Describes the novel’s inspiration, ideas, and source material.
Technology
Mobotacts | Portmanteau of mobo from motherboard and tacts from contacts. For prototype technology, see: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/515666/contact-lens-computer-like-google-glass-without-the-glasses/. https://www.inverse.com/article/31034-augmented-reality-contact-lenses |
Websuit | Simple combination of the term for the Internet and suit. For prototype technology, see: https://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/2015/524/jrrd-2014-05-0128.html. Peter F. Hamilton first uses the term in his 1998 novella The Web: Lightstorm (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20406526-the-web). |
Collapsible VR Gaming Sphere (CVRG) | Based on the geodesic sphere invented by Walther Bauersfeld and popularized by Buckminster Fuller. |
Mythology and military
Japanese mythology | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21921382-the-book-of-yokai |
Japanese military history | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3774796-the-samurai-swordsman |
Naval warfare in the age of sail |