Kisotengai SF New Writer Award
笑う宇宙
"Warau Uchu" is the title story of Ryo Nakahara's science-fiction collection. Recognized with an honorable mention in the Kisotengai SF Newcomer Award, it uses cosmic ideas and absurd situations to bring human loneliness and madness into sharp relief.
Work Information
A work of 1980s Japanese science fiction that hides poison and absurdity behind laughter.
Chijin Shokan's Warau Uchu is a science-fiction collection by Ryo Nakahara. Alongside the title story, it includes works such as "The Real Santa Claus," "Earth-Hater," and "The Tale of the Blue Dragon," bringing together short-short pieces and longer stories marked by speculative invention and irony.
Review Summaries
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Some readers value the sharp bite even in the briefest pieces and describe the collection as one they want to return to after finishing it. Rather than offering only light humor, it leaves an impression of madness and solitude.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 地人書館
- Published
- 1989-02-01
- Pages
- 237 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784805202968
- ISBN-10
- 4805202963
- Price
- 1320 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
Amazon.co.jp: 笑う宇宙 : 中原 涼: 本
Reviews
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にやりとする感じ
数年前にはじめて読んだのですが。 短編集で最も短いものは１P（しかも数行）。しかもどの物語にも｢毒｣が含まれていて、読んでいてついにやりと笑ってしまう感じ。そういうのが好きな方にはぜひおすすめです。 どうでもいいけどなぜかこの本は読んで一年後ぐらいにまた猛烈に読みたくなる。わたしにとってはかなり強い毒のようです…。
Related Literary Awards
- Kisotengai SF New Writer Award Edition 3 (1980) ・honorable mention