- The Great Depression and America's place in the world
- Kong as Avatar of Repressed Sexual Energy
- Kong as a Symbol of Slavery and Racism
- Kong as Alternate Paleontology
- The Triumph of Technology over the Natural World
Ray Bradbury
Karen Haber
Richard A. Lupoff
Christopher Priest
Robert Silverberg
Jack Williamson
Harry Harrison
William Stout
Paul Di Filippo
Esther M. Friesner
Howard Waldrop
Frank M. Robinson
Pat Cadigan
David Gerrold
Philip J. Currie
Joe DeVito
Alan Dean Foster
William Joyce
Michael Chabon
Maurice Sendak