Peter Tieryas

Tieryas has most recently written or contributed to the game scenarios for Nicalis on Cramped Room of Death, IRA, and Dungreed.{{Cite web |title=Peter Tieryas |url=https://www.mobygames.com/person/51802/peter-tieryas/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=MobyGames |language=en |archive-date=2023-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728053646/https://www.mobygames.com/person/51802/peter-tieryas/ |url-status=live }}

His literary work has appeared in literary journals including the Indiana Review, Evergreen Review, Existere, Gargoyle Magazine, Hobart (magazine), Kotaku,{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/15-more-obscure-rpgs-we-wish-had-sequels-1625628285|title=15 More Obscure RPGs We Wish Had Sequels|first=N. Ho Sang and Peter|last=Tieryas|website=Kotaku|date=25 August 2014 }} Kyoto Journal, New Letters, Subaru, Tor.com,{{cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2015/03/27/how-navigating-the-louvre-with-a-nintendo-3ds-made-me-rethink-the-future-of-gaming-art-and-virtual-reality/|title=How Navigating the Louvre with a Nintendo 3DS Made Me Rethink the Future of Gaming, Art, and Virtual Reality|first=Peter|last=Tieryas|date=27 March 2015|website=Tor.com|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=8 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208113217/https://www.tor.com/2015/03/27/how-navigating-the-louvre-with-a-nintendo-3ds-made-me-rethink-the-future-of-gaming-art-and-virtual-reality/|url-status=live}} and ZYZZYVA.{{cite web|url=http://htmlgiant.com/reviews/fun-camp-by-gabe-durham/|title=HTMLGIANT / Fun Camp by Gabe Durham|website=htmlgiant.com|access-date=2014-04-02|archive-date=2014-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072151/http://htmlgiant.com/reviews/fun-camp-by-gabe-durham/|url-status=live}}

His filmography includes Luca,Toy Story 4, Lou, Bao, Incredibles 2, Alice in Wonderland, Men in Black 3, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, I Am Legend, Hotel Transylvania,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/section/movies|title=Movies|work=The New York Times|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com|access-date=2024-09-11|archive-date=2013-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104192611/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/65591/Gregory-Sierra|url-status=live}} and Guardians of the Galaxy.

He has worked on games including Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Escape from Monkey Island, Gladius, and Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault.{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1179309/|title=Peter Tieryas|website=IMDb}}

His work on Terry in Soul won the VES Award for Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature.{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2021-04-07 |title='Soul,' 'The Mandalorian' and 'The Midnight Sky' Lead VES Awards |url=https://variety.com/2021/awards/awards/ves-awards-soul-the-mandalorian-midnight-sky-1234945258/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728053645/https://variety.com/2021/awards/awards/ves-awards-soul-the-mandalorian-midnight-sky-1234945258/ |url-status=live }}

