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憂鬱塔國
二百年後的世界，科技進展到超乎想像，人類卻仍敵不過自己設下的陷阱和舖下的死路。一個小小的病毒就擊垮了人類所有的文明與建設，讓人類瑟縮於小小的塔世界當中。而人類在塔裡面又因為貧富和階級問題而形成對抗意識，塔裡塔外又是兩種截然不同的世界，雖然時空背景不一樣，其實其中也點出了人類永遠在犯同樣的錯誤－－為了造求更美好的生活而在不自覺當中埋下死亡地雷。
384 pages, Paperback
First published September 16, 2004
About the author
Ira Ishida
151 books31 followersIra Ishida (石田衣良) is a Japanese novelist, actor, and TV commentator.
After graduating from Seikei University, he worked for a number of different advertising production companies and as a freelance copywriter. In 1997, he published his first novel, Ikebukuro West Gate Park, which won the 36th All Yomimono New Mystery Writer's Prize. In 2003, he won the Naoki Prize for 4-Teen.
His novels describe the culture of young people in Japan, particularly young women and otaku without a college education. Many of his works have been adapted for manga and television. As an actor, he made his first appearance in a leading role in the 2006 film Love My Life.
Ishida's pen name, Ishida Ira, was derived by splitting his real family name Ishidaira.
After graduating from Seikei University, he worked for a number of different advertising production companies and as a freelance copywriter. In 1997, he published his first novel, Ikebukuro West Gate Park, which won the 36th All Yomimono New Mystery Writer's Prize. In 2003, he won the Naoki Prize for 4-Teen.
His novels describe the culture of young people in Japan, particularly young women and otaku without a college education. Many of his works have been adapted for manga and television. As an actor, he made his first appearance in a leading role in the 2006 film Love My Life.
Ishida's pen name, Ishida Ira, was derived by splitting his real family name Ishidaira.
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August 12, 2017
昨天傍晚，
在圖書館的八樓窩在沙發上看完的。
我覺得很好看喲(大拇指)。
是屬於科幻小說，
內容
二百年後的世界，科技進展到超乎想像，人類卻仍敵不過自己設下的陷阱和舖下的死路。
一個小小的病毒就擊垮了人類所有的文明與建設，讓人類瑟縮於小小的塔世界當中。而人類在塔裡面又因為貧富和階級問題而形成對抗意識，塔裡塔外又是兩種截然不同的世界，雖然時空背景不一樣，其實其中也點出了人類永遠在犯同樣的錯誤－－為了造求更美好的生活而在不自覺當中埋下死亡地雷。
我覺得石田衣良先生真的好厲害喲！
會寫非常多種的小說類型，而且都很引人入勝，完全不是日本的飄飄風。
據說是看到911的高塔倒下而有的靈感。
看著看著，我也覺得坐在圖書館八樓有點坐立不安了(笑)。
人啊，果然要在為別人活下去的時候，才會活得下去。
在圖書館的八樓窩在沙發上看完的。
我覺得很好看喲(大拇指)。
是屬於科幻小說，
內容
二百年後的世界，科技進展到超乎想像，人類卻仍敵不過自己設下的陷阱和舖下的死路。
一個小小的病毒就擊垮了人類所有的文明與建設，讓人類瑟縮於小小的塔世界當中。而人類在塔裡面又因為貧富和階級問題而形成對抗意識，塔裡塔外又是兩種截然不同的世界，雖然時空背景不一樣，其實其中也點出了人類永遠在犯同樣的錯誤－－為了造求更美好的生活而在不自覺當中埋下死亡地雷。
我覺得石田衣良先生真的好厲害喲！
會寫非常多種的小說類型，而且都很引人入勝，完全不是日本的飄飄風。
據說是看到911的高塔倒下而有的靈感。
看著看著，我也覺得坐在圖書館八樓有點坐立不安了(笑)。
人啊，果然要在為別人活下去的時候，才會活得下去。
August 16, 2018
I did it!! :D All 486 pages!!
In the afterword, the author mentions that this was originally serialized, and--of course--he had no idea what he was going to write about as the deadline approached. Those things all make the book make more sense. In no world did it need to be this long. And especially toward the end, there was a LOT of repetition and filler.
But the beginning had an intriguing concept (which tricked me into pushing past page 300) and set up an interesting world. For pulp scifi trapped in JP storytelling tropes, it's not bad.
Basic outline: We open on a man in mid-2000s Tokyo living on the ~47th floor of a tower in Shinjuku, in the latter stages of a battle with a large brain tumor. His emotionally distant wife (who's having an affair with his younger supervisor from work) is dutifully caring for him until he dies so that she can inherit their magnificent apartment. But in the midst of this malaise, he gets a piercing headache and wakes up 200 years in the future living in the 2 km-high Blue Tower, where only the lucky few survivors have huddled to protect themselves from a bioengineered flu virus that wiped out 90+% of humanity. He, of course, is one of the lucky ones who lives on the top level and belongs to a 30-member council that governs the tower.
What will he do??
Because it's pulp, .
In the afterword, the author mentions that this was originally serialized, and--of course--he had no idea what he was going to write about as the deadline approached. Those things all make the book make more sense. In no world did it need to be this long. And especially toward the end, there was a LOT of repetition and filler.
But the beginning had an intriguing concept (which tricked me into pushing past page 300) and set up an interesting world. For pulp scifi trapped in JP storytelling tropes, it's not bad.
Basic outline: We open on a man in mid-2000s Tokyo living on the ~47th floor of a tower in Shinjuku, in the latter stages of a battle with a large brain tumor. His emotionally distant wife (who's having an affair with his younger supervisor from work) is dutifully caring for him until he dies so that she can inherit their magnificent apartment. But in the midst of this malaise, he gets a piercing headache and wakes up 200 years in the future living in the 2 km-high Blue Tower, where only the lucky few survivors have huddled to protect themselves from a bioengineered flu virus that wiped out 90+% of humanity. He, of course, is one of the lucky ones who lives on the top level and belongs to a 30-member council that governs the tower.
What will he do??
Because it's pulp, .
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