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Hit Parade of Tears
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A new collection of stories from the cult author of Terminal Boredom
Izumi Suzuki had ideas about doing things differently, ideas that paid little attention to the laws of physics, or the laws of the land. In this new collection, her skewed imagination distorts and enhances some of the classic concepts of science fiction and fantasy.
A philandering husband receives a bestial punishment from a wife with her own secrets to keep; a music lover finds herself in a timeline both familiar and as wrong as can be; a misfit band of space pirates discover a mysterious baby among the stars; Emma, the Bovary-like character from one of Suzuki's stories in Terminal Boredom, lands herself in a bizarre romantic pickle.
Wryly anarchic and deeply imaginative, Suzuki was a writer like no other. These eleven stories offer readers the opportunity to delve deeper in this singular writer's work.
Izumi Suzuki had ideas about doing things differently, ideas that paid little attention to the laws of physics, or the laws of the land. In this new collection, her skewed imagination distorts and enhances some of the classic concepts of science fiction and fantasy.
A philandering husband receives a bestial punishment from a wife with her own secrets to keep; a music lover finds herself in a timeline both familiar and as wrong as can be; a misfit band of space pirates discover a mysterious baby among the stars; Emma, the Bovary-like character from one of Suzuki's stories in Terminal Boredom, lands herself in a bizarre romantic pickle.
Wryly anarchic and deeply imaginative, Suzuki was a writer like no other. These eleven stories offer readers the opportunity to delve deeper in this singular writer's work.
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Nouf
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miaow
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“while i don't think these are the best written or most innovative stories in the world, i can't help by find suzuki's writing to be infinitely charming. odd and bizarre and kinda like a fever dream. really enjoyed the sci-fi elements and the fact that you never really know what’s going on. i also think it's really cool that she unabashedly just writes weird plots and settings, and makes absolutely no effort to explain them at all. ultimately found some of the stories hard to grasp tho :( would have to reread them”
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“Oh, I liked this way way more than her other collection 'Terminal Boredom'. This one is zanier, wackier, and has more levity. Some of the stories do feel like they're set in the same world as stories from the other collection (i.e., 'I'll Never Forget'), so perhaps it might be fruitful to read both collections back to back.
In 'Trial Witch,' a housewife suddenly gets the power to transform people at will and she uses it to punish her cheating husband. This was my favourite story. Another favourite is 'Memory of Water' in which a woman has a Jekyll and Hyde situation until one of her alter egos breaks free. I found the main character in this story the most interesting, not that the rest aren't, but the rest are largely in dialogue with the world around them (via their speech, dress, mannerisms, outlook, etc), but this protagonist is in dialogue with herself, wherein the source of her struggles regarding identity and belonging lie.
'My Guy' introduces a new alien species that is able to propagate with female humans simply by hugging. Aliens feature again in 'The Covenant', except they have gone extinct and managed to be reborn on Earth in human bodies. In 'Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise', three good-for-nothings traverse other planets to capture creatures for sale.
There's a good mix of darker stories.'Full of Malice' is set in a medical facility that reminded me very much of AHS: Asylum. A girl in search for her brother ends up getting her malice-infested brain removed. This continues in a later story, 'After Everything', which shows the world outside the facility to be one filled with purgatory-like horrors. She features again in 'The Walker' where her condition takes the form of an eternal curse. 'Hit Parade of Tears' has a dystopian setting that is somewhat reminiscent of Orwell's '1984.'”
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“Some of the stories made me think of The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea and Beautiful Star; interesting themes however some of the stories weren’t as strong as the others, enjoyed nonetheless”
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About Izumi Suzuki
Izumi Suzuki (1949–1986) was a countercultural icon and a pioneer of Japanese science fiction. She worked as a keypunch operator before finding fame as a model and actress, but it was her writing that secured her reputation. She took her own life at the age of thirty-six.
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