Tower is a series of interconnected stories set in Beanstalk, a 674-story skyscraper and sovereign nation. Each story deals with how citizens living in the hypermodern high-rise deal with various...

裴明勋，韩国科幻小说家。1978年出生于韩国釜山广域市。毕业于首尔大学外交学专业，在首尔大学研究生院取得外交学硕士学位。2004年获得“大学文学奖”。2005年凭借《smart D》获得“科幻创作文艺-短篇部分赏”，并正式开始写小说。裴明勋一直通过科幻文学杂志《镜》发表作品。之后又通过三人共同创作的遇见某一人》曾被《Fantastic》收录短篇小说。2007年一月凭借《时尚先生》被评为“TheNewest：2007年当选“我们要瞩目的艺术先锋14人”之一。2010年凭借小说集《你好（再见），人工存在》获得2010艺术村年轻作家赏。

Writer Kim Ae-ran et al Japanese translation of <目の眩んだ者たちの国家 눈먼 자들의 국가>

Science fiction has not been acknowledged as true literature in Korea, as realism has held a strong foothold. But Korean literature in recent times has discovered a new kind of reality since it began exploring fantasy and the realm of the future. The novelist Bae Myung-hoon has proved that...

In this collection of short stories, an election is a battleground where a plethora of desires clash by way of each candidate. An election comes to a close when the winner and loser are decided. Although it may not be long before the voters who voted for the winner will feel betrayed by the...