The stories of Ibis
By: Hiroshi Yamamoto ; translated by Takami Nieda
Contributors: Nieda, Takami
Publisher: Haikasoru
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9781421534404
Subjects: Translations into English; Japanese Science fiction; Japanese Short stories
Work titles: Ai no Monogatari
Description: In a world where humans are a minority and androids have created their own civilization, a wandering storyteller meets the beautiful android Ibis. She tells him seven stories of human/android interaction in order to reveal the secret behind humanity's fall. The stories that Ibis speaks of are the "seven novels" about the events surrounding the announcements of the development of artificial intelligence (Ai) in the 20th and 21st centuries. At a glance, these stories do not appear to have any sort of connection, but what is the true meaning behind them? What are Ibis's real intentions?
Table of contents: title: The universe on my hands; title: A romance in virtual space; title: Mirror girl; title: Black hole diver; title: A world where justice is just; title: The day shion came; title: Ai's story.