The Strange Ballistics of Space Island Sabi
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Book Introduction
- A word from MD
- [A milestone in Korean SF, Bae Myung-hoon's full-length novel] 『The Strange Ballistics of the Space Island Sabi』 is a novel set on the small space island of Sabi, and features Bae Myung-hoon's unique humor and worldview.
A heartwarming and delightful story that shows that saving a broken world requires a willingness to protect what must be protected, a small but strong sense of goodwill, and courage. - Novel MD Park Hyung-wook
A new novel by Bae Myung-hoon, a landmark in Korean science fiction.
Since publishing his monumental first book, Tower, in 2009, author Bae Myung-hoon has consistently received love from both the literary community and readers. This full-length novel is the first in the CJ Light Long-form Series, which explores new possibilities for Korean literature by dreaming of a unique combination of literature and film.
It is published as the first series of the 'Untold Originals' project.
This project is part of an IP discovery initiative that showcases CJ ENM Entertainment's brand slogan, "Untold Originals," announced last year, embodying the message, "The infinite stories of CJ ENM you haven't yet discovered." The goal is to present IPs jointly planned by CJ ENM and Blossom Creative as novels and then expand them into video content.
Author Bae Myung-hoon's seventh full-length novel, "The Strange Ballistics of Space Island Sabi," showcases the author's signature lively imagination and keen perception of the world, while also delivering warm and affectionate comfort through the characters who pursue their dreams and overcome their wounds.
Since publishing his monumental first book, Tower, in 2009, author Bae Myung-hoon has consistently received love from both the literary community and readers. This full-length novel is the first in the CJ Light Long-form Series, which explores new possibilities for Korean literature by dreaming of a unique combination of literature and film.
It is published as the first series of the 'Untold Originals' project.
This project is part of an IP discovery initiative that showcases CJ ENM Entertainment's brand slogan, "Untold Originals," announced last year, embodying the message, "The infinite stories of CJ ENM you haven't yet discovered." The goal is to present IPs jointly planned by CJ ENM and Blossom Creative as novels and then expand them into video content.
Author Bae Myung-hoon's seventh full-length novel, "The Strange Ballistics of Space Island Sabi," showcases the author's signature lively imagination and keen perception of the world, while also delivering warm and affectionate comfort through the characters who pursue their dreams and overcome their wounds.
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So, that dream was 'real'.
It was not much different from genius talent.
No, even a genius who had nothing to envy in the world would definitely be envious for three days if he saw that.
--- p.12
The space colony Sabi was a small city.
It was an incredibly large structure for a spaceship, but if you think of it as a city, it was just like a small town in the countryside.
--- p.14
In the era of Hanmunji, slow songs were flowing out everywhere.
On the other hand, in Han Jeong-rim's time, it was as if the world was full of people who were too busy listening to music to go die, and even music was full of fast songs.
--- p.80
“I can’t shoot two shots anyway.
If you fire one shot, the attacked side will immediately go into pursuit.
After shooting, catch your breath and fold right away.
“It quickly escapes along a predetermined path and disappears.”
--- p.81
So, it was a story like Weber's opera Der Marksman.
To marry his love, the hunter must win the village shooting competition and become a forest warden.
But the hunter, who has lost confidence due to recent slumps, ends up making a deal with the devil and receiving seven magic bullets.
It can hit anything it aims for, but only on the condition that the last shot will fly according to the will of the demon, not the shooter.
--- p.82
The message that Jang Goyo showed in that short scene was this.
When the strong and the weak are about to collide, it is the strong one who should step aside, not the weak one.
Moreover, that philosophy was not a promise thought in the head and spoken out loud, but a habit already ingrained in the body and immediately put into action.
--- p.120
'The only way to shine so brilliantly is to protect yourself from being destroyed.
I still don't know why it had to be me.
Oh, what a tired fate.'
--- p.142
“You have three more steps left.
Now it's all yours.”
--- p.163
It was such a strange sight.
A heavy bullet flies straight into the spot where it just broke and embeds itself again.
That intense energy, and that sophistication.
Humans conquering Sabi's ballistics! Sabi's local physics bowing to human will! For Sumiya, born and raised in Sabi, this was a strange and astonishing scene, like her world had been turned upside down.
--- p.167
And thank you for coming all the way here.
