“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” Salmonella Men on Planet Porno is a collection of surreal, satirical, and often absurd short stories by Yasutaka […]
Japanese literature
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
“Time waits for no one… but what if you could make it wait?” Chapter 1: The Strange Discovery Kazuko Yoshiyama, a high school student, stumbles upon a peculiar […]
Japanese literature
Paprika
“The border between dream and reality is blurred—who knows which is which?” Chapter 1: The Dream Detective Dr. Atsuko Chiba, a brilliant psychotherapist, works at a research institute […]
German literature
Mountains, Seas and Giants
“The earth is a living thing, and we are its fever.” Part 1: The Collapse of Civilization The novel opens in a distant future where humanity has exhausted […]
Russian literature
The Fatal Eggs
“The consequences of human folly are often more dangerous than any scientific experiment.” Chapter 1: The Brilliant Scientist Professor Vladimir Persikov, a renowned zoologist in Soviet Moscow, makes […]
French literature
Anomalie
“We are all anomalies in someone else’s story.” Chapter 1: The Flight The novel opens with David, a commercial airline pilot, preparing for a routine flight from Paris […]
French literature
The Mysterious Island
“We are not proposing to conquer the island, but to defend ourselves.” — Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island Part I: Dropped from the Clouds During the American Civil […]
French literature
Around the World in Eighty Days
“The world is big enough for all of us. No need to be in such a hurry.” — Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days Chapters 1–5: […]
French literature
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
“The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, […]
French literature
Journey to the Center of the Earth
“Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.” Chapter […]