魚舟・獸舟

by Sayuri Ueda, 上田早夕里, Ull (Translator)

「我們族裡的女人如果懷孕了，一定會生出雙胞胎。雙胞胎有一半和你們一樣是人類外表，但另一半則是以魚的型態出生──」

現代社會崩壞後，一個大半陸地都被水淹沒的未來世界。以衝擊性的視角，描寫存在於未來世界中，被稱之為魚舟、獸舟的異形生物和人類之間的共生關係，評價超高的〈魚舟‧獸舟〉。身體被寄生菇吞噬的怪病正籠罩整個日本，被寄生的生物不是只有死亡……驚悚的超展開故事，令人屏息的〈茸之道〉──

收錄〈魚舟‧獸舟〉、〈茸之道〉、〈款待〉、〈真朱街〉、〈藍草〉、〈小鳥之墓〉六篇讓人驚異的短‧中篇集登場！

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 8, 2009

About the author

Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Sayuri Ueda (上田 早夕里, Ueda Sayuri) is one of the more innovative science fiction authors in Japan. She made her debut in 2003 with Kasei daku barado (Mars Dark Ballad), which won the 4th Komatsu Sakyo Prize. She has published a series of highly original, much discussed works, gaining avid fans not only in Japan but throughout Asia and the West. Karyu no miya (The Ocean Chronicles) won the Hayakawa Publishing “SF ga Yomitai!” Award for Best Japanese SF Novel in 2010, as well as the 32nd Japan SF Award and 10th Sense of Gender Award in 2011. She also writes actively in genres other than science fiction, and in 2018, her historical novel Hametsu no ō (The King of Ruin) was nominated for the 159th Naoki Prize.

Reviews

[Yasuo Itoh · Rating 5 out of 5]

海洋生物からキノコ、妖怪まで、あらゆる異形が登場するSF短編集。飛び抜けて面白いのは、表題作品の「魚舟・獣舟」だ。オリジナルの世界観が、人の心の純粋さを語る。他の作品も解説するまでもなく面白い。好みは人それぞれだろうが、個人的には「ブルーグラス」がお気に入り。また、「真朱の街」は妖怪の言葉が真実すぎて心に刺さる。