Just Imagine story
A portrayal of New York City in an imagined 1980 where tenement houses have morphed into 250-story buildings, connected by suspension bridges and multi- lane elevated roads.
23 total · 9 major · 14 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human vs. institution | major | J-21 was prevented from marrying LN-18 because of a New York tribunal ruling and risked going on a dangerous mission to Mars to up his status and have the tribunal ruling reversed |
| infatuation | major | J-21 and LN-18 |
| interplanetary space travel | major | J-21, RT-42, and Single O flew Z-4's spaceship to Mars |
| love triangle | major | J-21 and LN-18 wished to marry but the New York city tribunal ruled that J-21 must marry the MT-3. |
| Martian extraterrestrial | major | J-21, RT-42, and Single O encounter Martians on Mars and watch a Martian opera |
| nostalgia | major | Peterson longed for the good old days in 1930 New York; J-21 sang songs expressing his wish to live back in the New York of 1930 when life was comparatively simple |
| space exploration | major | The inventor Z-4 had a passion to explore Mars and it caught on with J-21 and RT-42. |
| speculative spaceship | major | the inventor Z-4 spent five years building a spaceship capable of flying to Mars |
| what if I found myself in the future | major | Scientists in 1980 New York revived a man named Peterson (a.k.a. Single O) who had died in 1930 of a lightning strike. |
| alcohol in society | minor | prohibition was still around in 1980 New York |