Thunderhead
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Book Introduction
The best SF hit that created a 『Harvester』 craze around the world! The "The Harvester" series, which has sold over two million copies in North America alone and cultivated a global fandom, has finally arrived in Korea! National Book Award-winning author Neil Shusterman, whose previous work, "Dry," was also enthusiastically received by Korean readers, is a perennial bestselling novelist who has not only received numerous literary awards but also received explosive acclaim upon publication. In a perfect future where supercomputer-controlled death has disappeared, the only people not under computer control are the "Harvesters," who are tasked with ending lives to control the population. What is a meaningful death? Who should have the right to end life? Each Harvester, with their own beliefs, becomes a living god of death, wielding the scythe of death. The "Reaper" series skillfully explores philosophical questions ranging from the meaning of life and death, amidst an ever-expanding, expansive scale, captivating characters, dazzling battle scenes, and a highly developed future world. Currently, a film adaptation is in the works at Universal Pictures, and even after its completion, the enthusiasm of readers has not cooled down, leading to a fandom that continues to garner hot interest. |
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Part 1: Power itself
Part 2 Risk
Part 3 Enemies Within Enemies
Part 4: Warning of Doom
Part 5: Situations Beyond
Part 6: Indura and Node
Acknowledgements
Part 2 Risk
Part 3 Enemies Within Enemies
Part 4: Warning of Doom
Part 5: Situations Beyond
Part 6: Indura and Node
Acknowledgements
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Into the book
How fortunate I am to be an intelligent being who knows my purpose.
---From the "first sentence"
Yes, I possess the power to inflict enormous harm on humanity and the Earth if I so choose. But why would I do it? Where is there any justice in such an act? In the fullest sense of the word, I am pure justice, pure devotion.
This world is a flower in my hands.
I would rather end my existence than crush that flower.
--- p.11
Since Citra Terranova became the apprentice of the noble Harvester Faraday, the possibility of Citra changing the world has increased a hundredfold.
It's uncertain what I'll do, and the outcome is unknown, but I'll do it, whatever it is.
Humanity can rise or fall depending on Citra's decisions, Citra's accomplishments, and Citra's mistakes.
--- p.48
Rowan loved the harvest season.
It was a perfect idea for a perfect world, where the wisest and most compassionate people would end their lives to balance immortality.
The reaper Faraday showed what a reaper really should be, and many, many reapers, even the proudest and most arrogant ones, still held on to the highest values.
But without those values, the harvest would have been terrible.
Rowan naively believed he could stop it.
--- p.158
But how can I protect humanity from humanity? Over the years, I've witnessed both utter foolishness and astonishing wisdom in humanity.
These two balance each other like dancers in a passionate tango.
Only when the ruthlessness of this dance overwhelms its beauty is the future threatened.
The one who leads this dance and sets the mood for the dance is the harvest spirit.
--- p.316
“In the 50 years I’ve been watching, no airplane has flown over this part of the Pacific.
I'd bet you that no aircraft has flown through this airspace since the Harvest Ordinance was established.
It was a point with the Micronesian islands to the west and Hawaii to the east.
But the point itself was an empty sea.
“Interesting… …,” said Harvester Faraday.
"It's a blind spot."
“If we’re talking about blind spots, it’s the biggest blind spot in the world… … .
And we are the only ones who know about this… … .」
--- p.357
… … Thunderhead screamed.
The beginning was an alarm for the whole world.
At first there were only a few, but more and more alarms joined the cacophony.
Fire alarms, tornado warning sirens, buzzers, whistles, and millions of horns all rang out in one agonizing wail.
And yet it wasn't enough.
Now every speaker in every electronic device in the world lit up and blasted out a shrill, shrill sound, and all over the world people fell to their knees and put their hands to their ears, trying to block out the deafening noise, but nothing could appease Thunderhead's rage and despair.
