Sci-Fi High

Itoh, Project, and Alexander O. Smith. Harmony.
San Francisco: Haikasoru, 2010. Print.

Who has a cold right now? (show of hands) A headache? (hands) Or even is getting over a stomach thing? (hands) ok, everybody move away from those people... (haha)

But, wouldn't it be great if society figured out a way to eradicate all illness from humanity?

In this thriller, Japanese author Project Itoh creates a world where all humans are installed with a medical nano-program called WatchMe that monitors every aspect of their lives in order to maintain optimal health. The creators of WatchMe broke down the traditional country barriers and created units of government called Admedistrations that control every aspect of human life from a medical point of view. Tuan Kirie grows up rebelling against this society in her own small ways until a terrorist attack in the form of a mass suicide takes place when someone hacks all the WatchMe units installed in the populace. Through Tuan's investigation we find that even a "perfect" society has flaws.

Abstract (thanks to OCLC World Cat): "In a perfect world, there is no escape."

Winner: Nihan SF Taisho Award, Seiun Award, Phillip K. Dick Award Special Citation

OCLC World Cat Record - Holdings, Abstracts, Further Info