โโTen Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights,โ that's a lot of time, but Ryu Mitsuse covers all of it in under 300 pages, and the result is quite fabulous.โ โAlan Cheuse, All Things Considered
-- VIZ MediaBorn in Tokyo in 1928, Ryu Mitsuse graduated from Tokyo University of Education with a degree in the sciences, after which he took up the study of philosophy. He debuted with โSunny Sea 1979โ in 1962, and his workโwhich often combines Eastern philosophy and hard science fictionโincludes Tasogare ni kaeru (Returns in the Twilight) and Ushinawareta toshi no kiroku (The Chronicle of a Lost City). Mitsuse made SF history when his short story โThe Sunset, 2217 A.D.โ was translated into English for inclusion in Best Science Fiction for 1972. With artist Keiko Takemiya, he created the manga Andromeda Stories. Ryu Mitsuse died in 1999.