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Lädt ... Mr. Turtlevon Yusuke Kitano
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In a world of humans, what's a cyborg turtle to do? It's a fair question in the bizarre, compelling story of Mr. Turtle. Yusaku Kitano's science fiction masterpiece, originally published under the eponymous title Kame-kun, renews the visionary integrity that won it the Nihon SF Taisho (Japan's equivalent of the Nebula) Award in 2001 as it finds its way into English at last. Kitano's protagonist is a hero in a half shell of an altogether different sort, a killing machine designed for combat who wants only to enjoy the simple pleasures of his daily life-working a blue collar job, going to the library, and typing on his laptop-even as he is haunted by vague memories of a war on Jupiter. In order to determine his future, he must piece together his past, navigating an unsympathetic society toward revealing the novel's philosophical heartbeat. A character study of surreal wit, Mr. Turtle delivers action and insight, all the while crafting an homage to its chosen genre unlike any other. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Kame-kun aka Mr. Turtle is a cyborg anthropomorphic turtle who can only talk in grunts but has human-like hands and feet which allow him to type on a keyboard (and thus have a communication interface) and to walk upright. He spends a lot of time in the library and also eventually gets a job as a forklift operator. The job however seems to also entail battling some sort of monstrous crawfish that emerge from containers shipped via wormhole from Jupiter!
Yusaku Kitano makes the transition from a simple earthly life to a mind-bending interplanetary war in a very gradual way. Even in the end it wasn't at all clear to me what was a memory of the past, what was the present and what was a vision of the future but the Kame-kun character is more memorable and endearing than dozens of standard stereotypical heroes and protagonists whether fantasy, sci-fi or any fiction. As said by the translator Tyran Grillo in his excellent introduction: "This turtle has your back."
Stray Observation:
Yusaku Kitano isn't done with his turtleverse and has already issued a related book カメリ (Kamélie aka Ms. Turtle). Hopefully a translation will be made available. ( )