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All You Need Is Kill Buy Now!

ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
HIROSHI SAKURAZAKA

Available on the eBook! The Lord of the Sands of Time Buy Now!

THE LORD OF THE SANDS
OF TIME
ISSUI OGAWA

Available on the eBook! Z00 Buy Now!

ZOO
OTSUICHI

Usurper of the Sun Buy Now!

USURPER OF THE SUN
HOUSUKE NOJIRI

Available on the eBook! Battle Royale: The Novel Buy Now!

BATTLE ROYALE: THE NOVEL
KOUSHUN TAKAMI

Brave Story Buy Now!

BRAVE STORY
MIYUKI MIYABE

Available on the eBook! The Book of Heroes Buy Now!

THE BOOK OF HEROES
MIYUKI MIYABE

Available on the eBook! Yukikaze Buy Now!

YUKIKAZE
CHŌHEI KAMBAYASHI

Available on the eBook! The Stories of Ibis Buy Now!

THE STORIES OF IBIS
HIROSHI YAMAMOTO

Available on the eBook! Loups=Garous Buy Now!

LOUPS-GAROUS
NATSUHIKO KYOGOKU

Available on the eBook! Slum Online Buy Now!

SLUM ONLINE
HIROSHI SAKURAZAKA

Available on the eBook! The Next Continent Buy Now!

THE NEXT CONTINENT
ISSUI OGAWA

Available on the eBook! Harmony Buy Now!

HARMONY
PROJECT ITOH

Available on the eBook! Rocket Girls Buy Now!

ROCKET GIRLS
HOUSUKE NOJIRI

Available on the eBook! Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse Buy Now!

SUMMER, FIREWORKS, AND MY CORPSE OTSUICHI

The Ouroboros Wave Buy Now!

THE OUROBUROS WAVE
JYOUJI HAYASHI

Available on the eBook! Dragon Sword and Wind Child Buy Now!

DRAGON SWORD AND WIND CHILD
NORIKO OGIWARA

Available on the eBook! Mardock Scramble Buy Now!

MARDOCK SCRAMBLE
TOW UBUKATA

Available on the eBook! Rocket Girls: The Last Planet Buy Now!

ROCKET GIRLS: THE LAST PLANET HOUSUKE NOJIRI

Available on the eBook! Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince Buy Now!

MIRROR SWORD AND SHADOW PRINCE
NORIKO OGIWARA

Good Luck, Yukikaze Buy Now!

GOOD LUCK, YUKIKAZE
CHŌHEI KAMBAYASHI

Available on the eBook! ICO: Castle in the Mist Buy Now!

ICO: CASTLE IN THE MIST
MIYUKI MIYABE

Available on the eBook! The Cage of Zeus Buy Now!

THE CAGE OF ZEUS
SAYURI UEDA

Available on the eBook! Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights Buy Now!

TEN BILLION DAYS AND ONE HUNDRED BILLION NIGHTS
RYU MITSUSE

Available on the eBook! MM9 Buy Now!

MM9
HIROSHI YAMAMOTO

Available on the eBook! The Navidad Incident: The Downfall of Matías Guili Buy Now!

THE NAVIDAD INCIDENT: THE DOWNFALL OF MATÍAS GUILI
NATSUKI IKEZAWA

Available on the eBook! The Future is Japanese Buy Now!

THE FUTURE IS JAPANESE
HAIKASORU

Available on the eBook! Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots Buy Now!

METAL GEAR SOLID: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS
PROJECT ITOH

Available on the eBook! Genocidal Organ Buy Now!

Genocidal Organ
PROJECT ITOH

Available on the eBook! Belka Why Dont You Bark Buy Now!

Belka Why Don't You Bark?
HIDEO FURUKAWA

Available on the eBook! VIRUS Buy Now!

VIRUS
SAKYO KOMATSU

Available on the eBook! Self-Reference ENGINE Buy Now!

Self-Reference ENGINE
TOH ENJOE

Available on the eBook! Self-Reference ENGINE Buy Now!

