Calcutec called down by mysterious scientist, who is exploring “sound removal”, in a laboratory hidden within an anachronistic version of Tokyo’s sewer system against regulations/law and agrees to “shuffle” data and completes an assignment. In ‘Hard-Boiled Wonderland’, narrator is a “Calcutec” a human data processor/encryption system who has been trained to use his subconscious as an encryption key and working for “The System”, governmental system, to protect data against “Semiotecs”, organization of criminal work in black market. Both story narrated by either same person or different person (Tough to decide)The odd-numbered chapters take place in the ‘Hard-Boiled Wonderland’ while even-numbered chapters deal with ‘the End of the World’. Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World follows split and parallel storyline. Here is an abundant imagination at play – Sunday Times His fantasies, with their easy reference to western pulp fiction and music, retain a beauty of the mind- GaurdianĪ remarkable writer… He captures the common ache of the contemporary heart and head – Jay Mcknerney
Language: English (Originally in Japanese) Name: Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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