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A review by junglewriter
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 168 September 2020 by Lavie Tidhar, R.P. Sand, Keishi Kajifune, Neil Clarke, Arula Ratnakar, Nin Harris, G.D. Angier, Isabel Lee
3.0
My favorite story in this issue was The Book Reader by KEISHI KAJIFUNE, translated by TOSHIYA KAMEI. (My star rating is not for the story but for the magazine's entire issue)
It's a Japanese story about a dystopian world where the government controls everything through nanobots. They've destroyed most physical books, and all knowledge is digitally controlled, leaving most people without the ability to read a physical book. The point of view character Rumi meets and befriends a fellow student who can read.
I'm really liking the Asian sci-fi that Clarkesworld has been publishing recently.
It's a Japanese story about a dystopian world where the government controls everything through nanobots. They've destroyed most physical books, and all knowledge is digitally controlled, leaving most people without the ability to read a physical book. The point of view character Rumi meets and befriends a fellow student who can read.
I'm really liking the Asian sci-fi that Clarkesworld has been publishing recently.