Sayonara Jupiter
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Author | Sakyo Komatsu |
|---|---|
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | Japan |
Sayonara Jupiter (さよならジュピター, Sayonara Jupitā) is a novel by Sakyo Komatsu, released as two volumes. It is a novelization of an early draft of the 1984 film of the same Japanese name, directed by Komatsu and Koji Hashimoto.
The novel won the 1983 Seiun Award.[1]
The novel is set in the future where humanity has grown to the point where Earth can no longer support all of them. As a result, humanity has begun to spread throughout space and there is now an attempt to turn the planet Jupiter into a second sun in order to make some of the other planets inhabitable.
