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Robot ghosts and wired dreams : Japanese science fiction from origins to anime by Christopher Bolton, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., and Takayuki Tatsumi is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Since the end of the Second World War—and particularly over the last decade—Japanese science fiction has strongly influenced global popular culture. Unlike American and British science fiction, its most popular examples have been visual—from Gojira (Godzilla) and Astro Boy in the 1950s and 1960s to the anime masterpieces Akira and Ghost in the Shell of the 1980s and 1990s—while little attention has been paid to a vibrant tradition of prose science fiction in Japan.</p><p>Robot Ghosts and Wire
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- Author
- Christopher Bolton, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., and Takayuki Tatsumi
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press,
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780816653904
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Science, Literary Fiction, Poetry
- Rating
- 3.71 / 5 (81 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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