Thank you for coming all the way from so far away to this deep place.
--- p.176
Literature is not an art genre that favors pleasure.
Rather, it is a genre that gives greater applause to pain, loneliness, and agony.
As I lead a story, I often encounter similar concerns at important crossroads.
Should I take a heavy approach or a light approach? It's impossible not to notice that, at the same crossroads, an overwhelming majority of people in the same industry choose the more weighty approach.
Because there are countless footprints.
Yet, more and more often, I find myself choosing the exciting step.
It was not much different from genius talent.
No, even a genius who had nothing to envy in the world would definitely be envious for three days if he saw that.
--- p.12
The space colony Sabi was a small city.
It was an incredibly large structure for a spaceship, but if you think of it as a city, it was just like a small town in the countryside.
--- p.14
In the era of Hanmunji, slow songs were flowing out everywhere.
On the other hand, in Han Jeong-rim's time, it was as if the world was full of people who were too busy listening to music to go die, and even music was full of fast songs.
--- p.80
“I can’t shoot two shots anyway.
If you fire one shot, the attacked side will immediately go into pursuit.
After shooting, catch your breath and fold right away.
“It quickly escapes along a predetermined path and disappears.”
--- p.81
So, it was a story like Weber's opera Der Marksman.
To marry his love, the hunter must win the village shooting competition and become a forest warden.
But the hunter, who has lost confidence due to recent slumps, ends up making a deal with the devil and receiving seven magic bullets.
It can hit anything it aims for, but only on the condition that the last shot will fly according to the will of the demon, not the shooter.
--- p.82
The message that Jang Goyo showed in that short scene was this.
When the strong and the weak are about to collide, it is the strong one who should step aside, not the weak one.
Moreover, that philosophy was not a promise thought in the head and spoken out loud, but a habit already ingrained in the body and immediately put into action.
--- p.120
'The only way to shine so brilliantly is to protect yourself from being destroyed.
I still don't know why it had to be me.
Oh, what a tired fate.'
--- p.142
“You have three more steps left.
Now it's all yours.”
--- p.163
It was such a strange sight.
A heavy bullet flies straight into the spot where it just broke and embeds itself again.
That intense energy, and that sophistication.
Humans conquering Sabi's ballistics! Sabi's local physics bowing to human will! For Sumiya, born and raised in Sabi, this was a strange and astonishing scene, like her world had been turned upside down.
--- p.167
And thank you for coming all the way here.
Thank you for coming all the way from so far away to this deep place.
--- p.176
Literature is not an art genre that favors pleasure.
Rather, it is a genre that gives greater applause to pain, loneliness, and agony.
As I lead a story, I often encounter similar concerns at important crossroads.
Should I take a heavy approach or a light approach? It's impossible not to notice that, at the same crossroads, an overwhelming majority of people in the same industry choose the more weighty approach.
Because there are countless footprints.
Yet, more and more often, I find myself choosing the exciting step.
--- From the author's note
Publisher's Review
The space colony Sabi near Mars is an unremarkable space city.
It was built for the purpose of stationing troops during the planned invasion of Mars, but the invasion plan was abandoned and Sabi was left as just another city.
But when it is revealed that there was a killer in Xavier, this small space city begins to shake.
The killer's target is 'the person who will be promoted to the number one position in Sabi.'
Who is Sabi's killer, and how can he be stopped?
The desire to protect the shining being from being broken
『Space Island Sabi's Strange Ballistics』 features some sparkling characters.
Kim Gu-reum, who says with a sparkle in his eyes that his dream is to teach students at a private art university outside of Earth, even though it may be unlikely to come true, and Han Mun-ji, a genius sniper who intuitively understands the powerful turning force that works on Sabi and succeeds in zeroing in, are the ones who do it.
And there is Lee Cho-rok who watches over their excellence.
Lee Cho-rok envies his friend Kim Gu-reum, who has a brighter dream than him, and rashly sets off for Space Island as a private citizen.
So, his goal was to steal his friend's dream, but dreams are not something that can be stolen from someone in the first place, so even after arriving on the space island of Sabi, Icho-rok continues his days without any special dreams or goals, just like when he lived on Earth.
What broke this green daily life was the strange target left behind by the sniper, Han Munji.
