Thursday, June 11, 2020

Ghost in the shell

Author: Masamune Shirow
Publisher: Bark House Comics, 2006

Annotation:
Set in the mid twenty first century in Japan. It follows the members of Public Security Section 9 a special task force to counter terrorism and cybercriminals. When Major Kusangi tracks a trail of one hacker called "The puppet Master" it leads her down a rabbit hole. Who is this mysterious hacker and what does he want?

The book is fasted paced with more dialogue then description having characters revealed quickly. The story is more towards character centered has it does focus mainly on the main character. The story plays heavily into psychological themes.

This Manga/ Graphic novel has spawned many of media including TV shows, movies. It has cemented is grasp in the sci fi and cyberpunk genre as a whole and is a must read for anyone getting into the genre.

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