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    In 'Automatic Eve,' Steampunk Meets 'Blade Runner' — In Japan

    Rokuro Inui's mosaic novel is set in a lush alternate Japan, full of cricket fighting tournaments, beautiful automata and intricate webs of plot and counter-plot around the mysterious Eve.
    by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Aug 24, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: Petra Mayer

    I'm going to give you the Hollywood elevator pitch in order to secure your attention: This is a Japanese steampunk novel for fans of Blade Runner. Do I have your attention now? Good. Because we're going to flash back in time to 2009, when Haikasoru popped into the world.

    Haikasoru was intended as the English-language book imprint of Viz Media, which produces many mangas. Its bold, eclectic catalogue was overseen by Nick Mamatas and Masumi Washington, and

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