So. :p References to books in the RD prizes....

Quote by KlaatuWolf

The waxy claw references a crown-of-thorns plant. So maybe the item references the Bible?</p>
<p>And the battered war journal could possibly be All Quiet on the Western Front.</p>
<p>I don&;t think the tiny invasive alien is from Starship Troopers, perhaps it&;s from "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator", referencing the vermicious knid.

Er, I dunno. Subeta has a few religious symbols, like crosses and stars of david, but I thought they generally stayed away from more in-depth references?

All right, I'll add it.

Wiki tells me the Vermicious Knids are large, brown-green, and egg-shaped?

Quote by stormbound

I heard someone else mention it in a different thread, and I have to agree. I think the Shadow Owl is a reference to Garth Nix&;s "Seventh Tower" series. In the Seventh Tower books, when a child turns thirteen, they go into a shadow realm and bind a "spiritshadow" to themselves, which can no longer stray from their new master. The description of the "Shadow Owl" is "One of the few shadows that still retain some freedom. It can still fly relatively far from its master". That fits the Seventh Tower a lot better than His Dark Materials, for which we already have the Mysterious Truth-telling Device and Armored Anu Plushie.

Well I don't think already having a couple of items for something would really stop them from making another, but if it fits better I'll definitely change it.

Thanks to both of you. :)

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So. :p References to books in the RD prizes....

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