![]() ![]() The framework for this book came to me not too long after I had written "The Universe on My Hands." Having already finished "A Romance in Virtual Space" and "Mirror Girl," I had planned to publish these stories as a short story collection but then I realized all of the stories were all about artificial intelligence and virtual realities, as well as being told from the point of view of the heroine. It is also I (the self), AI (artificial intelligence), i (the imaginary number) and ai (love). (excerpted from the author's website "Hiroshi Yamamoto's SF Secret Base") Ai is Ibis's nickname. If you want more of a taste, be sure to check out The Universe on my Hands, published by Words Without Borders late last year as part of their International SF issue! We did try to strip out as many "spoilers" as possible, but very sensitive readers might want to read with a hand clapped over one eye. With the release of The Stories of Ibis we're pleased to bring you some remarks from the author himself on the titular stories that make up our latest Haikasoru novel. That Hiroshi Yamamoto is a walking encyclopedia of SF history helps a bit too. In Japan, short fiction remains absolutely vital and thus so does the fix-up. ![]() After all, the modern genre was born not between hard covers but in pulp magazines. The fix-up novel-one created by linking together several pieces of short fiction-has a long and proud tradition within science fiction. ![]()
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