ねじまき少女(上)
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4.7 • 3件の評価
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- ¥880
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- ¥880
発行者による作品情報
石油が枯渇し、エネルギー構造が激変した近未来のバンコク。遺伝子組替動物を使役させエネルギーを取り出す工場を経営するアンダースン・レイクは、ある日、市場で奇妙な外見と芳醇な味を持つ果物ンガウを手にする。ンガウの調査を始めたアンダースンは、ある夜、クラブで踊る少女型アンドロイドのエミコに出会う。彼とねじまき少女エミコとの出会いは、世界の運命を大きく変えていった。主要SF賞を総なめにした鮮烈作
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Noted short story writer Bacigalupi (Pump Six and Other Stories) proves equally adept at novel length in this grim but beautifully written tale of Bangkok struggling for survival in a post-oil era of rising sea levels and out-of-control mutation. Capt. Jaidee Rojjanasukchai of the Thai Environment Ministry fights desperately to protect his beloved nation from foreign influences. Factory manager Anderson Lake covertly searches for new and useful mutations for a hated Western agribusiness. Aging Chinese immigrant Tan Hock Seng lives by his wits while looking for one last score. Emiko, the titular despised but impossibly seductive product of Japanese genetic engineering, works in a brothel until she accidentally triggers a civil war. This complex, literate and intensely felt tale, which recalls both William Gibson and Ian McDonald at their very best, will garner Bacigalupi significant critical attention and is clearly one of the finest science fiction novels of the year.