---From the "first sentence"
Yes, I possess the power to inflict enormous harm on humanity and the Earth if I so choose. But why would I do it? Where is there any justice in such an act? In the fullest sense of the word, I am pure justice, pure devotion.
This world is a flower in my hands.
I would rather end my existence than crush that flower.
--- p.11
Since Citra Terranova became the apprentice of the noble Harvester Faraday, the possibility of Citra changing the world has increased a hundredfold.
It's uncertain what I'll do, and the outcome is unknown, but I'll do it, whatever it is.
Humanity can rise or fall depending on Citra's decisions, Citra's accomplishments, and Citra's mistakes.
--- p.48
Rowan loved the harvest season.
It was a perfect idea for a perfect world, where the wisest and most compassionate people would end their lives to balance immortality.
The reaper Faraday showed what a reaper really should be, and many, many reapers, even the proudest and most arrogant ones, still held on to the highest values.
But without those values, the harvest would have been terrible.
Rowan naively believed he could stop it.
--- p.158
But how can I protect humanity from humanity? Over the years, I've witnessed both utter foolishness and astonishing wisdom in humanity.
These two balance each other like dancers in a passionate tango.
Only when the ruthlessness of this dance overwhelms its beauty is the future threatened.
The one who leads this dance and sets the mood for the dance is the harvest spirit.
--- p.316
“In the 50 years I’ve been watching, no airplane has flown over this part of the Pacific.
I'd bet you that no aircraft has flown through this airspace since the Harvest Ordinance was established.
It was a point with the Micronesian islands to the west and Hawaii to the east.
But the point itself was an empty sea.
“Interesting… …,” said Harvester Faraday.
"It's a blind spot."
“If we’re talking about blind spots, it’s the biggest blind spot in the world… … .
And we are the only ones who know about this… … .」
--- p.357
… … Thunderhead screamed.
The beginning was an alarm for the whole world.
At first there were only a few, but more and more alarms joined the cacophony.
Fire alarms, tornado warning sirens, buzzers, whistles, and millions of horns all rang out in one agonizing wail.
And yet it wasn't enough.
Now every speaker in every electronic device in the world lit up and blasted out a shrill, shrill sound, and all over the world people fell to their knees and put their hands to their ears, trying to block out the deafening noise, but nothing could appease Thunderhead's rage and despair.
--- p.563
Publisher's Review
The best science fiction hit that created a worldwide sensation called "The Harvester"!
★ National Book Award-winning author
★ American Library Association Michael L.
Printz Prize winner
★ Universal Pictures' film adaptation
Supercomputers, the faithful servants of mankind,
A human being who ruins the future with his own foolishness
The second volume of the science fiction "The Harvester" series by Neil Shusterman, winner of the National Book Award and beloved by Korean readers for his previous work, "Dry," has been published by Open Books, translated by Lee Su-hyeon, a science fiction and fantasy writer and translator.
Following the unexpected ending of the first volume, "The Harvester," the second volume, "Thunderhead," depicts the deepening conflict among the Harvesters and the struggle of the supercomputer "Thunderhead" to maintain the world despite humanity's endless foolish actions.
Unlike the future depicted in most dystopian novels, the Thunderheads who control the human world in the "Reaper" series are not evil at all.
Conversely, Thunderhead is humanity's faithful servant, a friend to the lonely, a parent to the orphaned, and a social safety net providing all necessary services.
Nevertheless, an ominous outlook awaits this world.
The reason is precisely because of the evil and foolishness of humans themselves.
Neal Shusterman brings to light the duality of humanity, both good and evil, through the character of Thunderhead.
Certainly, there are good people out there, and they strive to lead the world in a better direction, but those who cannot control their desires or are blinded by small gains are ruining themselves.
Just like humanity in the 21st century.
Because of the charismatic villain
The world is heading towards destruction
While "The Harvester" showed the overall worldview and followed the footsteps of Citra and Roan, "Thunderhead" shows that the Harvesters, who are supposed to be perfect, are just like any other ordinary human being, vulnerable to greed.
