Very excited to see the above pic, which comes from Hideo Kojima’s English language Twitter account. Hideo Kojima, for those of you who don’t know, is a video gaming legend, responsible, among other things, for the Metal Gear series of video games and, more recently, Death Stranding. To have him read a pre-publication version of the Japanese release and then talk about it on Twitter is an honor beyond words.
Also, loving the artwork! The depiction of the Archimedes on its long climb toward Tau Ceti is very close to the descriptions found in the actual book. Can’t wait to receive my own copy. Clearly, the artist has read the thing from cover to cover. In Japanese, I imagine. Apart from my name and the title, I have no idea what any of it says!