Because it rotates rapidly to create artificial gravity, Sabie is said to have a much stronger Coriolis force than Earth, making long-range sniping impossible.
A flying bullet is also affected by the deflection force, causing its trajectory to bend unpredictably.
But surprisingly, the sniper, hidden behind a veil, gradually completes his aim towards the center of the target.
Green wants to protect this 'excellently shining being' whose face he doesn't even know.
This will of green is probably based on a fundamental affection for humans who dream and achieve something.
By placing these moments of fascination with others in the introduction and latter half of the novel, author Bae Myung-hoon makes it clear that this space noir featuring various violent organizations is ultimately a story that begins and ends with love for humanity.
Small, insignificant acts of goodwill that resist a twisted world
Author Bae Myung-hoon unfolds a detailed and creative worldview in this novel as well.
Space Island Sabi is exactly that.
Longtime readers of Bae Myung-hoon will probably be able to guess that this space island is neither a sleek and sophisticated space as often seen in science fiction films, nor an exaggeratedly tragic dystopian space.
Sabi, a space island that was created as a military base, remains an absurd and dangerous space city. Because public authority is not properly exercised, civil servants are indifferent to their work, and the police are close to a violent organization.
Public security is poor due to the power struggles between various violent gangs, and peace is barely maintained thanks to regular meetings between the leaders of each gang.
This twisted worldview is reminiscent of Hollywood westerns and the Hong Kong noir films that were popular in the 1980s.
It is not difficult to see the dark side of Korean society in Sabi's appearance.
However, author Bae Myung-hoon never condemns this absurd world with a sharp eye, nor does he romanticize the violence that occurs here.
Instead, he focuses on the characters who are trying to keep the peace in this dangerous city.
They are Jang Go-yo, the boss of the Omok-nuni faction and the one who calmed the power struggles of the factions; Cho-rok and Sumiya, who are persistently searching for the sniper who is shooting him; and Han Mun-ji, the sniper who is hesitating whether or not to aim at Jang Go-yo while suffering from the pressure of having to complete the mission.
All of these are far from perfect sages.
They are either leaders of a crime syndicate, lazy, corrupt officials, or snipers whose life's work is to kill someone.
However, thanks to their small acts of kindness, the precarious space island of Sabi is reborn as a peaceful space.
Author Bae Myung-hoon warmly supports the characters who, despite their complex and three-dimensional inner selves, strive to move in a good direction.
Bae Myung-hoon's signature humor that reveals the absurdity of the world
In the author's note at the back of the book, author Bae Myung-hoon confesses that he was influenced by Turkish author Aziz Nesin.
Aziz Nesin is famous for his sharp humor and his refusal to yield to the oppression of those in power.
Author Bae Myung-hoon is now one of those authors who can say that his unique humor has become his signature.
Even though it's a chase after a sniper set in a world where violent gangs are fighting for control, reading "The Strange Ballistics of Space Island Sabi" somehow makes me laugh over and over again.
The boss of a crime syndicate seeks advice about his life from a space-based fortune teller called "Fate Consulting Company," or the sight of people using umbrellas to avoid bullets even though it's not raining on Sabi, or the sight of bags containing sniper rifles, which were mass-produced during the time when various factions were pointing guns at each other, becoming a fashion item for young people, all vividly reveal the twisted social situation of the space island Sabi, while also inevitably eliciting laughter.
This kind of 'Bae Myung-hoon style humor' doesn't just end with mocking the world, but leaves behind a somewhat sad and eerie feeling at the end of the laughter.
After this laughter, readers can once again think about ethics and peace and reflect on absurdity.
It was built for the purpose of stationing troops during the planned invasion of Mars, but the invasion plan was abandoned and Sabi was left as just another city.
But when it is revealed that there was a killer in Xavier, this small space city begins to shake.
The killer's target is 'the person who will be promoted to the number one position in Sabi.'
Who is Sabi's killer, and how can he be stopped?
The desire to protect the shining being from being broken
『Space Island Sabi's Strange Ballistics』 features some sparkling characters.
Kim Gu-reum, who says with a sparkle in his eyes that his dream is to teach students at a private art university outside of Earth, even though it may be unlikely to come true, and Han Mun-ji, a genius sniper who intuitively understands the powerful turning force that works on Sabi and succeeds in zeroing in, are the ones who do it.
