| Salmonella Men on Planet Porno | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| Translator | Andrew Driver |
| Language | English translation of Japanese |
| Genre(s) | Short stories |
| Publisher | Alma Books |
| Publication date | September 2006 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 252 pp |
| ISBN | 1-84688-016-5 |
| OCLC Number | 68772629 |
Salmonella Men on Planet Porno (2006) is a collection of short stories by Japanese sci-fi and metafiction writer Yasutaka Tsutsui in English translation by Andrew Driver. Not to be confused with the original Japanese collection ポルノ惑星のサルモネラ人間 (Poruno Wakusei no Sarumonera Ningen), these stories have been selected from a number of works written by Yasutaka Tsutsui.
First published by Alma Books in the UK, a US edition was produced by Pantheon Books (Random House) in November 2008.
Stories in the collection
The Dabba Dabba Tree / Rumours About Me / Don't Laugh / Farmer Airlines / Bear's Wood Main Line / The Very Edge of Happiness / Commuter Army / Hello, Hello, Hello! / The World is Tilting / Bravo Herr Mozart! / The Last Smoker / Bad for the Heart / Salmonella Men on Planet Porno
Rumours About Me was reproduced in the US literary magazine Zoetrope in its Summer 2008 issue.
A radio dramatisation of The Last Smoker was broadcast on the UK's BBC Radio 4 on Friday 20th February 2009.
A radio dramatisation of the title story, "Salmonella Men on Planet Porno", was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Saturday 28th February 2009.[1]