Last and First Idol is the most decorated short story published in Japan in 2017, winning multiple awards including the "Japanese Hugo", the Seiun Award. This Collection also includes two other mind-bending high sci-fi stories that combine modern fandom with hardcore science.J-Novel Club actively translates new books with new content available weekly on J-Novel Club's subscription service and apps. Readers come back week after week and then collect the books. 4,000+ member paid subscription service.Active J-Novel Club Newsletter (10,000+ members) and twitter (~3,000 followers).Innovative marketing campaigns tying up with popular anime and manga websites.
The most decorated short story published in Japan in 2017, winning multiple awards including the "Japanese Hugo", the Seiun Award. This Collection also includes two other mind-bending high sci-fi stories that combine modern fandom with hardcore science.
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Last and First Idol is the most decorated short story published in Japan in 2017, winning multiple awards including the "Japanese Hugo", the Seiun Award. This Collection also includes two other mind-bending high sci-fi stories that combine modern fandom with hardcore science.J-Novel Club actively translates new books with new content available weekly on J-Novel Club's subscription service and apps. Readers come back week after week and then collect the books. 4,000+ member paid subscription service.Active J-Novel Club Newsletter (10,000+ members) and twitter (~3,000 followers).Innovative marketing campaigns tying up with popular anime and manga websites.
The most decorated short story published in Japan in 2017, winning multiple awards including the "Japanese Hugo", the Seiun Award. This Collection also includes two other mind-bending high sci-fi stories that combine modern fandom with hardcore science.
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This existential widescreen yuri baroque proletariat hard sci-fi idol story has carved out a new legend in science fiction history!"Bye-bye, Earth! My idol activities here were so much fun!"4th Hayakawa SF Contest Special Prize48th Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story Division)27th Dark Seiun Award (Guest Division)16th Sense of Gender Award (Future Idol Award)Last and First Idol earned the first ever special prize in the Hayakawa SF Contest, and the first debut work to win the Seiun Award in 42 years! Also includes Evolution Girls, in which some gacha-expert friends race to find the truth of the universe, and Dark Seiyuu, a brand-new space opera about voice actors! Gengen Kusano's astounding debut collection!
About the Author
Gengen Kusano is a Japanese science fiction author. This is his first published collection of stories, of which Last and First Idol won the 2017 Seiun Award for best short story. Sam Pinansky is also the owner and founder of J-Novel Club, and has a Ph.D. in theoretical physics which came in handy for this book.
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