And there is Lee Cho-rok who watches over their excellence.
Lee Cho-rok envies his friend Kim Gu-reum, who has a brighter dream than him, and rashly sets off for Space Island as a private citizen.
So, his goal was to steal his friend's dream, but dreams are not something that can be stolen from someone in the first place, so even after arriving on the space island of Sabi, Icho-rok continues his days without any special dreams or goals, just like when he lived on Earth.
What broke this green daily life was the strange target left behind by the sniper, Han Munji.
Because it rotates rapidly to create artificial gravity, Sabie is said to have a much stronger Coriolis force than Earth, making long-range sniping impossible.
A flying bullet is also affected by the deflection force, causing its trajectory to bend unpredictably.
But surprisingly, the sniper, hidden behind a veil, gradually completes his aim towards the center of the target.
Green wants to protect this 'excellently shining being' whose face he doesn't even know.
This will of green is probably based on a fundamental affection for humans who dream and achieve something.
By placing these moments of fascination with others in the introduction and latter half of the novel, author Bae Myung-hoon makes it clear that this space noir featuring various violent organizations is ultimately a story that begins and ends with love for humanity.
Small, insignificant acts of goodwill that resist a twisted world
Author Bae Myung-hoon unfolds a detailed and creative worldview in this novel as well.
Space Island Sabi is exactly that.
Longtime readers of Bae Myung-hoon will probably be able to guess that this space island is neither a sleek and sophisticated space as often seen in science fiction films, nor an exaggeratedly tragic dystopian space.
Sabi, a space island that was created as a military base, remains an absurd and dangerous space city. Because public authority is not properly exercised, civil servants are indifferent to their work, and the police are close to a violent organization.
Public security is poor due to the power struggles between various violent gangs, and peace is barely maintained thanks to regular meetings between the leaders of each gang.
This twisted worldview is reminiscent of Hollywood westerns and the Hong Kong noir films that were popular in the 1980s.
It is not difficult to see the dark side of Korean society in Sabi's appearance.
However, author Bae Myung-hoon never condemns this absurd world with a sharp eye, nor does he romanticize the violence that occurs here.
Instead, he focuses on the characters who are trying to keep the peace in this dangerous city.
They are Jang Go-yo, the boss of the Omok-nuni faction and the one who calmed the power struggles of the factions; Cho-rok and Sumiya, who are persistently searching for the sniper who is shooting him; and Han Mun-ji, the sniper who is hesitating whether or not to aim at Jang Go-yo while suffering from the pressure of having to complete the mission.
All of these are far from perfect sages.
They are either leaders of a crime syndicate, lazy, corrupt officials, or snipers whose life's work is to kill someone.
However, thanks to their small acts of kindness, the precarious space island of Sabi is reborn as a peaceful space.
Author Bae Myung-hoon warmly supports the characters who, despite their complex and three-dimensional inner selves, strive to move in a good direction.
Bae Myung-hoon's signature humor that reveals the absurdity of the world
In the author's note at the back of the book, author Bae Myung-hoon confesses that he was influenced by Turkish author Aziz Nesin.
Aziz Nesin is famous for his sharp humor and his refusal to yield to the oppression of those in power.
Author Bae Myung-hoon is now one of those authors who can say that his unique humor has become his signature.
Even though it's a chase after a sniper set in a world where violent gangs are fighting for control, reading "The Strange Ballistics of Space Island Sabi" somehow makes me laugh over and over again.
The boss of a crime syndicate seeks advice about his life from a space-based fortune teller called "Fate Consulting Company," or the sight of people using umbrellas to avoid bullets even though it's not raining on Sabi, or the sight of bags containing sniper rifles, which were mass-produced during the time when various factions were pointing guns at each other, becoming a fashion item for young people, all vividly reveal the twisted social situation of the space island Sabi, while also inevitably eliciting laughter.
This kind of 'Bae Myung-hoon style humor' doesn't just end with mocking the world, but leaves behind a somewhat sad and eerie feeling at the end of the laughter.
After this laughter, readers can once again think about ethics and peace and reflect on absurdity.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: May 11, 2022
- Page count, weight, size: 180 pages | 268g | 135*197*12mm
- ISBN13: 9791191824117
- ISBN10: 119182411X
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