NEO IN WONDERLAND (K.Saito's Sci-Fi novel on future of money and humanity)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Kenji Saito <ks91 () sfc wide ad jp>
Date: January 18, 2010 12:17:23 AM EST
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: NEO IN WONDERLAND (K.Saito's Sci-Fi novel on future of money and humanity)

Dear Prof. Farber,

I hope that you remember me from a Japanese IPA's Exploratory Software
Project: Development and Application of Global Operating System Shell.

Last year, I published a Sci-Fi fantasy novel to illustrate the goal
of my research, as a sequel to Prof. Jun Murai's book about the Internet
for children.

I have translated the novel into English, and begun to distribute it
under a CreativeCommons license so that people around the world can
read the novel, and also hopefully help me improve the document and
my research.

The novel is titled "NEO IN WONDERLAND - A Tale of Money That Changed
Our Future".
Here is the URL of the document:
http://grsj.jp/neo.pdf

I would really appreciate if you could help me spread the word about the novel.

Overview of the novel:
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Today, humanity seems to be suffering from a trilogy of problems: we are living in the era of Peak Oil in which the 
world production of petroleum is about to hit its peak if not it has already done so (energy crisis), which is probably 
the fundamental reason why we are experiencing the severest economic depression in the history of capitalism (economic 
crisis), while the whole human activities with effects to change the earthly environment are alleged to be the cause of 
climate changes (environmental crisis).

Some argue that moving toward so-called green economy, or changing to natural energy sources instead of relying on 
fossil fuels, is the solution to all these. Will it work, or will it just introduce another level of the same trilogy 
of problems as long as our economy requires to keep growing?

Let's begin an adventure with Accianco, a kindergarten girl, Kencha, a super robot, and Puppy-chan, a puppy, to explore 
an alternative solution in this sci-fi monetary fantasy novel. The story begins one year after the past adventure of 
the trio, in which they visited the Wonderland where the Internet is utilized in an extreme fashion.

* * *

Dr. Suttokoholm, a blind genius scientist in the Wonderland, is kidnapped by the Army of Centricity that aims to invade 
the country! Accianco, Kencha, Puppy-chan and Accianco's mother go to the Wonderland through the wormhole invented by 
Dr. Suttokoholm.

A new adventure begins around the centerless monetary mechanism in the centerless Wonderland that takes place in Hunan 
City, a big city in the Wonderland.

What is the Army of Centricity after? Will Accianco and her friends be able to save Dr. Suttokoholm?

The story evolves in an unexpected way as they encounter mysterious NEO in the Wonderland.

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Best regards,

-Kenji Saito
Keio University




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