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Ten billion days and one hundred billion nights / Ryu Mitsuse ; translated by Alexander O. Smith and Elye J. Alexander.

by Mitsuse, Ryū.

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Haikasoru, 2011.

9781421549316 (pbk.)

Hyakuoku no hiru to senʼoku no yoru. English English

Alternate title:

10 billion days and 100 billion nights

284 p. ; 24 cm.

"The greatest Japanese science fiction novel of all time"--Dustjacket.

Translated from the Japanese.

"Reads L to R (Western Style), for audiences A Ten billion days--that is how long it will take the philosopher Plato to determine the true systems of the world. One hundred billion nights--that is how far into the future he and Christ and Siddhartha Gautama will travel into the future to witness the end of the world and also its fiery birth. Named the greatest Japanese science fiction novel of all time, Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights is an epic eons in the making. Originally published in 1973, the novel was revised by the author in later years and republished in 2001"--Publisher.

Japanese fiction -- Translations into English.

Science fiction.

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