THE ILLUSTRATED NOVEL
A Tale of Quantum Randomness
CITY Q · AN ILLUSTRATED NOVEL
A Tale of Quantum Randomness
Winter in City Q. In a factory scrapyard, a boy named Haru finds a box marked “Q-RNG 01.” The first number on its display is 042.
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BOOKS & CHAPTERS
Contents of the novel
Eleven sections, including a prologue and an epilogue, in 379 verses. Open any chapter below.
PrologueBefore the Story Is Observed↗Chapter 1Before Observation↗Chapter 2Between Zero and One↗Chapter 3The First Measurers↗Chapter 4The Wavering Determinist↗Chapter 5Building the Temple of Random Numbers↗Chapter 6The Quantum Inquisition↗Chapter 7City Q Branches↗Chapter 8Journey Through the Statistical Desert↗Chapter 9The Last Random Number↗EpilogueAfter Decoherence↗
This edition preserves the Japanese manuscript recorded in the earlier conversation titled “A Tale of Quantum Randomness.” The publication title comes from that conversation. The English text is a new translation.