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  • By: Izumi Suzuki
  • Narrated by: Cindy Kay
  • Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
  • 3.7 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Terminal Boredom

By: Izumi Suzuki
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
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The first English-language publication of the work of Izumi Suzuki, a legend of Japanese science-fiction and a countercultural icon.

At turns nonchalantly hip and charmingly deranged, Suzuki's singular slant on speculative fiction would be echoed in countless later works, from Margaret Atwood and Harumi Murakami, to Black Mirror and Ex Machina. In these darkly playful and punky stories, the fantastical elements are always earthed by the universal pettiness of strife between the sexes, and the gritty reality of life on the lower rungs, whatever planet that ladder might be on.

Translated by Polly Barton, Sam Bett, David Boyd, Daniel Joseph, Aiko Masubuchi, and Helen O'Horan.

©2021 Izumi Suzuki; “Women and Women” and “Terminal Boredom” translation copyright 2021 by Daniel Joseph; “You May Dream’” translation copyright 2021 by David Boyd; “Night Picnic” translation copyright 2021 by Sam Bett; “That Old Seaside Club” translation copyright 2021 by Helen O’Horan; “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” translation copyright 2021 by Aiko Masubuchi; “Forgotten” translation copyright 2021 by Polly Barton (P)2021 Tantor

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