Didn't we just have a giveaway contest? Eh, whatever, here's another one—this time for the brand-new Genocidal Organ! Woohoo! The book is by Project Itoh, and basically involves the power of political propaganda to create humanitarian disasters. So, two themes for this essay contest, with two winners from each theme. (Remember, we judge on quality.) Theme one: Project Itoh. We've published his novels Harmony and Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots, and his novella "The Indifference Engine" in The Future is Japanese. If you're an Itoh fan--and you've read virtually everything he's published by now--tell me what's so neat about him, about his science fictional themes, why he's cool, that's sort of thing. Theme two: political propaganda. Are we all ultimately just slaves to it. Does the media, and language itself control our thoughts, or just enough of them that we're suckers for side-choosing and demagogues? Is there a way out of this royal, social, mess? Let me know! The usual rules apply: leave your essay in the form