apocalypse + fungus
Jul. 3rd, 2020 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ailietHumour, wonder, and a planet-sized amount of angst, Little Mushroom (NU).
It stands complete at 84 chapters and 5 extras. This was.. SO GOOD. I’m lacking words, I’m teary-eyed, I’m full on verklempt. I’m going to have to cut mushrooms out of my diet for a while, because if I look down at the cutting board and see one there I’ll probably start crying.
As the translator notes, the official summary is deceptively fluffy, which kept me from picking it up while the translation was in progress. This turned out to be a good thing, because reading this novel from start to finish was an experience, and I’m glad to have had it.
On an apocalyptic Earth, a little mushroom gains sentience and grows a spore- but before it can mature the spore is stolen away by a research team from one of the last surviving human outposts. After a chance meeting with a dying mercenary, the mushroom learns to change its form and sets off to the outpost to rescue its spore, and fulfill its life’s purpose. However, humanity is tricky to mimic and the head Judge of the Northern Base is always searching for monsters in disguise.
The main relationship is odd, unexpected, and charming:
The author’s written a couple of other novels which are in translation, but given their reviews and how much I enjoyed reading this one from start to end, I’ll probably hold off until they’re complete.
It stands complete at 84 chapters and 5 extras. This was.. SO GOOD. I’m lacking words, I’m teary-eyed, I’m full on verklempt. I’m going to have to cut mushrooms out of my diet for a while, because if I look down at the cutting board and see one there I’ll probably start crying.
As the translator notes, the official summary is deceptively fluffy, which kept me from picking it up while the translation was in progress. This turned out to be a good thing, because reading this novel from start to finish was an experience, and I’m glad to have had it.
On an apocalyptic Earth, a little mushroom gains sentience and grows a spore- but before it can mature the spore is stolen away by a research team from one of the last surviving human outposts. After a chance meeting with a dying mercenary, the mushroom learns to change its form and sets off to the outpost to rescue its spore, and fulfill its life’s purpose. However, humanity is tricky to mimic and the head Judge of the Northern Base is always searching for monsters in disguise.
The main relationship is odd, unexpected, and charming:
Then An Zhe saw Lu Feng take off his coat and put it to one side. Lu Feng rolled up the sleeves of his uniform shirt and raised his hand to turn off the black sluice above the water pipe, a place that was out of An Zhe’s reach. Then he unscrewed the tap.
An Zhe watched silently. He felt that Lu Feng’s move had only two possibilities. One was to completely destroy his tap while the other was to help him repair it. He felt intellectually that it was the former but he emotionally preferred to believe it was the latter.
The author’s written a couple of other novels which are in translation, but given their reviews and how much I enjoyed reading this one from start to end, I’ll probably hold off until they’re complete.
