Clockwork Apple

ja-Latn
Tokei Jikake no Ringo
ja
時計仕掛けのりんご

Osamu Tezuka unleashes several creepy suspenseful short stories in this anthology of speculative fiction spanning the years of 1968 thru 1973.

When a Nazi lieutenant is sentenced to death for war crimes, he expects to escape with his life, but hubris is his downfall. A female android marries for love but is soon lost, and she must deal with the consequences. After a married man finds out his city is being experimented on, he tries to save the people while struggling with adulterous thoughts. On a dark and lonely road, a cabby picks up a shady man who threatens him, but little does his passenger know the cabby is not as he seems. An educated man falls in love with an elusive woman who has a life altering secret. American school kids learn the cruelty of war. A revolutionary fails his revolution, and an interstellar peace conference does not yield the hoped for results when space hippies defy peace conventions.

These eerie stories will leave one wandering the depths of despair and hope against all odds.

(Source: DMG)

Tags

Themes
Experiments Violence War Artificial Intelligence Military Death › Execution History › Historical Fiction Social Issues › Nazi
Health
Illness › STD
Politics
Conspiracy Corruption
Violence
Cruelty Revenge Torture
Settings
Sci-Fi › Aliens
Activities
Crimes
Crimes
Murder Robbery Sexual Assault
Character Types
Widow/Widower Victims › Hostage
Locations
Space Space › Outer
Narrative Tropes
Framed
Objects
Poison Vehicles › Spaceship
Occupations
Hunters › Assassins
Relationship
Human-Nonhuman
Family Relationship > Family
Siblings › Twins
Sexual Content
Nudity Intensity › Mature
Sexual Acts
Attempted Rape Rape
Species & Creatures
Non-human › Robots
Time Period
Period Piece › Future
Work Info
Endings › Inconclusive Ending
Art Style
Atypical Chibi

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