Description
Idol singers are more than just cute girls. They represent an ideal, pure, untouchable perfection.
They also represent the worst of consumerism, overcommercialized pop music, and impossible standards of living.
Last and First Idol is an award-winning dark reflection of the latter: a hard science-fiction look into the mind, what it means to be human, more than human, and to succumb to idolatry and godhood... all through the lenses of cute singers, loot boxes, yuri, and anime voice acting. Can you face the uncomfortable truths of these desires?
Awards include:
4th Hayakawa SF Contest Special Prize
48th Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story Division)
27th Dark Seiun Award (Guest Division)
16th Sense of Gender Award (Future Idol Award)
Last and First Idol earned the first ever special prize in the Hayakawa SF Contest, and the first debut work to win the Seiun Award in 42 years!
About the Author
Gengen Kusano is a Japanese science fiction author. This is his first published collection of stories, of which Last and First Idol won the 2017 Seiun Award for best short story. Sam Pinansky is also the owner and founder of J-Novel Club, and has a Ph.D. in theoretical physics which came in handy for this book.
Awards
Winner of 27th Dark Seiun Award (Guest Division) 2017 (Japan) and 16th Sense of Gender Award (Future Idol Award) 2017 (Japan) and 48th Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story Division) 2017 (Japan) and 4th Hayakawa SF Contest Special Prize 2017 (Japan).
Book Information
ISBN 9781718351004
Author Gengen Kusano
Format Paperback
Page Count 275
Imprint J-Novel Club
Publisher J-Novel Club
They also represent the worst of consumerism, overcommercialized pop music, and impossible standards of living.
Last and First Idol is an award-winning dark reflection of the latter: a hard science-fiction look into the mind, what it means to be human, more than human, and to succumb to idolatry and godhood... all through the lenses of cute singers, loot boxes, yuri, and anime voice acting. Can you face the uncomfortable truths of these desires?
Awards include:
4th Hayakawa SF Contest Special Prize
48th Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story Division)
27th Dark Seiun Award (Guest Division)
16th Sense of Gender Award (Future Idol Award)
Last and First Idol earned the first ever special prize in the Hayakawa SF Contest, and the first debut work to win the Seiun Award in 42 years!
- Last and First Idol is the most decorated short story published in Japan in 2017, winning multiple awards including the "Japanese Hugo", the Seiun Award. This Collection also includes two other mind-bending high sci-fi stories that combine modern fandom with hardcore science.
- J-Novel Club actively translates new books with new content available weekly on J-Novel Club's subscription service and apps. Readers come back week after week and then collect the books. 4,000+ member paid subscription service.
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- Innovative marketing campaigns tying up with popular anime and manga websites.
About the Author
Gengen Kusano is a Japanese science fiction author. This is his first published collection of stories, of which Last and First Idol won the 2017 Seiun Award for best short story. Sam Pinansky is also the owner and founder of J-Novel Club, and has a Ph.D. in theoretical physics which came in handy for this book.
Awards
Winner of 27th Dark Seiun Award (Guest Division) 2017 (Japan) and 16th Sense of Gender Award (Future Idol Award) 2017 (Japan) and 48th Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story Division) 2017 (Japan) and 4th Hayakawa SF Contest Special Prize 2017 (Japan).
Book Information
ISBN 9781718351004
Author Gengen Kusano
Format Paperback
Page Count 275
Imprint J-Novel Club
Publisher J-Novel Club
