![]() ![]() ![]() Given how brilliant I considered Ibis, I was very interested to see what a master author would do with content largely considered ridiculous.ĭaikaiju literature in English is a rarity, and high quality Daikaiju literature even more so: the best includes James Morrow's Shambling Towards Hiroshima, a clever homage to classic monsters and the original Gojira, as well as commentary on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and nuclear proliferation Mark Jacobson's Gojiro, which provides the angst ridden perspective of the big G himself as he tries to deal with the difficulty of existence and the excellent Daikaiju! anthologies edited by Robin Penn and Robert Hood we can now add Hiroshi Yamamoto's MM9 to that list. While researching Yamamoto, I came across promo for MM9, purported to be his take on the daikaiju, or giant monster genre. I contacted Haikasoru directly for a recommedation, and Nick suggested Yamamoto's Tales of Ibis, a gorgeous blend of classic robot SF and cyberpunk AI short stories. I was constructing the reading list for a world Science Fiction course, trying hard to get as many countries represented as possible. I've eagerly awaited the English edition of Hiroshi Yamamoto's MM9 (which stands for Monster Magnitude 9, which is like the giant monster equivalent of a 10 on the Richter scale) since stumbling upon Haikasoru's line of Japanese fiction in the summer of 2010. ![]()
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