Edge begins with a massive and catastrophic shifting of the San Andreas fault. The fears of California someday tumbling into the sea--that have become the stuff of parody--become real. But even the terror resulting from this catastrophe pales in comparison to the understanding behind its happening, a cataclysm extending beyond mankind's understanding of horror as it had previously been known. The world is falling apart because things are out of joint at the quantum level, about which of course there's never been any guarantee that everything has to remain stable.
Koji Suzuki returns to the genre he's most famous for after many years of 'not wanting to write any more horror.' As expected from Suzuki, the chills are of a more cerebral, psychological sort, arguably more unsettling and scary than the slice-and-dice gore fests that horror has become known in the U.S. Never content to simply do 'Suzuki'--as it were--but rather push the envelope on what horror is in general and for which readers have come to know him, Edge City borders on being cutting-edge science fiction. The author himself terms this novel, which he has worked on for some years, a work of 'quantum horror.'
Koji Suzuki returns to the genre he's most famous for after many years of 'not wanting to write any more horror.' As expected from Suzuki, the chills are of a more cerebral, psychological sort, arguably more unsettling and scary than the slice-and-dice gore fests that horror has become known in the U.S. Never content to simply do 'Suzuki'--as it were--but rather push the envelope on what horror is in general and for which readers have come to know him, Edge City borders on being cutting-edge science fiction. The author himself terms this novel, which he has worked on for some years, a work of 'quantum horror.'
- Kodansha USA; December 2012
- ISBN: 9781935654957
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- Title: EDGE
- Author: Koji Suzuki
- Imprint: Vertical
Subject categories
- Fiction > Action & Adventure
- Fiction > Science Fiction > Apocalyptic
- Fiction > Horror
- Science > Quantum Theory
- Fiction > Thrillers
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By Koji Suzuki. Edge begins with an enormous and catastrophic transferring of the San Andreas fault.The fears of California sometime tumbling into the sea-that became the stuff of parody-become actual. Yet even the fear because of this disaster pales compared to the knowledge in the back of its taking place, a cataclysm extending past mankind's figuring out of horror because it had formerly. Edge Quotes Showing 1-4 of 4 “Life is the name of all things that have shells separating them from the outside, the ability to sustain and reproduce themselves, and the capacity to evolve.” ― Koji Suzuki, Edge. Oct 11, 2011 I cannot understand why 'Edge' by Koji Suzuki won the Shirley Jackson Award for 2012, unless this book was the best one for 2012, which is terribly sad when I think about that.I need a moment, gentle reader. The English translation of this Japanese novel is very stilted. The Hardcover of the Edge by Koji Suzuki at Barnes & Noble. FREE Shipping on $35.0 or more! Holiday Shipping Membership Educators Gift Cards Stores & Events Help. Auto Suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. Use up arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+up arrow) and down arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+down arrow) to.
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'For anyone who's read author Koji Suzuki's Ring, you'll know that the author is less concerned with jolting you using sudden shocks or abrupt, violent scenarios; instead, Suzuki has a thing for gradually tilting the world for his characters and the reader, shifting the rules ever so slightly so that the certainties of our science can no longer be trusted... Edge, which sees the author at his most instructive, the book acting at times as a brief(ish) treatise on nothing so much as the history since the Big Bang, the evolution of mankind, the fragility of our math, and all tied into the abrupt disappearance of a suburban Japanese family. As apocalypses go, this is an inventive one, and although Edge won't have you leaving the lights on out of fear of the dark, Suzuki's novel (which mixes that genre with sci-fi, journalism, and a little bit of reality TV) will probably have you keeping the lights on picking through some of the works in his extensively-sourced bibliography.' - MTV.com
Koji Suzuki Interview
About The Author
Koji Suzuki was born in 1957 in Hamamatsu, southwest of Tokyo. He attended Keio University where he majored in French. After graduating he held numerous odd jobs, including a stint as a cram school teacher. Also a self-described jock, he holds a first-class yachting license and crossed the U.S., from Key West to Los Angeles, on his motorcycle.The father of two daughters, Suzuki is a respected authority on childrearing and has written numerous works on the subject. He acquired his expertise when he was a struggling writer and househusband. Suzuki also has translated a children's book into Japanese, The Little Sod Diaries by the crime novelist Simon Brett.
