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MM9 Kindle Edition

by Hiroshi Yamamoto (Author), Nathan Collins (Translator)

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Japan is beset by natural disasters all the time: typhoons, earthquakes, and...giant monster attacks. A special anti-monster unit called the Meteorological Agency Monsterological Measures Department (MMD) has been formed to deal with natural disasters of high “monster magnitude.” The work is challenging, the public is hostile, and the monsters are hungry, but the MMD crew has science, teamwork... and a legendary secret weapon on their side. Together, they can save Japan, and the universe!

About the author:
Hiroshi Yamamoto was born in 1956 in Kyoto. Began his career with game developers Group SNE in 1987 and debuted as a writer and game designer. Gained popularity with juvenile titles such as February at the Edge of Time and the Ghost Hunter series. His first hardcover science fiction release, God Never Keeps Silent became a sensation among SF fans and was nominated for the Japan SF Award. Other novels include Day of Judgment and The Unseen Sorrow of Winter. Aside from his work as a writer, Yamamoto is also active in various literary capacities as editor of classic science fiction anthologies and as president of To-Gakkai, a group of tongue-in-cheek "experts" on the occult.

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File Size: 1384 KB
Print Length: 285 pages
Publisher: Haikasoru/VIZ Media (January 13, 2012)
Publication Date: January 13, 2012
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B006X9BDTY
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

A real treat for fans of kaiju.

By Scott D. Hamilton on February 22, 2012

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This is a quick, breezy read for fans of Japanese and American monster movies. The main characters work for the division of the Japanese government that track and sometimes kills giant monsters. The story is split into five chapters, each focused on a new threat to Japan, with plenty of references to classic monster movies like The Amazing Colossal Man and Gamera vs. Jiger. (Interestingly, Godzilla is never referenced, except in the vaguest sense.) The book also includes an interesting pseudo-scientific rationale for how giant monsters can exist despite violating the laws of physics and biology. It's monster movies from a novel perspective we don't usually see, and a fun read.

The book was the inspiration for a TV series of the same name, but for some reason the producers of the series decided that the part of the story that was expendable was the giant monsters. The story is completely different, to minimize the amount of monster action.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Terrific fun. Great summer read!

By Ryan on June 19, 2013

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I loved this book. I stumbled into it through the recommendation of a professor, and it's just a blast. The translation is quite nice and reads smoothly and easily. Several other reviews here have described the book well, but I just wanted to add to the chorus by saying that if you like kaiju stories, this is a great novel that really fleshes out this mythological/sci-fi world in entertaining ways. It's not fine literature, but it's a doggone fine sci-fi/action novel. Read it and enjoy. By the way, there are two sequels out in Japanese--if enough people pick this up, maybe we can get those sequels translated. It'd be great to see more of this kind of fun literature getting translated (we have enough of the "classics" now--let's get to the fun stuff!).

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

A Pulp Monster Banquet

By Amazon Customer on March 26, 2012

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In a world in which monster attacks are as regular as rainstorms, Japan is one of the hot spots for kaiju, or monsters. The story of MM9 follows the people behind the anti-monster unit called the Meteorological Agency Monsterological Measures Department (MMD). These Japanese men and women are the first line of defense against the kaiju. The MM in the title refers to the scale by which all kaiju are measured, with a nine being huge. The plot follows the cast of MMD as they fight off some the of strangest monsters east of Kyoto.

The plot and monsters drive this book, which is the correct move. Each chapter focuses on the kaiju being faced at that moment. A strong side plot develops into where and why the monsters are attacking. The book's weakest point is the characters: everyone in the book is flat and uninteresting. Most come off as typical Japanese stereotypes: the coffee-making damsel in distress, the workaholic man who can't find love, and the coarse cigar-smoking boss who yells at everyone. Even so, the characters do all work together. The book delivers a strange and beautiful world, a nice place to visit. I just wouldn't want to live there.

*Originally published for San Francisco/Sacramento Book Review*

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Great for Kaiju enthusiasts

By Marc Ambrosio on May 1, 2013

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Five cases handled by the MMD in this book. It was very much an investigative effort by MMS's Mobile Unit doing the legwork to uncover onsite info about the Kaiju they face. The metascience in this book explains how Kaiju can exist or having the body and abilities to do such. Astute Kaiju or more so tokusatsu fans would crack a smile on noting a famous show at the last exchange between MMD members for their future. A famous one by Tsuburaya in fact.

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A more believable kaiju story

By Scott A. Kinkade on October 11, 2013

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After I saw Pacific Rim, someone suggested I read Hiroshi Yamamoto's kaiju novel MM9. I did, and let me tell you, in some ways it is better than Pacific Rim.

The story takes place in the present. Ryo, Sakura, Yuri, Chief Kurihama and the others at Japan's Monsterological Measures Departmanet work night and day to protect the country from kaiju attacks. Unlike Pacific Rim, kaiju are fairly commonplace in this world; the MMD records an average of 200 new ones a year, and they've been showing up for decades if not centuries. In fact, they're actually somewhat benign; they usually don't mean any harm, but they're so big they can't help but cause trouble. Their size ties into each kaiju's Monster Magnitude rating, which is pretty much a measure of their destructive potential. The bigger they are, the higher the rating. An MM9 could potentially wield almost godlike power. No MM9 has ever been reported, but as you can probably tell by the title, that's about the change.

Now, you may be wondering: How do they deal with the kaiju that threaten everyone's livelihood? Do they use giant robots like in Pacific Rim and anime? Nope, they're stuck with conventional weaponry. It sounds weird, but MM9 is a more believable kaiju story. The Japanese SDF must consistently find a way to defeat the monsters using present technology. I like this, because it means the beasties aren't dispatched by simple brute force. Yamamoto really used his head, and so each kaiju threat plays out quite differently than the previous one.

I also like the characters. They're not battle-hardened warriors; they're just regular people trying to protect Japan from otherworldly dangers.Read more ›

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this book is just as funny and crazy as it sounds

What if Kaiju really exist in an alternate earth and a japanese government team exists just to fight them, this book is just as funny and crazy as it sounds, I was delighted and... Read more

Published 10 months ago by julio cesar figueroa castillo

This was a pretty good book

This was a pretty good book. I wish to give it 4.5. It's a pretty good story, but the ending feels rushed to me.

Published 17 months ago by Amazon Customer

An absolute pleasure

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. All of the kaiju attacks mentioned in passing are actually references to countless different monster movies so it's really entertaining to go... Read more

Published 22 months ago by Amanda

MM9- mediocre monster meh

After reading this one will desperately want to watch a good kaiju film to remember why one favors the genre. Read more

Published on May 31, 2013 by EdM.

2012 sleeper hit

I enjoyed this book. It's a light, quick, fun read. It tells the story of the MMD (Monsterological Measures Department) through five short stories. Read more

Published on October 17, 2012 by Michael J. Amos

Monster Magnificence Magnitude 9!

I've eagerly awaited the English edition of Hiroshi Yamamoto's MM9 (which stands for Monster Magnitude 9, which is like the giant monster equivalent of a 10 on the Richter scale)... Read more

Published on July 30, 2012 by Perschon

Japanese Caricatures

Though the author is Japanese, the characters are more like caricatures of Japanese anime rather than real people. Read more

Published on January 28, 2012 by CAZ

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