The two faces of tomorrow
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The two faces of tomorrow
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Side by side, western and japanese covers of the same science fiction novel.

Curated by @curesaveexit.bsky.social

Profile Picture - Perry Rhodan by Ryō Kudō
Burning Chrome by William Gibson
『クローム襲撃』ウィリアム・ギブスン

"The street finds its own uses for things"
December 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
『ロックマン』カプコン
Mega Man by Capcom

"It's Mega Man versus the powerful leaders and fighting forces of Monsteropolis - that strange multi-layered land of robot-like humanoids created by the wrongly performed experiments with human beings by Dr. Wily."
December 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway
『タイタン・ノワール』ニック・ハーカウェイ

"Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So when he is called in to investigate a homicide, he finds the victim is over 7 feet tall. A Titan-one of this near-future society's genetically-altered elites."
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
『百億の昼と千億の夜』光瀬 龍
Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights by Ryu Mitsuse

"Ten billion days—that is how long it will take Plato to determine the true systems of the world. One hundred billion nights—that is how far Jesus, Siddhartha, and Asura will travel to witness the end of all worlds."
December 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
『プロジェクト・ヘイル・メアリー』アンディ・ウィアー

"Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, it's up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery-and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species."
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
『メトロイド』任天堂
Metroid by Nintendo

"It's you against the evil Mother Brain in the thrilling battle of Metroid!"
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin
『辺境の惑星』アーシュラ・K・ル・グィン

"As the planet Werel enters its winter, tensions strain the relations between two populations, the native nomadic hilfs and the colony of stranded Earthmen. The two peoples share not only a common genetic heritage but common enemies as well"
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
『世界の合言葉は森』アーシュラ・K・ル・グィン

"Earth colonists have enslaved the non-aggressive native Athsheans. One of the natives leads a revolt against the Terrans. However, in the process their own peaceful culture is introduced to mass violence for the first time."
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Permutation City by Greg Egan
『順列都市』グレッグ・イーガン

"Permutation city is the tale of a man with a vision - how to create immortality - and how that vision becomes grows beyond his control."
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
『時の子供たち』エイドリアン・チャイコフスキー

"The last humans left Earth, desperate to find a new home. Following their ancestors, they discover a world terraformed-but the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them pristine & unoccupied"
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Two Faces of Tomorrow by James P. Hogan
『未来の二つの顔』ジェイムズ・P・ホーガン

"21st century - a global network manages the world's affairs. A planned AI upgrade will give it unprecedented degree of decision-making, but questions are raised in regard to how much control can be given to a non-human intelligence"
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Running Man by Richard Bachman
『バトルランナー』スティーヴン・キング

"Ben must stay alive for thirty days while an elite strike force, trained to kill, hunts for him. If he can survive for a month, he wins a billion dollars. No contestant has ever lasted longer than eight days."

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November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
『地球最後の男』リチャ−ド・マシスン

"Robert Neville is the last man on Earth. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire. By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself and prays for the dawn."
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Piknik na obochine by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
『ストーカー』アルカジイ・ストルガツキー , ボリス・ストルガツキー

"Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect mysterious artifacts that alien visitors left scattered around."
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
『叛逆航路』アン・レッキー

"Once, she was a colossal starship with an AI linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the empire that conquered the galaxy. Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body and a desire for vengeance."
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
『タイタンの妖女』カート・ヴォネガット

"The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey to distant worlds with a beautiful woman. But there’ s a catch to the invitation–and a prophetic vision about the purpose of human life."
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
『宙の復讐者』エミリー・テッシュ

"Since birth, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised on Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she readies herself to face the Wisdom, the weapon that gave the majoda their victory over humanity"
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
『盗まれた街』ジャック・フィニイ

Yes I'm watching Plur1bus.
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Minority Report by Philip K Dick
『マイノリティ・リポート』フィリップ・K. ディック

"Commissioner John Anderton is the originator of the Precrime System, which uses precogs to identify criminals before they can do any harm. Unfortunately for Anderton, his precogs perceive him as the next criminal."
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Ilium by Dan Simmons
『イリアム』ダン・シモンズ

"The Trojan War rages at the foot of Olympos Mons on the terraformed surface of Mars - observed and influenced from on high by Zeus and his immortal family. On Earth, a small band of the few remaining humans pursues a lost past and devastating truth."
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ringworld by Larry Niven
『リングワールド』ラリイ・ニ−ヴン

"Puppeteers, strange two-headed aliens, have discovered an immense structure in a hitherto unexplored part of the universe. Frightened of meeting its builders, they set about assembling a team consisting of two humans, a puppeteer and a kzin."
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
『トリフィド時代』ジョン・ウィンダム

"Bill Masen wakes up in hospital. Removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else have been blinded by a meteor shower. The triffids-plants able to walk, feeding on human flesh-can have their day."
November 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
『地球幼年期の終わり』アーサー・C・クラーク

"Without warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear in the skies above every major city on Earth. Manned by the Overlords, in fifty years, they eliminate ignorance, disease, and poverty."
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
『モロ-博士の島』H.G. ウェルズ

"Alone and adrift in the Pacific, Edward Prendick is rescued by a ship carrying an odd cargo of wild animals to an uncharted island."
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Warm Worlds and Otherwise by James Tiptree Jr.
『愛はさだめ、さだめは死』ジェイムズ・ティプトリー・ジュニア

"One of the achievements of James Tiptree Jr - the pen name of Alice Bradley Sheldon. Demonstrating Tiptree's eye for unnerving future dystopias and her unparalleled depiction of strange worlds and mysterious creatures."
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM