Comments on: THE STORIES OF IBIS — YAMAMOTO http://www.haikasoru.com/excerpt/the-stories-of-ibis-%e2%80%94-yamamoto/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 16 May 2012 20:55:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Daniel H. http://www.haikasoru.com/excerpt/the-stories-of-ibis-%e2%80%94-yamamoto/comment-page-1/#comment-1823 Daniel H. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:41:38 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=762#comment-1823 Interesting teaser. I picked up the Japanese edition of this book recently, and other than the fact that Haikasoru deemed it good enough to translate and publish in English there were two things that sold me: 1) I'd read a couple of Hiroshi Yamamoto's short stories recently, and thought that he was an interesting writer. His story "Seven Percent Are 'Tenmu'", which appeared in a 'year's best SF' anthology for 2007, began with a rather horrifying premise, and ended in a way that left me feeling I'd learned something. 2) On the paperback's obi was a glowing endorsement from Mamoru Hosoda (director of "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" and "Summer Wars"). Interesting teaser. I picked up the Japanese edition of this book recently, and other than the fact that Haikasoru deemed it good enough to translate and publish in English there were two things that sold me:

1) I’d read a couple of Hiroshi Yamamoto’s short stories recently, and thought that he was an interesting writer. His story “Seven Percent Are ‘Tenmu’”, which appeared in a ‘year’s best SF’ anthology for 2007, began with a rather horrifying premise, and ended in a way that left me feeling I’d learned something.

2) On the paperback’s obi was a glowing endorsement from Mamoru Hosoda (director of “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time” and “Summer Wars”).

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