Watering Heaven was longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Int'l Award.{{Cite web|title=FOC Award|url=https://munsterlit.ie/FOC%20Award%20page.html|access-date=2020-12-15|website=munsterlit.ie|archive-date=2021-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119213220/http://munsterlit.ie/FOC%20Award%20page.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Han |first=Jimin |author-link=Jimin Han |date=2016-02-27 |title=Interview with Peter Tieryas Liu, Author of 'The United States of Japan' |url=https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2016/02/interview-peter-tieryas-liu-author-united-states-japan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128020222/https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2016/02/interview-peter-tieryas-liu-author-united-states-japan |archive-date=2021-01-28 |access-date=2020-12-15 |website=Hyphen Magazine |language=en |url-status=live }} Bald New World was longlisted for the Folio Prize in 2015{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/15/folio-prize-2015-80-titles|title=Folio prize reveals 80 titles in contention for 2015 award|first=Alison|last=Flood|newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 December 2014|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/folio-prize-publishes-80-name-longlist-193336700.html|title=Folio Prize publishes 80-name longlist|website=news.yahoo.com}} and listed by BuzzFeed as one of 15 Highly Anticipated Books of 2014. Buzzfeed contributor Richard Thomas described it as: "If you took the world building of Philip K. Dick, and added in the gritty reality and humor of Haruki Murakami, with a touch of Aldous Huxley (of course), you would get Bald New World."{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/richardthomas/15-highly-anticipated-books-from-mostly-small-presses|title=15 Highly Anticipated Books From (Mostly) Small Presses|first=Richard|last=Thomas|website=BuzzFeed|date=4 February 2014|access-date=8 September 2017|archive-date=11 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911150449/https://www.buzzfeed.com/richardthomas/15-highly-anticipated-books-from-mostly-small-presses|url-status=live}} Publishers Weekly named Bald New World as one of the Best Science Fiction Books of Summer 2014 in a starred review: "Gorgeous language choices combine with Nick's philosophical journey of personal discovery to create a deceptively deep story."{{cite web|url=https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/summer-reads-2014/sf-fantasy-horror|title=Best Summer Books, 2014 Publishers Weekly|website=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2024-09-11|archive-date=2024-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911150442/https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/summer-reads-2014/sf-fantasy-horror|url-status=live}} Yahoo, in describing Tieryas's work, stated: "Highlighted by Kollaboration in March as one of three Asian American authors on the rise, Tieryas's debut novel "Bald New World" deals with a global epidemic of follicular proportions... When Baldification hits the planet, the pair find themselves caught up in an sci-fi tinged international conspiracy, turning their penchant for adventure into a series of daring discoveries.{{cite web|url=http://ph.news.yahoo.com/bald-world-writer-talks-murakami-comparisons-095219660.html|title='Bald New World' writer talks Murakami comparisons|website=ph.news.yahoo.com}} David S. Atkinson at HTMLGiant said: "Dystopia has been done a lot, but no one has done it quite like Peter Tieryas. I'd like to enthusiastically welcome Bald New World to the must-read dystopian canon. Old Aldous would be proud."{{cite web|url=http://htmlgiant.com/reviews/bald-new-world-by-peter-tieryas-liu/|title=HTMLGIANT / Bald New World by Peter Tieryas Liu|website=htmlgiant.com|access-date=2014-04-04|archive-date=2014-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407080604/http://htmlgiant.com/reviews/bald-new-world-by-peter-tieryas-liu/|url-status=live}} However, in a mixed review, Electric Literature pointed out: "As a first novel, there are some growing pains—particularly the shifts in the pacing, and a certain episodic feel to parts of the narrative. Around the middle there's a shift that might alienate certain readers, where the book suddenly becomes a high-octane romp. The two halves do feel very separate from each other, but the transition is natural (or, to try to avoid spoilers, jarring in the best possible way)."{{cite web|url=https://electricliterature.com/review-bald-new-world-by-peter-tieryas-liu/|title=REVIEW: Bald New World by Peter Tieryas Liu|date=16 June 2014|website=Electric Literature|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=28 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828113942/https://electricliterature.com/review-bald-new-world-by-peter-tieryas-liu/|url-status=live}}

Peter Tieryas is also the co-founder and co-editor of Entropy Magazine.{{cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2014/03/fire-struck-on-the-hylic-plane-entropy-magazine-debuts-with-will-alexander-on-antonin-artaud|title=Fire Struck on the Hylic Plane: Entropy Magazine Debuts with Will Alexander on Antonin Artaud by Harriet Staff|first=Poetry|last=Foundation|date=18 April 2019|website=Poetry Foundation}} He frequently collaborates with his wife, artist Angela Xu.{{cite journal |last1=Reeser |first1=Cynthia |title=An Interview with Featured Artist Angela Xu |journal=Tampa Review |date=June 1, 2014 |url=http://tampareview.musecommons.org/art/an-interview-with-featured-artist-angela-xu/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428201616/http://tampareview.musecommons.org/art/an-interview-with-featured-artist-angela-xu/|archive-date=April 28, 2017}}

