Science fiction critic Takayuki Tatsumi regards the story as a descriptive account of "the failure of the dream of space exploration", reminiscent of J.G. Ballard's "inner space/outer space" motif.
1994 - Larry McCaffery and Takayuki Tatsumi, "Towards the Theoretical Frontiers of Fiction: From Metafiction and Cyberpunk through Avant-Pop"
Takayuki Yamada | Takayuki Tatsumi | Takayuki Iizuka | Kiyoseumi Takayuki | Tatsumi Hijikata |