Fwd: ROBOT GHOSTS AND WIRED DREAMS: Japanese Science

[Aaron Gerow]

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> Connecting Japan?s vibrant science fiction tradition to the global  
> phenomenon of anime
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> ROBOT GHOSTS AND WIRED DREAMS: Japanese Science Fiction from  
> Origins to Anime
> Christopher Bolton, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., and Takayuki Tatsumi
> University of Minnesota Press | 296 pages | 2007
> ISBN 978-0-8166-4973-0 | hardcover | $60.00
> ISBN 978-0-8166-4974-7 | paperback | $20.00
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> Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams is a rich exploration of the genre  
> that connects prose science fiction to contemporary anime. Bringing  
> together Western scholars and leading Japanese critics, this  
> groundbreaking work traces the beginnings, evolution, and future  
> direction of science fiction in Japan.
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> "Eye-opening, entertaining, and informative, Robot Ghosts and Wired  
> Dreams provides a fascinating, in-depth overview of Japanese prose  
> science fiction and animated series and films, from prewar  
> precursors to the most recent cutting-edge works." ?Ian Condry,  
> author of Hip-Hop Japan
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> "The Japanese imagination of both the future and the bizarre come  
> together in Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams, highlighting what may be  
> the most inventive literary and popular culture anywhere in the  
> world today." ?John Whittier Treat, Yale University
>
> Contributors: Hiroki Azuma, Hiroko Chiba, Naoki Chiba, William O.  
> Gardner, Mari Kotani, Livia Monnet, Miri Nakamura, Susan Napier,  
> Sharalyn Orbaugh, Tamaki Sait?; Thomas Schnellb?cher.
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> For more information, including the table of contents, visit the  
> book?s webpage:
> http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/B/bolton_robot.html
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