Self-Reference ENGINE

This Is Not A Novel. This Is Not A Short Story Collection. This Is Self-reference Engine. Instructions For Use: Read Chapters In Order. Contemplate The Dreams Of Twenty-two Dead Freuds. Note Your Position In Spacetime At All Times (and Spaces). Keep An Eye Out For A Talking Bobby Sock Named Bobby Socks. Beware The Star-man Alpha Centauri. Remember That The Chapter Entitled “japanese” Is Translated From The Japanese, But Should Be Read In Japanese. Warning: If Reading This Book On The Back Of A Catfish Statue, The Text May Vanish At Any Moment, And You May Forget That It Ever Existed. From The Mind Of Toh Enjoe Comes Self-reference Engine, A Textual Machine That Combines The Rigor Of Stanislaw Lem With The Imagination Of Jorge Luis Borges. Do Not Operate Heavy Machinery For One Hour After Reading. -- Viz Media This is not a novel.This is not a short story collection.This is Self-Reference ENGINE.Instructions for Use: Read chapters in order. Contemplate the dreams of twenty-two dead Freuds. Note your position in spacetime at all times (and spaces). Keep an eye out for a talking bobby sock named Bobby Socks. Beware the star-man Alpha Centauri. Remember that the chapter entitled "Japanese" is translated from the Japanese, but should be read in Japanese. Warning: if reading this book on the back of a catfish statue, the text may vanish at any moment, and you may forget that it ever existed.From the mind of Toh EnJoe comes Self-Reference ENGINE, a textual machine that combines the rigor of Stanislaw Lem with the imagination of Jorge Luis Borges. Do not operate heavy machinery for one hour after reading. Rated: None "Science, surrealism, number theory, and more dead Sigmund Freuds than you can shake a stick at. Toh EnJoe's prize-winning fiction is well-known in Japan for crossing the streams--from hardcore science fiction to bizarre surrealism--and has found an audience across the genre divide. Self-Reference ENGINE is a puzzle of a book, where vignette and story and philosophy combine to create a novel designed like a concept album"-- Provided by publisher One of the greatest Science Fiction novels of all time, published by Haikasoru.