Synopses & Reviews
Original and classic science fiction about Japan from some of the greatest writers in the world.A web browser that threatens to conquer the world. The longest, loneliest railroad on Earth. A North Korean nuke hitting Tokyo, a hollow asteroid full of automated rice paddies, and a specialist in breaking up “virtual” marriages. And yes, giant robots. These thirteen stories from and about the Land of the Rising Sun run the gamut from fantasy to cyberpunk, and will leave you knowing that the future is Japanese!
Contributors:
-Pat Cadigan
-Toh EnJoe
-Project Itoh
-Hideyuki Kikuchi
-Ken Liu
-David Moles
-Issui Ogawa
-Felicity Savage
-Ekaterina Sedia
-Bruce Sterling
-Rachel Swirsky
-TOBI Hirotaka
-Catherynne M. Valente
Synopsis
An ancient culture, immense social transformation, terrible disasters, and economic booms makes the island nation of Japan a laboratory for how we ll all live one day, and a muse to science fiction writers and fantasists from around the world. Both sci-fi masters and hot new up-and-comers have seen the future...and it is Japanese.
Synopsis
Original and classic science fiction about Japan from some of the greatest writers in the world.A web browser that threatens to conquer the world. The longest, loneliest railroad on Earth. A North Korean nuke hitting Tokyo, a hollow asteroid full of automated rice paddies, and a specialist in breaking up “virtual” marriages. And yes, giant robots. These thirteen stories from and about the Land of the Rising Sun run the gamut from fantasy to cyberpunk, and will leave you knowing that the future is Japanese!
Contributors:
-Pat Cadigan
-Toh EnJoe
-Project Itoh
-Hideyuki Kikuchi
-Ken Liu
-David Moles
-Issui Ogawa
-Felicity Savage
-Ekaterina Sedia
-Bruce Sterling
-Rachel Swirsky
-TOBI Hirotaka
-Catherynne M. Valente
About the Author
Contributors include cyberpunk legends Pat Cadigan and Bruce Sterling, New York Times bestselling author Catherynne Valente, the enormously popular and prolific Japanese writer Hideyuki Kikuchi, and hot new writers Rachel Swirsky, David Moles, and Ken Liu—who have won or been nominated for the Nebula and Hugo awards.