In 1990, Suzuki's first full-length work, Paradise won the Japanese Fantasy Novel Award and launched his career as a fiction writer. Ring, written with a baby on his lap, catapulted him to fame, and the multi-million selling sequels Spiral and Loop cemented his reputation as a world-class talent. Often called the 'Stephen King of Japan,' Suzuki has played a crucial role in establishing mainstream credentials for horror novels in his country. He is based in Tokyo but loves to travel, often in the United States. Birthday is his sixth novel to appear in English.
In 1990, Suzuki's first full-length work, Paradise won the Japanese Fantasy Novel Award and launched his career as a fiction writer. Ring, written with a baby on his lap, catapulted him to fame, and the multi-million selling sequels Spiral and Loop cemented his reputation as a world-class talent. Often called the 'Stephen King of Japan,' Suzuki has played a crucial role in establishing mainstream credentials for horror novels in his country. He is based in Tokyo but loves to travel, often in the United States. Birthday is his sixth novel to appear in English.
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Born | Suzuki Kōji May 13, 1957 (age 62) Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan |
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Occupation | Writer |
Language | Japanese |
Nationality | Japanese |
Period | 1990–present |
Genre | Horror, thriller, fantasy, science fiction |
Notable works | Ring |
Notable awards | Shirley Jackson Award (2012) |
Koji Suzuki (鈴木 光司Suzuki Kōji, born 13 May 1957) is a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and lives in Tokyo. Suzuki is the author of the Ring novels, which have been adapted into other formats, including films, manga,[1] TV series and video games. He has written several books on the subject of fatherhood. His hobbies include traveling and motorcycling.[2]
- 2Bibliography
Awards and nominations[edit]
- Japanese awards
- 1990: Japan Fantasy Novel Award: Paradise
- 1996: Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers: Spiral
- 1996: Nominee for Naoki Prize: Dark Water
- 1996: Nominee for Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature: Dark Water
- 1998: Nominee for Japanese SF Award: Loop
- U.S. awards
- 2012: Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel: Edge
Bibliography[edit]
Some of the books listed here are published in the US by Vertical Inc., owned by Kodansha and Dai Nippon Printing.
Ring series[edit]
- Ring trilogy
- Ring (Ringu) (1991)
- Spiral (Rasen) (1995)
- Loop (Rupu) (1998)
- Short story collection
- Birthday (1999)
- 'Coffin in the Sky'
- 'Lemon Heart'
- 'Happy Birthday'
- Birthday (1999)
- New Ring novels
- S (2012)
- Tide (2013)
Standalone novels[edit]
- Paradise (Rakuen) (1990).
- Promenade of the Gods (Kamigami no Promenade) (2003)
- Edge (2008)
Short story collections[edit]
- Death and the Flower (1995)
- 'Disposable Diapers and a Race Replica'
- 'Irregular Breathing'
- 'Key West'
- 'Beyond the Darkness'
- 'Embrace'
- 'Avidya'
- Dark Water (Honogurai mizu no soko kara) (1996) (includes an original framing story)
- 'Floating Water'
- 'Solitary Isle'
- 'The Hold'
- 'Dream Cruise'
- 'Adrift'
- 'Watercolors'
- 'Forest Under the Sea'
Short stories[edit]
- 'Drop' (2009) Printed on three rolls of toilet paper in Japan in Japanese – and in English in 2012.[3]
Films adapted from his works[edit]
- Ring: The Complete Edition (Ring: Kanzenban) (1995)
- Ring (Ringu) (1998)
- Rasen (Spiral) (1998)
- The Ring Virus (1999)
- Ring 2 (Ringu 2) (1999)
- Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
- Dark Water (2002)
- The Ring (2002)
- Dark Water (2005)
- Rings (short film) (2005)
- The Ring Two (2005)
- Masters of Horror (TV, episode 2.13 Dream Cruise) (2007)
- Sadako 3D (2012)
- Sadako 3D 2 (2013)
- Hikiko-san vs Sadako] (2015) (see: Scream Girls)
- Bunshinsaba vs Sadako (2016) trailer and review (see: Bunshinsaba)
- Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)
- Rings (2017)
- Bunshinsaba vs Sadako 2 (2017) (see: Bunshinsaba)
Edge Koji Suzuki
References[edit]
- ^Ring Volume 1 TPB
- ^Hobbies found on the back of The Ring, 2002, Koji Suzuki
- ^'Are You Ready to Confront the Most Terrifying Toilet Paper in the World?'. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
External links[edit]
- Koji Suzuki on IMDb
- Entry in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- J'Lit | Authors : Koji Suzuki | Books from Japan(in English)
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