Noble V: Greylancer
HIDEYUKI KIKUCHI

Available on the eBook! Self-Reference ENGINE Preorder Now!

The Melancholy of Mechagirl
CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE

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The Melancholy of Mechagirl

From “Story No. 6″

It’s not easy to find her.

You’ll have to endure a great number of miserable, dusty basements and private, antiseptic vaults where no rot can reach. You’ll have to handle- and I mean handle, for these collectors and archivists are of the most reticent, stuttering, anxious breed-men and women whose bloodless hands have permanently taken on the dry color of film preservatives. Your eyesight will be a friend and a traitor. It’s good if you don’t need too much sleep; she rewards vigilance. Sort through enough film-the old kind, the kind that comes on reels, that, like an exotic, perforated desert plant, hates air and moisture and the wrong sort of light-and you might see her hair disappearing behind a camphor tree in The Tale of Chibisuke the Midget, a bare foot glimmering like a lantern behind a screen in The Spell of the Sand Painting Part Two. Perhaps her face, whole and round and silver and black, in the palace scenes of The Water Magician. Thousands, if not millions, of people have seen her and not known her for what she is-only another exquisite, ancient face in the exquisite, ancient silent films, flickering, monochrome, the color of a lost world.

There is a Kami hiding in those old movies. Which is to say, a god.

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Greylancer Winners!

Wow, it’s a great week for Noble V: Greylancer. Lots of new people trying out contest (which we run for every new title we release). So, without further ado, the winners:

First up, Tammy F, who writes that Vampire Hunter D is a “counselor, psychologist, match-maker, doctor, provider, and of course guardian. He is all these but what he’s mostly remembered for is what Kikuchi-san describes him as – ‘a beautiful angel of death.’” I hope she likes Greylancer as much!

Next we have David S, who was inspired to read despite dyslexia by D and Kikuchi-sensei. Clearly he deserves a free book!

I also enjoyed the response by Mubin, who tells the story of how he wasn’t allowed to watch horror films, but cartoons were okay. I wonder if parents still fall for that trick!

Finally, because I love a smartass, we have Richard, who writes simply It’s everything Vampire Hunter C was, and more!

If you didn’t win, check back soon. We’ll be giving away copies of Catherynne Valente’s collection The Melancholy of Mechagirl!

It’s the Noble V: Greylancer Giveaway Contest

It’s that time again, specifically time for another one of our giveaway contests! This month, we’re giving away four copies of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s Noble V: Greylancer. As the title suggests, Greylancer is a Noble—Kikuchi’s term for vampire, and this novel is set in the same world as the cult classic Vampire Hunter D.

So, the essay question this time is simple: What’s so great about Vampire Hunter D? You can talk about the film, the books, the games—whatever it is that made you a fan of D and the setting. Post a brief essay (say, fifty words or more) or a poem, or a joke, or whatever you want, in the comments of this entry. We’ll approve them every day (we got lots of spam) and on Friday at noon we’ll choose the best. Feel free to write in English, Japanese, Spanish, Greek, or German, and we ship anywhere. The most entertaining, or thoughtful, or weird comments win. So let’s get started!

The Future is AWARDS AWARDS AWARDS!!!!

We’ve gotten some good news recently! Of course, as you may remember, “Mono No Aware” by Ken Liu from The Future Is Japanese is a Hugo Award nominee.


Like a box of Crackerjack box, there are prizes inside! Literary prizes!

But we have more award news! We were especially thrilled last week when Project Itoh’s novella “The Indifference Engine” was nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award—this being the first time one of the Japanese originals in the book was lauded with a nomination.

Several of our stories (all from English-language authors) were on the Locus Magazine recommended reading list and today we are pleased to announce that both Ken Liu’s story and the anthology itself are Locus Award finalists!

So that’s a Hugo, two Loci, and a Shirley Jackson. What are you waiting for? The future awaits! Buy the book!


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