Among them are those who commit brutal and ruthless murders and exert a powerful influence on the world.
Harvester Goddard.
Goddard finds it tiresome that harvesters regard their mission as sacred, and argues that each person should be free to harvest according to his or her own beliefs.
The reason is plausible.
Those chosen as harvesters are said to be wiser and more aware than ordinary people, and to be able to use their intelligence to better the lives of the masses.
And many harvesters are attracted to this plausible sophistry of Goddard, join him, and create a force called the New Order.
Thunderhead cannot stop them, as he is already programmed to not interfere with the harvesters.
Thunderhead's surveillance cameras, which never turn off, see and hear everything, and they know that humanity is very likely headed towards destruction, but they can do nothing about it.
That is precisely why the object of Thunderhead's expectations is once again a human being.
Is this the implementation of justice?
Or is it a terrible crime?
Lucifer the Reaper is one of the humans Thunderhead has such expectations of.
Lucifer is a unique new character appearing in Thunderhead.
He is in the odd position of not being formally chosen by the Harvesters, but being recognized as a Harvester by Thunderhead through a trick.
Lucifer has a powerful body and excellent killing skills, wears black robes forbidden to the Harvesters, and hides in a place unknown to anyone.
And according to Thunderhead's calculations, he has some kind of connection with Citra, a figure at a singularity that increases the possibility of changing the world by a hundredfold.
Lucifer kills and burns the reapers who do not reap out of compassion but instead commit murder in pursuit of pleasure, or the "unqualified" reapers who use the harvest as an excuse to gain personal gain or decide who to harvest for personal reasons, making them unable to regenerate.
This is clearly a horrible and cruel act.
Because a corpse burned by fire cannot be revived even by Thunderhead's power.
But at the same time, it seems that there is no other way to deal with the existence of harvesters who are harmful to ordinary people.
Lucifer is a character who goes beyond the framework of the law and takes on the role of a villain in order to achieve justice.
While I sympathize with him, I cannot completely agree with his way of carrying out personal revenge.
Can Citra, along with Lucifer, truly transform humanity's future? The tangled relationships between the characters become even more complex, and the story quickly moves toward an unexpected climax.
Overseas media reviews
The characters are three-dimensional and the story is elegant.
A thoughtful and thrilling book about life, death, and its meaning. - Kirkus Reviews
As life becomes easier and no longer requires struggle, humanity gradually becomes meaningless.
Readers will gain much from this book. - Booklist
Anyone who reads this book will be forced to confront ethical questions.
A book that makes you think deeply. - Publisher's Weekly
The story progresses rapidly, picking up pace.
A brilliant science fiction novel you won't be able to stop reading. - School Library Journal
A word from the translator
As readers observe the training process of the protagonists, Citra and Roan, as they hone their skills in the art of death and learn its meaning, and as they encounter the world of the harvesters in ruins through their eyes, they come to a realization.
This novel is not a story that asks what would happen if there was no death in the first place.
Rather, it is a story about human limitations, an adventure of downfall and redemption in a new mythical world.
★ National Book Award-winning author
★ American Library Association Michael L.
Printz Prize winner
★ Universal Pictures' film adaptation
Supercomputers, the faithful servants of mankind,
A human being who ruins the future with his own foolishness
The second volume of the science fiction "The Harvester" series by Neil Shusterman, winner of the National Book Award and beloved by Korean readers for his previous work, "Dry," has been published by Open Books, translated by Lee Su-hyeon, a science fiction and fantasy writer and translator.
Following the unexpected ending of the first volume, "The Harvester," the second volume, "Thunderhead," depicts the deepening conflict among the Harvesters and the struggle of the supercomputer "Thunderhead" to maintain the world despite humanity's endless foolish actions.
Unlike the future depicted in most dystopian novels, the Thunderheads who control the human world in the "Reaper" series are not evil at all.
