Akihabara@DEEP

Name: Akihabara@DEEP
ISBN: 9787208082977

石田衣良Shanghai People's Publishing House2009

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Word count: 282K words
Chapters: 15
ISBN: 9787208082977

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Summary

Akihabara@DEEP is an urban youth novel by the Japanese author Ira Ishida, following his Ikebukuro West Gate Park. Set in Akihabara, Tokyo's electronics district, it follows six young people who each struggle socially and meet through a website called "A-Yui's Life Navigator": a designer with obsessive cleanliness and a fear of women; a genius writer who stutters and can only express himself fluently in front of a computer; an electronic musician who falls into periodic "freezes"; a hacker with social alienation who cannot bear light; a legal expert who has shut himself in at home for ten years and suffers from "home-return phobia" whenever he goes out; and a beautiful girl who works at a cosplay café and loves martial arts and camouflage clothing. Each carrying his or her own wounds, they meet in the holy land of otaku culture and decide to found a small IT company, Akihabara@DEEP, pooling their talents to develop what is billed as the world's first AI-powered search engine, CROOK, inadvertently setting off a revolution in the online world. As their fame grows, an IT industry giant reaches out with claws: corporate buyouts, technology theft, and malicious suppression follow one after another. Some chapters are narrated in the first person by the search engine CROOK, weaving together technological imagination, subcultural atmosphere, and the longing of marginalized youth to find their place, producing a "clear and transparent" urban youth fairy tale.

Editor's review

石田衣良在这本书里做了一件不太像他以往风格的事：他没有再写池袋街头的暴力少年，而是把镜头对准秋叶原这片御宅族的精神领地，写一群“有毛病”的天才凑在一起创业。六位主角几乎人人都背着一重社交障碍：洁癖、口吃、冻结、见光不能、闭居十年、热爱迷彩与格斗。这些设定听起来像漫画角色，但作者对编程、网络经济运作、搜索引擎算法的描写却相当扎实，连多智能体复合搜索引擎的构想都能在逻辑上站得住脚。更动人的是书里那股热乎气：孤独的人因为共同的爱好和技术彼此接住，把各自的残缺拼成一个完整的团队。全书还别出心裁地让“CROOK”这个搜索引擎自己开口讲述，为故事添上一点机器视角的凉意与童趣。如果你怀念二十世纪第一个十年里那种对互联网的单纯兴奋，或者想看点既热血又不悬浮的科技青春故事，这本书值得翻一翻。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜欢石田衣良、《池袋西口公园》系列的城市青春小说读者
对御宅文化、秋叶原亚文化场景感兴趣的读者
关注人工智能、搜索引擎与互联网创业题材的爱好者

Not a good fit for

期待硬核科幻设定与技术细节严密推演的原教旨科幻读者
偏好严肃文学笔法、对轻小说式人物设定不耐受的读者
希望看到犯罪推理、本格解谜情节的推理迷

Reading tips

可以先读程佳客的导读《秋叶原@DEEP》的七大魔法，了解秋叶原文化背景与作者创作意图。
留意以搜索引擎“CROOK”为叙述视角的段落，它们是理解全书主题的一把钥匙。
读到各主角带病的设定时，不妨对照他们各自的技术专长，体会“缺陷即特长”的写法。

About the publisher

Shanghai People's Publishing House China · Founded in 1951

Shanghai People's Publishing House is a comprehensive publisher whose list focuses on academic monographs and general-interest titles in philosophy, social sciences, politics and law, economics and management, and history. Among its books are Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties History in the Chinese Dynastic History series; The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy in foreign literature; the Wenjing Classical Translation Illustrated Edition of The Complete Greek Tragedies of Euripides; and works of social theory such as Max Weber's Economy and Society and Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments. Its authors include Wang Zhongluo, J.R.R. Tolkien, Luo Niansheng, and Zhou Zuoren.

Introduction: The Seven Magics of Akihabara@DEEP (Cheng Jiake)
Prologue
Chapter 1: Mercury-Blue-Eyed Dolphin: Zero-Hour Hot Seller
Chapter 2: Miracle in the Desert
Chapter 3: Hedgehog Network
Chapter 4: Midnight Women's Fight
Chapter 5: Awakening of the Worker Ant
Chapter 6: Naming the Great Wave
Chapter 7: The World's Seventh Great Demon King
Chapter 8: Cage and Sealed Room
Chapter 9: Stealing CROOK
Chapter 10: The Decadent Ones on the Shopping Street
Chapter 11: Resurrection of the Bottlenose Dolphin
Chapter 12: The Six-Inch-Pants Back Door
Chapter 13: The Angry Poster

FAQ

这本书和《池袋西口公园》有关系吗？

没有直接的情节关联，也不共享人物。两书同属石田衣良以东京街区为舞台的都市青春小说，《池袋西口公园》写池袋，本书写秋叶原，主题同为边缘青年的生存与联结。

本书是科幻还是青春小说？

两者兼有。它以东京秋叶原亚文化生态和边缘青年的成长为核心，同时围绕人工智能搜索引擎“CROOK”展开技术想象，常被归入带有科幻色彩的都市青春小说。

这本书改编过影视作品吗？

是的，原作曾被改编为电视剧和电影。影视角色的设定与书中六位主角一一对应，不过小说在技术细节和搜索引擎视角叙事上有更多铺陈。

阅读前需要了解秋叶原文化或编程知识吗？

不需要。作者把御宅文化术语和编程概念都放在故事里交代，普通读者也能读懂；有相关背景的读者则更容易会心一笑。

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About the author

石田衣良 Author

Ishida Ira is a contemporary Japanese novelist whose works are often categorized as foreign literature in the Chinese book market, with seven titles held in this collection. Based on the available materials, public information about his life, education, and awards is limited, so no speculation is made here. Judging from the works included, his subject matter is quite broad: there are series creations represented by the "Five Novels" collection, full-length works such as Promise, Rebirth, and Job Hunting Diary that revolve around human emotions and real-life circumstances, and titles like Mioka, The Sleepless Pearl, and Thumb Lover that focus on the emotional and coming-of-age struggles of urban youth. Overall, he excels at portraying ordinary people's loneliness, confusion, and mutual support in a plain style that is delicate yet warm, which has earned him considerable attention and affection from readers.