Abstract

“First contact” with the creators (humans) from a robot point of view.

Includes the 8th Sogen SF Short Story Prize winner, ‘In Your Blue Eyes,’ which depicts the inner conflicts of Momiji, the artificial intelligence (“Ma.Hu.”) guarding a spaceship, and events during the blank seventy-four seconds that occur when warping in space, as well as the “Ma.Hu. Chronicles,” a series of five stories describing the days of Ma.Hu.s, who continue to observe the universe according to the teachings and rules left behind by humans. This is a striking debut collection about robots that live in eternity and their creators, human beings.

Nominated for the 42nd Japan SF Award.

Author’s Information

From Tokyo. In 2017, he won the 8th Sogen SF Short Story Award for ‘Nanajūyonbyō no senritsu to kodoku (In Your Blue Eyes).’ Since 2007, he has been a radio personality on “Yonde Mikihiko (Read Mikihiko),” a web radio station on RRJ Inc.’s audiobook material distribution website. He is an adoring husband and cat owner.