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– The book is made up of poems resulting from the author’s experiences riding the skytrain at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport
– How the book was loosely inspired by Keith Gunderson’s A Continual Interest in the Sun and Sea
– Brandon’s style and method of writing poetry
– How there is very little offensive material in the book compared to previous works
– The photographs in the book
– How the skytrain doesn’t really go anywhere but an imaginative person will envision potential destinations and explore the possible ways in which this kind of technology could be used
– The skytrain as a vehicle for escapism
– The airport as the blueprint for self contained cities
– Disneyland as also a model for self contained cities
– How the author’s fascination with skytrains and monorails originated with trips to Disneyland and Disney World in the 1980’s
– The importance of always staying on the move in life and never getting too comfortable
– The Retro-Futuristic themes in the book
– The Retro-Futurist’s dilemma of wanting to embrace the future while being inspired by nostalgia and having to determine what’s worth holding on to
– The poem Treadmill to Neonopolis named after the place in Las Vegas
– Mythological references in the book (Atlantis, Icarus, etc)
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