{"product_id":"project-v-a-steminist-mecha-fantasy-of-robotics-and-reality-television-translated-from-korean-paperback","title":"Project V: A STEMinist Mecha Fantasy of Robotics and Reality Television, Translated from Korean (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEMinist mecha fantasy meets reality television in this\nhigh-stakes novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eA Magical Girl Retires\u003c\/i\u003e—a\nwildly imaginative tale of sibling bonds, unexpected friendship, and an\nexistential quest to understand what it means to be human.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRobotics student Kim Wooram, runner-up at the World Gigantic\nMechanics Olympiad, is a world-class pilot and engineer. Unlike many of her\ncontemporaries, she likes working solo, preferring the company of robots to\nmost other humans. Sought by robotics centers across the globe, she chooses to\nreturn to Korea after learning of an exciting new secret government robotic\nproject known as \u003ci\u003eV\u003c\/i\u003e. To her disappointment, only male pilots are\nallowed to apply.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDesperate for a chance to make history and encouraged by her\ntwin brother, Boram, the usual rule-following Wooram makes a risky choice.\nPosing as Boram, she auditions for \u003ci\u003eProject V\u003c\/i\u003e, the reality\ncompetition show whose winner will pilot the robot \u003ci\u003eV\u003c\/i\u003e—and quickly\nbecomes one of the top contestants in both skill and popularity. Wooram\nattracts fans and friends like Seojin, the show’s youngest female writer and\nardent “Boram” stan, and Jeonghoon, the clumsy but lovable underdog. She also\ngains a rival in Jinyoung, the ruthless heir to a Korean corporate dynasty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs Wooram comes tantalizingly close to achieving her goal,\nshe begins to realize that \u003ci\u003eV\u003c\/i\u003e’s arrogant AI is a ticking time bomb.\nWith victory within reach, and her identity at stake, will Wooram destroy the\nrobot of her dreams to save lives, or stick to the script?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eProject V\u003c\/i\u003e is a playful yet sharp meditation on\nsome of the most pressing issues roiling modern society in Korea and across the\nglobe: the male dominance in STEM fields, the ethics of parasocial idolatry and\nour addiction to social media and reality television, and the promise and peril\nof an AI-oriented future. Punchy and compelling, Park Seolyeon’s novel is a\nwinning exploration of ambition and creation—a quintessential novel of our\npresent and future for mecha fans and all curious readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTranslated from the Korean by Gene Png \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBorn in 1989, \u003cb\u003ePark Seolyeon\u003c\/b\u003e made her debut\nwinning the Silcheon Munhak New Writers Prize in 2015 for her short story\n“Mickey Mouse Club.” Her books include the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Job of Marta, The\nShirley Club, A Magical Girl Retires\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCapitalists Must Starve,\u003c\/i\u003e which\nwon the 2018 Hankyoreh Literature Prize, as well as the story collections \u003ci\u003eMy\nHormones Made Me Do It, Your Mom’s the Better Player\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMe, Me,\nMadeline.\u003c\/i\u003e Her stories have been translated into Japanese, French,\nGerman, and English. She lives in Seoul, South Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGene Png\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator and\nillustrator based in Seoul. She was awarded the Grand Prize in Poetry at the\n53rd The Korea Times’ Translation Awards, and was the National Centre for\nWriting’s Korean Prose Mentee in 2023 where she was mentored by Anton Hur. Her\ntranslation of Cheon Seon-Ran’s \u003ci\u003eTHE SAVIOR AT NIGHT\u003c\/i\u003e was\npublished by Bloomsbury in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45041227595983,"sku":"9780063429758","price":29.43,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_bf628793-4213-4e36-801e-dfb3041d712c.jpg?v=1778483413","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/project-v-a-steminist-mecha-fantasy-of-robotics-and-reality-television-translated-from-korean-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}