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The Ouroboros Wave Kindle Edition

by Jyouji Hayashi (Author), Jim Hubbert (Translator)

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BLACK HOLE SUN

Ninety years from now, a satellite detects a nearby black hole
scientists dub Kali for the Hindu goddess of destruction. As human
society expands to Mars and beyond, the generations-long project to
harness the power of the black hole pits the retrograde humans of Earth
against the imminently rational men and women of the Artificial
Accretion Disk Development association. While conflicts simmer, a
mystery within Kali itself tests the limits of intelligence--both that
of human and machine.

“Without a doubt, The Ouroboros Wave not only stands as proof of the richness of Japan’s contemporary SF, it represents a new development in the history of Japanese hard SF.” —Toshihiko Onoue

About the author:
Born in Hokkaido in 1962. Having worked as a clinical laboratory technician, Jyouji Hiyashi debuted as a writer in 1995 with his cowritten Dai Nihon Teikoku Oushu Dengeki Sakusen. His popularity grew with the Shonetsu no Hatou series and the Heitai Gensui Oushu Senki series--both military fiction backed by real historical perspectives. Beginning in 2000, he consecutively released Kioku Osen, Shinryakusha no Heiwa, and Ankoku Taiyo no Mezame, stories that combine scientific speculation and sociological investigations. He continues to write and act as a fiag-bearer for a new generation of hard SF.

Length: 350 pages

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File Size: 862 KB
Print Length: 350 pages
Publisher: Haikasoru/VIZ Media (November 19, 2010)
Publication Date: November 19, 2010
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B004D4YKXW
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- #1857 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Hard Science Fiction
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- #7610 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

A solid, enjoyable hard-sf novel

By Marc Mckenzie on December 29, 2010

Format: Paperback

Ever since I read the blurb for it, I've been interested in this book. When I finally read it, I wasn't disappointed. It's a great "hard" science fiction novel. Actually it is a series of stories that relate to the discovery of a black hole in our solar system and the decades-long project undertaken to harness its power.

This is a novel that will appeal to fans of Stephen Baxter, Greg Bear, Charles Sheffield, and other major Western hard science fiction writers. Jim Hubbert's translation is quite good, and of course, credit must go to Jyouji Hayashi as the author. If anything, THE OUROBOROS WAVE is proof that great science fiction is not limited to the West, and that there is a treasure trove of amazing SF writing coming from the land of the Rising Sun.

I enjoyed this book, and highly recommend it.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Great, but probably not for everyone

By Jason on March 27, 2013

Format: Paperback

I absolutely loved The Ouroboros Wave, but it's going to be really divisive because it doesn't use traditional storytelling conventions. The book explores a wide variety of scientific and philosphical ideas, and it uses fictional narrative to do so, but the part that readers will either love or hate is the fact that the stories are not at all about the narrative--they're about whatever idea the story is exploring.

For example, the first chapter is about an artificial intelligence that's killing people on a space station. You might be thinking of 2001: A Space Odyssey, or a bunch of similar "computer goes crazy" stories. The difference here is that most of the story is about how the AI functions and how it perceives everything as datapoints rather than objects in three dimensional space, and it juxtaposes that with the orbital movements and physics of the space station. In other words, the fact that people are dying and fighting for their lives against a murderous computer is handled as just another fact to be considered in the exploration of the scientific principles involved. I thought it was a great way to make a boring discussion on physics, computer processing, and user interfaces have real appeal, but I could easily see how someone else would read the same story and wonder what the point of it all was, because what's going on with the characters of the story is ultimately secondary.

The characters being secondary is emphasized by the fact that each chapter in the book is about a completely different set of characters, with decades of time separating them. Other chapters are about intergalactic police as they try to solve the puzzle of what happened aboard an asteroid (it's basically an exercise in deductive reasoning with elements of archeology thrown in...Read more ›

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Strong science, weak fiction

By Keris Nine on January 19, 2011

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The biographical information describes Jyouji Hayashi's forte as "scientific speculation and sociological investigations", and I'd say they got that about right. When it comes to asking questions such as what it means to be human, how you define intelligence (and artificial and extra-terrestrial intelligence) and how communication between different intelligences can give rise to difficulties and conflict, Hayashi comes up with some interesting hard science-fiction concepts. When it comes to normal human interaction and writing convincing dialogue however, the writer is on less solid ground.

The Ouroboros Wave consequently is not a novel in the conventional sense, since there's little indication that the author is capable of creating characters or settings within a normal narrative or dramatic arc. Rather, the book is a collection of shorter stories, all linked together by a central idea. Opening in the year 2123, the discovery of a black hole named Kali heading towards the sun has led to Terrans and other off-world colonists to develop a structure around it, known as Ouroboros, as part of a larger planned station to drag the black hole into orbit around Uranus. The intention is to use Kali as a powerful energy source to extend a network across the solar system. Using this premise, the author considers the various problems that the scientists and societies that build up around it are likely to encounter, and finds solutions.

And unfortunately, unless you like your science-fiction really hard, that really sums up the whole principle by which The Ouroboros Wave operates - the author thinks of problems, and just as quickly solves them.Read more ›

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Good read...but-

This book is only three stars as the quality differs from chapter to chapter. The idea of a small black hole heading towards our sun and our efforts to stop it and harness its... Read more

Published on March 8, 2013 by EdM.

Classic SF modeled on Asimov, Heinlein

Ouroboros Wave is a fine SF novel centered on the discovery of a small black hole near to our solar system some 90 years from now, and the efforts of mankind and the mysterious... Read more

Published on June 21, 2011 by Won't be back

Good concept, poor story.

Picked this up to read on a trip I was taking. I liked the setting of a space station built around a black hole, and the first story that I flipped through looked very... Read more

Published on January 28, 2011 by Jeremy Lunsford

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