Genocidal Organ Paperback – August 21, 2012

Some have said that the translation was a bit clunky, but I disagree. Part of what makes this tory so wonderful and real is how it perfectly captures the nature of thought. The MC will be thinking about what he is about to do, and something about it thrusts his mind into a memory, and with those memories come so many complex emotions - and the writing navigates through all of these jumps beautifully. I personally don't feel that anything is lost through the translation. This was an amazing story that made me feel things, and grounds the reader a bit. I will definitely be visiting this novel again.

Simply put, I wish more contemporary science fiction was this smart and thoughtful. "Genocidal Organ" follows the adventures of a Special Forces soldier as he hunts down the person apparently responsible for spreading genocide around the world -- via a subtle linguistic pattern he embeds in a country's speeches, advertisements and other media. Humanity's capacity for killing each other over perceived ethnic and national divisions is conceived metaphorically as the organ of the title, just another part of our minds and bodies, able to be manipulated by the proper stimuli. Author Project Itoh imagines a very grim but not all that implausible near-future, and he stocks the book with plenty of philosophical musings -- but musings that have real, day-to-day implications as well as casting light on larger issues of how our world is ordered and maintained. The book isn't without flaws, but they are minor and hardly dealbreakers. The novel is highly readable with a gripping narrative and a fascinating villain. The narrator, too, is refreshingly reflective and un-macho. Very enjoyable, with lots of meat on the bone. You don't really think about how rare this combination is these days until you pick up a book like this one, making the also-rans feel like the fluff they really are.

Maybe others will figure it out before I did, but a good read nonetheless. It does reflect a lot of what we’re seeing and hearing today and it’s becoming a meme.

Metal gear meets nihilism. Great read. A sci fi thriller mixed with philosophy. One will earn a college degree upon completion it seems.

The premise for this was quite good and much of the story is well executed.The problem for me was, alot of the book tends to go off on tangential philosophical ramblings. These range from the nature of existence to that of free will and beyond.Not only does this slow the story, it feels like being forced to endure an intro to philosophy class. For me, it really detracted from the experience and made finishing it a chore.

Amazing book well worth the read. The story is gripping and compelling to were you don't want to put it down. If your looking for a dark, compelling, action filled story this is it.

It took me some time to finish the book since I lose interest easily, but this book was surprisingly really nice. I get lost sometimes because of the terms used in the book, but most of them are described when first introduced. The book was very easy to follow and had some really interesting concepts that I've never seen before. All of Project Itoh's novels have a similar feel to them, so if you liked Harmony or the Empire of Corpses, you will probably like this one!

Project Itoh is more than usual author and his books more than usual books. They will become with your thoughts.