From the Bookshelf: Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Sunset

The official release date was marked in my calendar, but aware that books from at least some publishers sometimes show up in the bookstore ahead of those dates I did bother to take a one-week-early look at the science fiction section. Glancing past titles that do keep me aware I’m not plugged into “written science fiction discussions” to have a better idea of what new things might interest me these days, I found the translated-into-English volumes of Yoshiki Tanaka’s Legend of the Galactic Heroes, and then saw the “10” markings at the top of certain spines. It was with a certain solemnity that I pulled a copy loose from the shelf. After three and a half years, sales figures not dwindled to the point of “abandoning the project unfinished” after all, the conclusion to the story was available.
( The legend ends, and history begins... )