Alone in Japan Science fiction through Shetland and Orkney to

through Shetland and Orkney to the Faroes and from there to Iceland

Both are in relationships that have quietly expired

This is a journey only a dreamer - or a fugitive - would attempt

readable – and incredibly chilling

one of the giants of 19th century science and discoverer of electricity who was at the centre of an extraordinary scientific renaissance in London

Alone in Japan Science fiction through Shetland and Orkney toWhen Tom Feiling moved to Tokyo as a student in the early nineties, Japan was a beacon of the future: a rising superpower, a technology giant, a global symbol of prosperity, civility and success. When he returned 24 years later, the country was still a sign of things to come but, he began to realize, it was no longer a beacon. It was a warning. This is a unique account of contemporary Japan, which travels from the quiet of its furthest flung villages