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The Babel fish is small, yellow, leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the Universe. It feeds on brainwave energy received not from its own carrier, but from those around it. It absorbs all unconscious mental frequencies from this brainwave…

A symbol used throughout Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club representing the idea of beauty being cyclycal.

The sheet Jimmy wears as a toga

This type of wire was invented by Beetee, and was said to be as thin as hair and stretch for miles. Throughout the Games, Beetee guarded the wire with his life. Beetee revealed that to end the Careers' alliance they were going to connect the wire to…

Sir Walter Elliot is fond of perusing his copy of the Beronetage to find his own name listed. When his daughters are married, he also takes pride in adding them to Elliot entry. As a man who does not care for reading, Sir Elliot’s affection for the…

Found in a Troll-hoard, Sting is a knife that makes the perfect short sword for a hobbit. Bilbo later gave Sting to his nephew Frodo. Sting would glow blue when enemies, such as Orcs and Goblins, were near and is feared by the spiders of Mirkwood.

The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are a pair of fading, bespectacled eyes painted on an old advertising billboard over the valley of ashes.

Used by the dancers at Scales and Tails to protect against STDs and pregnancies

Junior's cat, which faces an unfortunate demise at the boy's hand. Note that the cat has blue eyes and relates back to the title of the novel.

A pill created by Crake that was intended to wipe out the human species, so he could replace them with his Crakers.