The Ghost In The Shell Novel: Film Tie-In

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This brand new Ghost in the Shell release is a new collection of short stories by some of the biggest names in Japanese prose today. Featuring works by Tow Ubukata (Mardock Scramble), Toh EnJoe (Self-Reference ENGINE), Kafka Asagiri (Bungo Stray Dogs), Gakuto Mikumo (Strike the Blood), and Yoshinobu Akita (Sorcerous Stabber ORPHEN). Each of these talents add their own take on the hit manga to this collection, building upon and re-interpreting the world of the Major and Public Security Section 9.

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A spry, classy set of riffs on the Ghost in the Shell universe, drawing on characters we know and extrapolating from the setting at large. . . . Ganriki

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Tow Ubukata (1977-) is a renowned Japanese novelist and screenwriter. In 2003 Ubukata was awarded the Nihon SF Taisho Award by the Science Fiction Writers of Japan for his novel Mardock Scramble. He would then go on to win a number of awards for his novel Tenchi- The Samurai Astronomer in 2010 (Eiji Yoshikawa New Author Award for Literature, Japan Booksellers' Award, Seiichi Funahashi Literature Award). Since his debut, Ubukata has penned more than twenty novels and has written screenplays for a handful of television series and motion pictures. Toh EnJoe (1972-) is Japanese novelist who has worked within the fields of science-fiction, speculative fiction and literary fiction. He like Ubukata is a multiple award winner, having collected the Akutakawa Prize (Harlequin's Butterfly), the Seiun Award (The Empire of Corpses) and the Phillip K. Dick Award (Self-Reference ENGINE). Kafka Asagiri is a Japanese novelist and game writer. Formerly an office worker for an auto company, Asagiri would eventually shift focus towards writing for manga and video games to great success. Asagiri's Bungo Stray Dogs is published by Yen Press and inspired a popular animated TV series.