SPOILER ALERT!!!
I have left hints and clues about my inspirations like scattered bread crumbs throughout the book. I hope discerning readers, like voracious birds, have picked them up. Among the most blatant hints are:
The chapter named “Joker & the Thief…”: A tribute to the band Wolfmother (who have sung the song). The chapter is also inspired by “The Hangover”.
The chapter named “Then came the Merrymakers”: Tribute to Harvey Danger (who had an album called “Where have all the Merrymakers gone?”)
The chapter named “City of Blinding Lights”: My second favorite song and my tribute to U2- my other favorite band. Extremely poetic song.
U2 wrote this while touring after the September 11 terrorist attacks on America. The band played in New York a few days later and Bono remembered seeing a bunch of blinding lights after they performed "Where The Streets Have No Name." (songfacts.com)
The dream sequence in the Chapter “Inverse”: Inspired by the last scenes of Fight Club… glass building… world exploding… Beautiful.
Hari’s inversion towards the end is also Fight Club/ Durdenish. There might be several other references to ‘Fight Club’ in the book.
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