Harmony ( Harmony Universe )
( Japanese - HÄmonÄ« / ãƒãƒ¼ãƒ¢ãƒ‹ãƒ¼ - 2008 )
novel by Project Itoh
translated by Alexander O. Smith
Published: Haikasoru / VIZ Media LLC - paperback - 2010
ISBN: 1421536439 / 9781421536439
Haikasoru / VIZ Media LLC ( Barnes & Noble ) - Nook - 2010
ISBN: 9781421539546
Haikasoru / VIZ Media LLC ( Amazon ) - Kindle - 2010
ASIN: B00457XDLW
synopsis
In the future, Utopia has finally been achieved thanks to medical nanotechnology and a powerful ethic of social welfare and mutual consideration. This perfect world isn't that perfect though, and three young girls stand up to totalitarian kindness and super-medicine by attempting suicide via starvation. It doesn't work, but one of the girls - Tuan Kirie - grows up to be a member of the World Health Organization. As a crisis threatens the harmony of the new world, Tuan rediscovers another member of her suicide pact, and together they must help save the planet... from itself.
awards
Seiun Award 2009
Nihon SF Taisho 2009
Philip K. Dick Award 2010 ( special citation )
( Japanese - HÄmonÄ« / ãƒãƒ¼ãƒ¢ãƒ‹ãƒ¼ - 2008 )
novel by Project Itoh
translated by Alexander O. Smith
Published: Haikasoru / VIZ Media LLC - paperback - 2010
ISBN: 1421536439 / 9781421536439
Haikasoru / VIZ Media LLC ( Barnes & Noble ) - Nook - 2010
ISBN: 9781421539546
Haikasoru / VIZ Media LLC ( Amazon ) - Kindle - 2010
ASIN: B00457XDLW
synopsis
In the future, Utopia has finally been achieved thanks to medical nanotechnology and a powerful ethic of social welfare and mutual consideration. This perfect world isn't that perfect though, and three young girls stand up to totalitarian kindness and super-medicine by attempting suicide via starvation. It doesn't work, but one of the girls - Tuan Kirie - grows up to be a member of the World Health Organization. As a crisis threatens the harmony of the new world, Tuan rediscovers another member of her suicide pact, and together they must help save the planet... from itself.
awards
Seiun Award 2009
Nihon SF Taisho 2009
Philip K. Dick Award 2010 ( special citation )