The two faces of tomorrow
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The two faces of tomorrow
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Side by side, western and japanese covers of the same science fiction novel.

Curated by @curesaveexit.bsky.social

Profile Picture - Perry Rhodan by Ryō Kudō
Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin
『辺境の惑星』アーシュラ・K・ル・グィン

"As the planet Werel enters its winter, tensions strain the relations between two populations, the native nomadic hilfs and the colony of stranded Earthmen. The two peoples share not only a common genetic heritage but common enemies as well"
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
『世界の合言葉は森』アーシュラ・K・ル・グィン

"Earth colonists have enslaved the non-aggressive native Athsheans. One of the natives leads a revolt against the Terrans. However, in the process their own peaceful culture is introduced to mass violence for the first time."
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
More new Perry Rhodan covers by Ryō Kudō.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
『モナリザ・オーヴァドライヴ』ウィリアム・ギブスン

"Mona's life is turned upside down when her pimp sells her to a plastic surgeon. Overnight she’s turned into someone else.

Angie’s started to remember. She’ll discover who she is and why she doesn’t need a deck to enter cyberspace."
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Permutation City by Greg Egan
『順列都市』グレッグ・イーガン

"Permutation city is the tale of a man with a vision - how to create immortality - and how that vision becomes grows beyond his control."
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
『時の子供たち』エイドリアン・チャイコフスキー

"The last humans left Earth, desperate to find a new home. Following their ancestors, they discover a world terraformed-but the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them pristine & unoccupied"
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Two Faces of Tomorrow by James P. Hogan
『未来の二つの顔』ジェイムズ・P・ホーガン

"21st century - a global network manages the world's affairs. A planned AI upgrade will give it unprecedented degree of decision-making, but questions are raised in regard to how much control can be given to a non-human intelligence"
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Running Man by Richard Bachman
『バトルランナー』スティーヴン・キング

"Ben must stay alive for thirty days while an elite strike force, trained to kill, hunts for him. If he can survive for a month, he wins a billion dollars. No contestant has ever lasted longer than eight days."

Merci @diogojira.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
『地球最後の男』リチャ−ド・マシスン

"Robert Neville is the last man on Earth. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire. By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself and prays for the dawn."
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Piknik na obochine by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
『ストーカー』アルカジイ・ストルガツキー , ボリス・ストルガツキー

"Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect mysterious artifacts that alien visitors left scattered around."
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
『叛逆航路』アン・レッキー

"Once, she was a colossal starship with an AI linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the empire that conquered the galaxy. Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body and a desire for vengeance."
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
『タイタンの妖女』カート・ヴォネガット

"The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey to distant worlds with a beautiful woman. But there’ s a catch to the invitation–and a prophetic vision about the purpose of human life."
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
『宙の復讐者』エミリー・テッシュ

"Since birth, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised on Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she readies herself to face the Wisdom, the weapon that gave the majoda their victory over humanity"
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
『盗まれた街』ジャック・フィニイ

Yes I'm watching Plur1bus.
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Minority Report by Philip K Dick
『マイノリティ・リポート』フィリップ・K. ディック

"Commissioner John Anderton is the originator of the Precrime System, which uses precogs to identify criminals before they can do any harm. Unfortunately for Anderton, his precogs perceive him as the next criminal."
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Ilium by Dan Simmons
『イリアム』ダン・シモンズ

"The Trojan War rages at the foot of Olympos Mons on the terraformed surface of Mars - observed and influenced from on high by Zeus and his immortal family. On Earth, a small band of the few remaining humans pursues a lost past and devastating truth."
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ringworld by Larry Niven
『リングワールド』ラリイ・ニ−ヴン

"Puppeteers, strange two-headed aliens, have discovered an immense structure in a hitherto unexplored part of the universe. Frightened of meeting its builders, they set about assembling a team consisting of two humans, a puppeteer and a kzin."
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
『トリフィド時代』ジョン・ウィンダム

"Bill Masen wakes up in hospital. Removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else have been blinded by a meteor shower. The triffids-plants able to walk, feeding on human flesh-can have their day."
November 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Infinite Space is loosely based on Childhood's end.
November 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
『地球幼年期の終わり』アーサー・C・クラーク

"Without warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear in the skies above every major city on Earth. Manned by the Overlords, in fifty years, they eliminate ignorance, disease, and poverty."
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
『モロ-博士の島』H.G. ウェルズ

"Alone and adrift in the Pacific, Edward Prendick is rescued by a ship carrying an odd cargo of wild animals to an uncharted island."
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Warm Worlds and Otherwise by James Tiptree Jr.
『愛はさだめ、さだめは死』ジェイムズ・ティプトリー・ジュニア

"One of the achievements of James Tiptree Jr - the pen name of Alice Bradley Sheldon. Demonstrating Tiptree's eye for unnerving future dystopias and her unparalleled depiction of strange worlds and mysterious creatures."
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Captain Future and the Space Emperor by Edmond Hamilton
キャプテン・フューチャー全集1

"A strange plague is afflicting the Earthmen colonists of Jupiter, reversing evolution and turning them into prehistoric monsters. Can Captain Future solve the mystery of who the Space Emperor is and stop his reign of terror?"
October 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
『大宇宙の少年』ロバート・A・ハインライン

"After winning a space suit as a consolation prize, high school senior Kip Russell longed to one day use it to travel to the stars. But 'one day' comes sooner than he thinks when he finds himself caught up in a space adventure"
October 26, 2025 at 5:52 AM
New Perry Rhodan covers by Ryō Kudō.
October 23, 2025 at 5:42 AM