octopus
Gift of the Wormhole
Gong Chi-yeol, who goes to work instead of me
Museum of Life
Body Stock Market
An AI robot that slaps you
Mood saver
DNA left on Earth
A planet where ordinary people become great
Zombie power development
Dr. Carl and the Victoria Lake Incident
Memories and Reality
A time machine that changes the present
Cursed Android Robot
Criteria for selecting cloned humans
Suspicious Cargo Spaceship
The best human being representing humanity
Bognar Galactic Immunity
Retrograde humanity
Humans broke the rules
AI virtual reality game
Controlling Earth's Humanity

Author's Note
Reader Reviews

A new collection of short stories by Kim Dong-sik, author of "Gray Man."
The 9th and 10th volumes of the long journey of 'Kim Dong-sik's Novel Collection' were published simultaneously.
It contains stories that were serialized on Kakao Page and captivated 370,000 readers, as well as many unpublished works.

A human thrown into an unfamiliar world,
Kim Dong-sik's SF that tenaciously observes the psychology

Kim Dong-sik's novels cover a wide range of genres, including fantasy, thriller, mystery, and romance.
Among them, the 9th volume of the Kim Dong-sik Novel Collection, 『Octopus』, contains 22 Kim Dong-sik-style science fiction stories that tenaciously observe the psychology of humans thrown into an unfamiliar world.
The title piece, "Octopus," is a story told by an old man, an android robot developer, to his young grandson.
A man who lost his family in an accident in his youth comes to an old man and asks him to create an android robot using parts of his daughter and wife.
The old man is skeptical about having an ageless android as his family.
And there was even a twist that shook the old man's preconceptions.
Through the suffering of the elderly, it makes us think about family love, the ethics of science and technology, and the personality of robots.
"Gong Chi-yeol, Who Goes to Work Instead of Me," which received a lot of acclaim when it was serialized on Kakao Page, contains the story that unfolds when the main character, Gong Chi-yeol, purchases a "robot that goes to work instead of him."
How great would it be if there were robots that could do my work and earn me money? This is a story that tells the story of a fantasy that every office worker has likely experienced.
You can feel the meaning of labor while also enjoying the fun of an unexpected twist.

In addition to android robots, the story unfolds in a variety of ways, including artificial intelligence, space, aliens, time leaps, and zombies.

Fast-paced plot, surprising twists, and a sharp look at human society.
Long-lasting impressions and deep insights contained in this short story

Square** _ The story is solid, the scene transitions are thrilling, and the twists and turns are amazing.
Happy*** _ It makes me think a lot while reading.
kim** _ It seems like you have deeply reflected on human nature and the role of society.
There's a reason to read it.
Yoonseong* _ A mood saver… .
The material itself is novel, and the message it delivers is also weighty. ("Mood Storage")

Kim Dong-sik's novels tell stories beyond reality.
But what the author was saying through the novel was reality itself.
This collection of short stories particularly borrows the genre of science fiction to illuminate the real world.
"The Body Stock Market" deals with the youth's craze for the Human Composite Stock Price Index (HUPI), which buys and sells the human physical condition (ability) like stocks, in an era where this is essential.
Gong Chi-yeol, who aims for a quick win, and Kim Nam-woo, who advocates honest investment, their arguments and awkward twists are somehow familiar.
The pleasure of reading 『Octopus』 lies in the works that allow one to feel the charm of novel subject matter along with sharp satire, such as "Mood Storage," which allows one to store desired feelings and feel them again at any time, and "Criteria for Cloned Human Selection," which depicts a world where cloned humans are treated better than original humans.

Endless imagination, expanding discussions, stories that begin after the story ends.
"Kim Dong-sik's Novel Collection" ends, but the genre known as Kim Dong-sik continues.

Author Kim Dong-sik made a huge impact on the Korean literary world with his debut work, "Gray Man," in December 2017.
He surprised us just by his existence as a writer who had dropped out of middle school and worked at a foundry, and who had published a book of stories he had posted on an online community.
But now he surprises us with the story itself.
As of 2021, author Kim Dong-sik has written over 900 short stories.
The sincerity and boundless imagination of the author, who writes a novel every two to three days, were enough to create a genre called Kim Dong-sik, beyond the emergence of a new author.
Of course, “there are many different opinions about his novels.
Some say he is a genius writer, while others say it is difficult to see it as a novel.
But critics, novelists, and poets all agree that his writing is interesting.
Actually, that would be fine.
The essence of a novel is ultimately to be an interesting story.
Of course, if his novels were simply entertaining, he wouldn't have come this far.
“His novels, which are not only entertaining but also make us reflect on our reality, always leave readers with questions and many things to discuss.” (Planning Notes)
The "Kim Dong-sik Novel Collection," which opened new horizons for 21st-century Korean literature, has come to a close with its 10th volume, but author Kim Dong-sik will always write and surprise us again with new results.
While we await his new challenge in the near future, we recommend reading the complete editions of Kim Dong-sik's novels, "Octopus" and "Balance Game," which contain the essence of his work.