In The Japan Times Iain Maloney profiles Japanese science fiction writer Fujii Taiyo, in The new face of Japanese sci-fi chases an augmented world.
His Gene Mapper is just out from Haikasoru; I haven't seen it yet, but hope to have a look; meanwhile, see their publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
Interesting that Fukii self-published the first iteration of this novel as an e-book in Japan and, while it sold 10,000 copies, he still finds: "the popularity of e-book readers hasn't grown enough in Japan" -- despite the 'cell phone novel'-genre proving to be quite popular.
His Gene Mapper is just out from Haikasoru; I haven't seen it yet, but hope to have a look; meanwhile, see their publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
Interesting that Fukii self-published the first iteration of this novel as an e-book in Japan and, while it sold 10,000 copies, he still finds: "the popularity of e-book readers hasn't grown enough in Japan" -- despite the 'cell phone novel'-genre proving to be quite popular.