"Because he had no terminal, no pen, no paper, he kept this information in the memory palace he had built in his mind. His memory palace was a Japanese inn. Not just any inn: it was the Minaguchi-ya, on the Tokaido Road, between Tokyo and Kyoto. Eiko had never visited the Minaguchi-ya, but he had read an ancient book, by a gaijin from the old American States named Oliver Statler."
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"In the dream, Ha never saw the cuttlefish as they were in their prime - bright and luminous, streaked with kaleidoscopic color change, arranging their arms in semaphores of threat or curiosity. No. In the dream she descended, caged in the white noise of her respirator. Down into water clouded calcitic-gray. Down to a silt bottom strewn with stones."
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「アタッチメントの場所がわからないな」
「マニュアルは調べましたか？」
「マニュアルがどんなものか知ってるでしょ」
「では、実演しましょう」
#RayNayler 「ムアッリム」（SFマガジン 2023年6月号）

あらやだ、おもしろそう。

I'll probably give the book a go - and this is certainly true, isn't it?

"The great and terrible thing about humankind is simply this: we will always do what we are capable of."

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I just finished reading The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler, a book that will have you thinking about it days after finishing and sure to be shortlisted for many awards next year. #RayNayler

Highly recommended.

Read my full review on GoodReads at:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5105814221

I loved this book, enticed by my love of cephalopods. It may be pidgeon holed into the SciFi genre but is actually a deep philosophical musing on consciousness, sentience, communication and what it is to be human. Never dry or didactic it was a thrilling read.
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