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The 2009 Shirley Jackson Awards winners have been announced. Nominee ZOO by Otsuichi did not win the Best Collection category, and congratulations were given to the winning titles, including Tunneling to the …
VIZ Media announced that Otsuichi’s short story collection ZOO has been nominated for Best Short Story Collection at this year’s Shirley Jackson awards.
VIZ Media says the company’s representative was interviewed on Ranobe Café about the dark fantasy title ZOO. The post shares that the discussion mainly focused on their comments about the series.
ZOO collects eleven stories by Otsuichi, each described as increasingly twisted. The horror novelist Brian Keene praised the collection as “Bradbury-like,” highlighting its horror storytelling appeal.
VIZ Media’s blog post says it appeared on Philly’s Fictional Frontiers with host Sohaib to talk about tomorrow’s releases, ZOO and Usurper of the Sun, and also touched on the film Ponyo and Hayao…
Nicky “Knuckles” Mamatas says he noticed a review of ZOO in the September issue of Neo, a magazine aimed at otaku readers, and shares his reaction to the piece.
Karen Burnham at Strange Horizons has reviewed VIZ Media’s forthcoming dark fiction book ZOO. The review engages with the issues and themes of the novel, according to the VIZ Media blog.
Horror author Brian Keene praises Otsuichi’s ZOO, saying it made a splash in Japan and, if justice exists, will have the same impact in other markets thanks to the VIZ release. The post also mentions “today’s trivia.”
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