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BOOK

Marble Arch No Kaze (Platinum Fan Taji)

Koni Oui Risu Omori Nozomi

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Release Date September 28, 2008
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Catalog No.NEOBK-509708
JAN/ISBN 9784152089588
Product Type BOOK
Pages 364

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Description

[Machine Translation] Tom and his wife Kath are visiting London for the first time in 20 years to attend an annual conference. Tom, who loves the London Underground Railways, is looking forward to seeing his old friends again and heads for the conference venue by subway, when he is suddenly hit by a blast in the station. He momentarily wonders if it is a bombing or poison gas, but the wind instantly dies down. Apparently, no one around him felt the wind. When he finally arrives at the venue, he overhears his friends talking about nothing but illness and divorce. Tom returns to the Underground to go back to his hotel, only to be hit again by a violent "wind". The title story (winner of the Hugo Award) is a powerful portrayal of a time in one's life that eventually comes to everyone. A female medium, who is making a fortune by channeling impostors to celebrities in Beverly Hills, is possessed by the spirit of a certain person. The medium is possessed by the spirit of H.L. Mencken, a real-life journalist who criticized occult scams and false science.... The Hugo Award-winning "Insider Suspicion" is a humorous middle story about a psychic business. As Christmas approaches, the city begins to experience a few strange things (everyone stands properly on one side of the moving sidewalk, and the number of people wearing hats suddenly increases).... The invasion sci-fi comedy "The Newsletter" (Locus Award Winner). From humor and comedy to serious short stories, this is a selection of five masterpieces from the world's leading science fiction writers. A collection of original Japanese stories that are a joy to read.

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Description in Japanese

マーブル・アーチの風 (プラチナ・ファンタジイ) / コニー・ウィリス/著 大森望/編訳

毎年恒例の大会(カンファレンス)に参加するため、20年ぶりにロンドンを訪れたトムとキャスの夫妻。ロンドン地下鉄道をこよなく愛するトムは、旧友との再会を楽しみに地下鉄で大会会場へと向かうが、駅の構内で突然の爆風に襲われる。爆弾テロか毒ガスかと瞬間的に思うが、風は一瞬にしてやんでしまう。どうやら周囲の誰もこの風を感じなかったらしい。ようやく到着した会場では、病気や離婚といった話題ばかりを友人たちが口にしているのを耳にする。そして、ホテルに帰るため、地下鉄に戻ったトムは、ふたたび暴力的な"風"に見舞われるのだった。20年前と明らかになにかが変わってしまったロンドンで、トムは"風"の謎を追って地下鉄を巡る…。やがて誰にでも訪れる人生のその時を、迫真の筆致で描いた表題作(ヒューゴー賞受賞)。ベヴァリーヒルズのセレブを相手に、いんちきチャネリングで荒稼ぎする女霊媒師に、ある人物の霊が憑依する。その人物とは、オカルト詐欺やニセ科学を批判しつづけた実在のジャーナリスト、H・L・メンケンその人だった…。サイキック商売を題材に描く傑作ユーモア中篇「インサイダー疑惑」(ヒューゴー賞受賞)。クリスマスが近づくなか、街では少しだけおかしなこと(みんなが動く歩道の片側をきちんと空けて立つ、帽子をかぶる人が急に増えた)が起こり始める…。侵略SFコメディ「ニュースレター」(ローカス賞受賞)。ユーモア、コメディからシリアス短篇まで、SF界を代表する小説の達人の傑作5篇を厳選。物語を読む愉しみにあふれた日本オリジナル作品集。

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