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Espresso Love (A Dystopian Japan Novel) #Wattys2014 by takatsu
Espresso Love (A Dystopian Japan Novel) #Wattys2014
takatsu
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In Tokyo, where the System siphons thought, emotions & memories, a literature student meets a strange psychic girl and they embark on an escape from mindless agents, dream worlds and reality itself, in a soul-searching journey for love, for identity and what it means to be human. But all that remains is a peculiar coffee shop order. The novel examines the human condition, perception, socio-political systems, capitalism and consumer culture, incorporating paranoiac conspiracy theories, surreal cosmic visions, circular symbolism and shifting parallel worlds, with profound discussions of coffee, art, literature and music. [Dystopia, Magical Realism, Philosophy, Literary] #1 Sci-Fi, Spiritual; #Wattys2014 Award Winner; Featured on Wattpad, IndieReader, @DIGonUSA "Struck me to the very core of my being." "Very interesting concept of reality... Thought provoking.." "I have been turned to a whole new way of thinking because of you." "Like a seven course meal full of spice and illumination... One does not listen to a classical piece to get to its ending. No. It is the ride, the moment by moment...a genuine Masamune among stories." "It was both personable and philosophical. A rare breed of good story and thought provoking ideas... A virtual standing ovation would not be enough to encapsulate the absolute awe I have of you." "It's not a regular thing to find a piece of work that oozes sophistication and embodies literature and art." "The world Takatsu has created opens to the deeper awareness of another, the draw of another." - Mary L Tabor, Wattpad author, essayist, professor "Offers acute, almost painful observations of the minutiae of life, if life took place in a Murakami snow-globe." - IndieReader Insiders "Vapoury style that seems to hover off world at times...haunting and strange (which is good)...You're on to something different, striking." - B.W. Powe, York University English Professor, award-winning author, poet, philosopher http://EspressoLove.tk
The Hunt for Utopia (Ongoing) by YukiYukiChan
The Hunt for Utopia (Ongoing)
YukiYukiChan
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Prologue: The story takes place in the Post-Apocalyptic Earth in the year 2074, where everything is decided by the Government of each country and by the G7Mark. The G7Mark gives anyone who has it immense power, such as: super speed, super strength, super intelligence and different superhuman abilities. It was discovered after the Pacific Resonance Apocalypse, an apocalypse were in a mass of unknown energy was formed and destroyed the life inside the planet, turning humans into mindless mutants and only a small group of survivors escaped. Each country then agreed to build a settlement where everyone could live normally, but due to overpopulation, some were left outside its walls and are forced to live in fear. The G7Mark is the remnant of that “unknown energy”. It is added unto the genes of humans to give them immense power. The government of each country started their own researches and experiments. Some of the test subjects died, and some lived. The hero of our story is Ciel Williams. He is a young boy living in the slums together with his younger sister, Hina. He has the G7Mark, which he gained after the Philippines Government modified his body, that allows him to project plasma waves from his body and he uses this power of his to protect and give his sister a better future. Plot: This is the story of an older brother who is willing to do everything for the sake of his sister’s future. Here, Ciel will guide his sister inside the “settlement”, where everything is safe and protected against the clutches of the apocalypse.