The late, celebrated Japanese science-fiction writer Satoshi Itō (who went by Project Itoh) is finally having his first book, Genocidal Organ, translated into English and will be published in August. His other book, Harmony (my review), was interesting and full of great ideas, so I’m looking forward to this book.

When I saw the author’s name was Project Itoh, it made me wonder if this was from a group of some sort. But when I read the author information in the back, it mentioned that Project was the nickname for Keikaku Itoh. Also, sadly, he died of cancer after revising his book Harmony. The book comes with a slogan on the title: In a perfect world, there is no escape. So, let’s go explore this dreadful utopia.

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