Legend of Japanese science fiction Izumi Suzuki’s dystopian short stories, in first English translation, play on gender relations and overpopulation

• The characters in Terminal Boredom inhabit a range of worlds, often overpopulated and with dystopian policies to address the problem of too many people
• Science fiction is often said to reflect the time in which it is written, and Suzuki’s covers population concerns, youth ennui and gender relations