My dad noticed it when I read it to him. I had no idea!

[Friendly Cremling Pahn Kahl]

In the first book, I can’t remember the exact phrasing, but Alcatraz says something along the lines of “before you know it, I’ll be a lawyer helping farmhands. What do mockingbirds have to do with that anyway?” I haven’t even read To Kill a Mockingbird, but I’m pretty sure this is a reference. 

[The Bookwyrm Arbiter]

To add on to the "Wasing not of wasing is" reference:

Quentin's talent is to speak gibberish.

In Mistborn, Spook, Kelsier, and Ham have a conversation in Eastern Street Slang, partially to annoy Breeze. Breeze makes some comment to Dockson about how they've all gone insane, and then Dockson, with a perfectly straight face, says, "Wasing not of wasing is." 

As everyone laughs at Breeze's incredulous face, Spook says that what Dockson said didn't really mean anything.

So Quentin wasn't just speaking gibberish. He was speaking gibberish in gibberish.

[That1Cellist Bridgeman]

What if Quentin actually is just the most powerful guy ever, and he can speak in languages outside of his universe, but no matter how he does it, it always comes out in gibberish. With, you know, it always translating to whatever he actually happens to be saying.