
Artist's commentary
Tokisuna no Ou (The Lord of the Sands of Time)
A science fiction novel by Ogawa Issui. It's such a great story that it would be fair to say that it is the flagship of current Japanese Sci-Fi.
It is something of a light novel, and while it omits the complicated setup that is the trademark of most SF, the world it creates is really convincing and well done.
It's about 260-70 pages long, so I recommend it as a good quick read for those who don't usually read novels.
After I read it I really felt like drawing a picture...and in fact I did.