断片のアリス / The Fragmented ALiS Daniel - Although I'm a fan of the NEX label of 新潮文庫, it's difficult keeping up with all of their releases, so I've mainly been sticking with the 階段島 series (which is fantastic by the way). However this book grabbed my attention when one of my favourite illustrators ( Ilya Kuvshinov ) unveiled their cover art for it on twitter. Luckily the blurb summarizing the book also sounded pretty interesting so I dashed out to pick it up on day one. 断片のアリス is set in a distant future where the world is blanketed in smog following a nuclear war (referred to as 'The Great Chaos' in the novel), rendering most of the world uninhabitable. Although the current world is at peace, the heavily reduced population live in relative isolation spread out across the globe. After a period of recovery, in order to facilitate socialization and provide some form of entertainment and escapism, a VR world and headset system named ALiS (Augmented L...
Japanese book club for three bibliophiles and Japanese-English translators to share the novels they're reading, want to read and have read.