"Science?" Author: [Japan] Higashino Keigo Publisher: New Star Publishing / Producer: Tianwen Kadokawa / Original title: さいえんす?

Science? is a collection of Keigo Higashino's early personal essays, which were published in series over three years. It continues the writer's analysis of human nature, his sense of responsibility for society, and his concern for the future of mankind. The development of science and technology has brought convenience to people's lives, but there are also many areas that require calm self-reflection. Online dating traps, blind weight loss crazes, privacy leaks, fraudulent donations... These issues have now become hot topics in domestic society, and this work still has a different meaning at the moment.

Contents:

In this book, science writer Keigo Higashino expresses many of his views on life, the future, and creation from a personal perspective.

What impact have advances in telephones, cameras, and transportation had on mystery fiction?

With the development of the times, how did Keigo Higashino change his creative methods?

What interesting behind-the-scenes stories are there in his novels?

Why is mathematics the uncrowned king of subjects?

Why is blood type unreliable?

What kind of divine prophecies did he make about the Beijing Olympics?

How can the world of writers, where each circle supports another, develop in a healthy way?

How can we stop the vicious cycle in today’s world of declining reading culture?

How can we resist risks and invest in the future?

Keigo Higashino: A Japanese mystery writer, born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan in 1958, graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of Osaka Prefecture University. He worked as an engineer, and won the 31st Edogawa Ranpo Award in 1985 for After School, thus becoming a writer. In 1999, he won the 52nd Mystery Writers Association of Japan Award for Secret, the 134th Naoki Prize for Suspect X in 2006, and the 7th Chuokoron Literature Award for The Convenience Store of Sorrow in 2012. He also wrote White Night Walk, When Prayers End, Wandering Blade, Midsummer Formula, Mission and Soul's End, Meteor Bond, etc.