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02955aam a2200373 i 4500 001 155AA70C90E311EEA8442A1A39ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231202011859 008 231028s2023 nyu 000 f eng d 020 $a 9780063158498 (hardcover) 020 $a 0063158493 035 $a (OCoLC)1406562019 040 $a CHY $b eng $e rda $c CHY $d CHY $d IUO $d OCLCO $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h jpn 050 4 $a PL873.O766 082 04 $a 895.636 $2 23 100 1 $a Morimi, Tomihiko, $d 1979- $e author. 245 14 $a The Tatami time machine blues / $c Tomihiko Morimi ; translated from the Japanese by Emily Balistrieri. 250 $a First Harper Via hardcover. 260 $a New York : $b Harpervia, $c 2023. 300 $a 182 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a Originally published as YojoÌ-Han Time Machine Blues in Japan in 2020 by KADOKAWA Corporation. 520 8 $a In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to 'The Tatami Galaxy'. $b In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy. During a scorching August in Kyoto, our protagonist and his worst friend, Ozu, are locked in a glaring contest in a four-and-a-half-tatami-mat room. Ozu has spilled Coke on the air conditioner's remote control-the only AC in Shimogamo Yusuisuiso, their famously shabby sweatbox of an apartment building. Vengeful and despairing, our protagonist discusses countermeasures with his secret crush, the reliably blunt Akashi, when Tamura, a strange young man with a bad haircut, appears. Tamura claims to be a time traveler from 25 years in the future, and shows off the time machine he uses to travel. Our protagonist has a brilliant idea: the sweetest revenge would be to go back one day in time and retrieve the functioning remote control. His simple fix is complicated by Ozu and several others who are also eager to take a ride back in time. But in attempting to alter the past, our protagonist foresees the world's extinction. Even more troubling, Akashi mentions she's bringing someone to the upcoming bonfire . . . and it's not him. Only one thing remains certain: it's going to be a very long month.Obliteration? Salvation? Coca-Cola? Castella cake? What does the time machine hold for our (not quite) heroes? It all depends on which one gets there first. 546 $a In English, translated from the Japanese. 650 0 $a Time travel $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Kyoto (Japan) $v Fiction. 655 0 $a Science fiction. 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Time-travel fiction. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Balistrieri, Emily, $e translator. 941 $a 2 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240409012803.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20231202012336.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=155AA70C90E311EEA8442A1A39ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search