The Shattered Lens

<The Shattered Lens>
by Marc Tauss
Alcatraz Follows Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia Precedes Alcatraz finale
Released	December 2010
Publisher	Scholastic Press

Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens is a young adult novel by Brandon Sanderson. It is the fourth volume of the Alcatraz series and was published in December 2010.

Chapter Nicknames

For the chapter numbers in Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens, Brandon Sanderson decided to change all of the numbers to significant (or funny) numbers. Here is the (known) significance of all the chapter names.

2

Explained in-text that Alcatraz was too stoopid to include chapter 1, which Alcatraz says is a shame because it has all the stuff that would make the book non-confusing.

6

Explained in-text that Alcatraz skipped chapters 3, 4, & 5 because they were so boring.

pi

Also known as 3.14159265. Fairly close to what the chapter number should actually be.

4 1/2

Again, fairly close to what the chapter number should be.

42

The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

144

12*12, also known as a Gross.

Act V, Scene III

This chapter is the one where (almost) all the dialogue is pulled from Shakespeare's Hamlet. Act V Scene III and it is the last scene in Hamlet, the one where most of the characters die. It is fitting, because this is a battle chapter.

A+

No!

This is a German joke, as the german word for "No" is "Nein".

1010

1010 is 10 in binary, which matches up with the fact that it is the 10th chapter.

24601

Jean Valjean's (the main character's) prison number from Les Miserables.

070706

July 7th, 2006, the day Brandon was married.

6.02214179 x 10^23

Avogadro's number, a constant dealing with the number of atoms or molecules in a substance.

Four Teens and a Pickle

8675309

The phone number from the hit 80's song 867-5309/Jenny.

16

A very significant number in Brandon's cosmere books, having to do with Adonalsium.

NCC-1701

Or, more completely, USS Enterprise NCC-1701, the name of the ship in the original Star Trek series.

4815162342

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 is the sequence of numbers that appeared in the television show Lost.

???

Brandon probably lost count of the chapters, or just couldn't think of anything at this point.

infinity

infinity + 1

Infinity plus 1 is still infinity.

Notes

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