The Future is Japanese

by Nick Mamatas (Editor), Masumi Washington (Editor)

Other authors: Pat Cadigan (Contributor), Toh EnJoe (Contributor), TOBI Hirotaka (Contributor), Project Itoh (Contributor), Hideyuki Kikuchi (Contributor) — 8 more, Ken Liu (Contributor), David Moles (Contributor), Issui Ogawa (Contributor), Felicity Savage (Contributor), Ekaterina Sedia (Contributor), Bruce Sterling (Contributor), Rachel Swirsky (Contributor), Catherynne M. Valente (Contributor)

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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… (more)

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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!

Centre_A | Aug 10, 2022 |

I don't normally do anthologies - but I broke my personal rule for Haikasoru's collection of sci-fi and fantasy stories, and I did not regret it a bit. There are so many great stories, that even the less-than-stellar ones are overshadowed by the successes. I've now got my eye on many of the authors featured within - and luckily, Haikasoru already publishes a number of them in English.

You can read my full review of this book over at my anime/manga review blog: http://nagareboshi-reviews.blogspot.com/ (

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sarahlh | Mar 6, 2021 |

Outsiders butt in
bureaucrats or time pirates
no one wants you there. (

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Eggpants | Jun 25, 2020 |

This is beautiful story about living life in the face of death. The reason for only 3 stars is that because of the theme and knowledge of predominant tropes the ending was obvious long before we reached it. [2013 Hugo Nominee Reading] (

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tldegray | Sep 21, 2018 |

Even though it is a very short read, this is INTENSE! (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Mamatas, Nick	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Washington, Masumi	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Cadigan, Pat	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
EnJoe, Toh	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hirotaka, TOBI	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Itoh, Project	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kikuchi, Hideyuki	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Liu, Ken	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Moles, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ogawa, Issui	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Savage, Felicity	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sedia, Ekaterina	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sterling, Bruce	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Swirsky, Rachel	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Valente, Catherynne M.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shimizu, Yuko	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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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

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