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Self-Reference ENGINE

3.64 (188 ratings by Goodreads)

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By (author): Toh EnJoe

Science, surrealism, number theory, and more dead Sigmund Freuds than you can shake a stick at.

This is not a novel.

This is not a short story collection.

This is Self-Reference ENGINE.

Instructions for Use: Read chapters in order. Contemplate the dreams of twenty-two dead Freuds. Note your position in spacetime at all times (and spaces). Keep an eye out for a talking bobby sock named Bobby Socks. Beware the star-man Alpha Centauri. Remember that the chapter entitled Japanese is translated from the Japanese, but should be read in Japanese. Warning: if reading this book on the back of a catfish statue, the text may vanish at any moment, and you may forget that it ever existed.

From the mind of Toh EnJoe comes Self-Reference ENGINE, a textual machine that combines the rigor of Stanislaw Lem with the imagination of Jorge Luis Borges. Do not operate heavy machinery for one hour after reading. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 333g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 11 Apr 2013
  • Publisher: Viz Media Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781421549361

About Toh EnJoe

Toh EnJoe was born in Hokkaido in 1972. After completing a PhD at the University of Tokyo he became a researcher in theoretical physics. In 2007 he won the Bungakukai Shinjinsho (Literary World Newcomers) Prize with Of the Baseball. That same year brought the publication of his book Self-Reference ENGINE which caused a sensation in SF circles and which was ranked No. 2 on SF Magazines list of the best science fiction of the year. Since then EnJoe has been one of those rare writers comfortable working in both pure literature and science fiction. In 2010 his novel U Yu Shi Tan won the Noma Prize for new authors. In 2011 his This Is a Pen was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize and he won Waseda Universitys Tsubouchi Shouyou Prize. In January 2012 he won the Akutagawa Prize with Doukeshi no Cyo (Butterflies of a Harlequin). His other works include Boys Surface and About Goto.

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