Terminal Boredom, Izumi Suzuki
Terminal Boredom, Izumi Suzuki
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Terminal Boredom
Stories

Author: Izumi Suzuki

Narrator: Cindy Kay

Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/20/2021


Synopsis

The first English language publication of the work of Izumi Suzuki, a legend of Japanese science fiction and a countercultural icon.

At turns nonchalantly hip and charmingly deranged, Suzuki's singular slant on speculative fiction would be echoed in countless later works, from Margaret Atwood and Harumi Murakami, to Black Mirror and Ex Machina. In these darkly playful and punky stories, the fantastical elements are always earthed by the universal pettiness of strife between the sexes, and the gritty reality of life on the lower rungs, whatever planet that ladder might be on.

Translated by Polly Barton, Sam Bett, David Boyd, Daniel Joseph, Aiko Masubuchi, and Helen O'Horan.

About Izumi Suzuki

Izumi Suzuki (1949-1986) was a writer, actress, model, and a countercultural icon in Japan. In the last decade of her life she produced an influential body of radical, punky, and groundbreaking fiction.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Blair

I was stunned by this book. I wasn’t able to keep this review short, so here’s the one-sentence version: this is one of the best short story collections I have ever read. The review copy doesn’t include any biographical details about Izumi Suzuki; I don’t usually read introductions (at least not unti......more

Goodreads review by L.S.

A quick read. The first thing by Izumi Suzuki to make it into English. Can we get some more please? First off, the comparison to Black Mirror is apt. Ignore the rest of the blurbs. That's enough of a hint. Base your reading decision on that fact alone. With this stellar collection of mind-bending shor......more

❀ blog ❀ thestorygraph ❀ letterboxd ❀ tumblr ❀ ko-fi ❀ Perhaps I should be more lenient towards these stories as they were written in the 1970s but alas I did find them rather dated. Most of these stories are set in near-futures. The first portrays an all-female society in which men are seen as less......more