Conversely, Thunderhead is humanity's faithful servant, a friend to the lonely, a parent to the orphaned, and a social safety net providing all necessary services.
Nevertheless, an ominous outlook awaits this world.
The reason is precisely because of the evil and foolishness of humans themselves.
Neal Shusterman brings to light the duality of humanity, both good and evil, through the character of Thunderhead.
Certainly, there are good people out there, and they strive to lead the world in a better direction, but those who cannot control their desires or are blinded by small gains are ruining themselves.
Just like humanity in the 21st century.
Because of the charismatic villain
The world is heading towards destruction
While "The Harvester" showed the overall worldview and followed the footsteps of Citra and Roan, "Thunderhead" shows that the Harvesters, who are supposed to be perfect, are just like any other ordinary human being, vulnerable to greed.
Among them are those who commit brutal and ruthless murders and exert a powerful influence on the world.
Harvester Goddard.
Goddard finds it tiresome that harvesters regard their mission as sacred, and argues that each person should be free to harvest according to his or her own beliefs.
The reason is plausible.
Those chosen as harvesters are said to be wiser and more aware than ordinary people, and to be able to use their intelligence to better the lives of the masses.
And many harvesters are attracted to this plausible sophistry of Goddard, join him, and create a force called the New Order.
Thunderhead cannot stop them, as he is already programmed to not interfere with the harvesters.
Thunderhead's surveillance cameras, which never turn off, see and hear everything, and they know that humanity is very likely headed towards destruction, but they can do nothing about it.
That is precisely why the object of Thunderhead's expectations is once again a human being.
Is this the implementation of justice?
Or is it a terrible crime?
Lucifer the Reaper is one of the humans Thunderhead has such expectations of.
Lucifer is a unique new character appearing in Thunderhead.
He is in the odd position of not being formally chosen by the Harvesters, but being recognized as a Harvester by Thunderhead through a trick.
Lucifer has a powerful body and excellent killing skills, wears black robes forbidden to the Harvesters, and hides in a place unknown to anyone.
And according to Thunderhead's calculations, he has some kind of connection with Citra, a figure at a singularity that increases the possibility of changing the world by a hundredfold.
Lucifer kills and burns the reapers who do not reap out of compassion but instead commit murder in pursuit of pleasure, or the "unqualified" reapers who use the harvest as an excuse to gain personal gain or decide who to harvest for personal reasons, making them unable to regenerate.
This is clearly a horrible and cruel act.
Because a corpse burned by fire cannot be revived even by Thunderhead's power.
But at the same time, it seems that there is no other way to deal with the existence of harvesters who are harmful to ordinary people.
Lucifer is a character who goes beyond the framework of the law and takes on the role of a villain in order to achieve justice.
While I sympathize with him, I cannot completely agree with his way of carrying out personal revenge.
Can Citra, along with Lucifer, truly transform humanity's future? The tangled relationships between the characters become even more complex, and the story quickly moves toward an unexpected climax.
Overseas media reviews
The characters are three-dimensional and the story is elegant.
A thoughtful and thrilling book about life, death, and its meaning. - Kirkus Reviews
As life becomes easier and no longer requires struggle, humanity gradually becomes meaningless.
Readers will gain much from this book. - Booklist
Anyone who reads this book will be forced to confront ethical questions.
A book that makes you think deeply. - Publisher's Weekly
The story progresses rapidly, picking up pace.
A brilliant science fiction novel you won't be able to stop reading. - School Library Journal
A word from the translator
As readers observe the training process of the protagonists, Citra and Roan, as they hone their skills in the art of death and learn its meaning, and as they encounter the world of the harvesters in ruins through their eyes, they come to a realization.
This novel is not a story that asks what would happen if there was no death in the first place.
Rather, it is a story about human limitations, an adventure of downfall and redemption in a new mythical world.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: February 10, 2023
- Page count, weight, size: 576 pages | 662g | 128*188*35mm
- ISBN13: 9788932923055
- ISBN10: 8932923051
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