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So I noticed two references to "Mono No Aware" in this book -- capitalized, not italicized. From the context it reads like maybe that was the original name of The Sol Majestic and a couple instances got overlooked in the edits . . . or is there something I'm missing?

Ferrett Steinmetz Good catch! Originally the restaurant was called "Mono No Aware" (a reference to both Ken Liu's excellent story and the concept in general), but the f…moreGood catch! Originally the restaurant was called "Mono No Aware" (a reference to both Ken Liu's excellent story and the concept in general), but the folks at Tor wanted the name of the book to be the same as the restaurant, and "Mono No Aware" wasn't quite the vibe they wanted. So everything changed.

...well.

Not EVERYTHING, apparently. :) (less)

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