Monday, February 27, 2012
Ryu Mitsuse - 10 Billion Days & 100 Billion Nights
This book is utterly insane, and operates under the principle that sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, mystical experience, or a really incredible psychedelic voyage.
At one point, Jesus of Nazareth and Siddhartha Guatama the Buddha, who are cyborgs, fight a laser battle amidst the fortieth-century ruins of Tokyo. I feel like that should be recommendation enough. If dream narratives aren't your thing, though, you might find the book frustrating.
The story is a sort of metaphysical space-opera with Dickian gnostic overtones, featuring Plato, Jesus, Buddha, and the goddess Asura. The translation is excellent and highly poetic; the original Japanese must be pretty amazing.
Labels:
artifical intelligence,
Buddha,
Colin,
cyberpunk,
fiction,
futuristic,
Japan,
magic,
metaphysics,
Plato,
religion,
sci-fi,
science,
technology,
Tokyo,
war
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