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The Mecha Samurai Empire series is composed of three books, United States of Japan, Mecha Samurai Empire, and Cyber Shogun Revolution.{{Cite web|author=岡本玄介|date=2020-09-10|script-title=ja:早川書房のSF小説「メカ・サムライ・エンパイア」続編「サイバー・ショーグン・レボリューション」が9月17日に発売!|url=https://www.gizmodo.jp/2020/09/cyber-shogun-revolution.html|access-date=2020-10-08|website=www.gizmodo.jp|language=ja}}

United States of Japan (2016) began as "a story revolving around the tragic events on the Asian side of WWII." The book is inspired by The Man in the High Castle, his time at Electronic Arts, and his experiences traveling in Asia.{{cite web|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/explore-alternate-histories-with-peter-tieryas-giant-me-1761632257|title=Explore Alternate Histories With Peter Tieryas' Giant Mechs and Man in the High Castle|first=Andrew|last=Liptak|website=io9|date=27 February 2016|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108090953/http://io9.gizmodo.com/explore-alternate-histories-with-peter-tieryas-giant-me-1761632257|url-status=live}}

Popular Mechanics included United States of Japan as one of 16 Sci-Fi Things To Look Forward to in 2016, stating: "It's more the cyberpunk dystopia William Gibson promised us than the actual 1980s we know, with giant mechs enforcing the law and police trying to squash an underground gaming success that lets players imagine what might've happened if the allied powers won World War II. It sounds like a perfect patchwork of multiple sci-fi and anime subgenres rolled into one novel."{{cite web|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/g2395/16-things-in-science-fiction-to-look-forward-to-in-2016/|title=16 Sci-Fi Things To Look Forward To in 2016|first=John|last=Wenz|date=1 January 2016|website=Popular Mechanics|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=7 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707100835/https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/g2395/16-things-in-science-fiction-to-look-forward-to-in-2016/|url-status=live}} Publishers Weekly named USJ as one of the top 10 anticipated Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror books.{{cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Rose |title=Spring 2016 Announcements: SF, Fantasy & Horror: Worlds Turned Upside Down |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/68991-spring-2016-announcements-sf-fantasy-horror-worlds-turned-upside-down.html |website=Publishers Weekly |date=December 18, 2015 |access-date=September 11, 2024 |archive-date=July 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707141658/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/68991-spring-2016-announcements-sf-fantasy-horror-worlds-turned-upside-down.html |url-status=live }} Kirkus Reviews listed it as one of "The Speculative Fiction Books You Can't Miss in March."{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/speculative-fiction-books-you-cant-miss-march/|title=The Speculative Fiction Books You Can't Miss in March|website=Kirkus Reviews}} The Verge named the novel as one of the Best Books Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels of 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/28/13792040/sci-fi-fantasy-book-year-in-review-best-of-2016|title=The 11 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2016|first=Andrew|last=Liptak|date=28 December 2016|website=The Verge|access-date=8 September 2017|archive-date=12 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812095401/https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/28/13792040/sci-fi-fantasy-book-year-in-review-best-of-2016|url-status=live}}

Financial Times stated, "The novel deftly portrays the horrors of oppression but also, with its giant military robots, sumo wrestlers and body-transforming technology, is a gleeful love letter to Japanese pop culture."{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/d97fb9a8-dfc8-11e5-b072-006d8d362ba3|title='United States of Japan', by Peter Tieryas|website=Financial Times|date=4 March 2016|url-access=subscription|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=11 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911152518/https://www.ft.com/content/d97fb9a8-dfc8-11e5-b072-006d8d362ba3|url-status=live}} Barnes & Noble Science Fiction and Fantasy Blog said, "United States of Japan mixes alt-history with pulp-history, the plausible with the fantastical, in a vision of the 1980s with the glossy sheen and rain-slick neon of vintage cyberpunk."{{cite web|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/united-states-of-japan-spins-an-unsettling-alternate-history-out-of-americas-darkest-hour/|title=United States of Japan Is a Sobering Alt-History Spun from the Dark Threads of the Past|date=2 March 2016|website=barnesandnoble.com|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=4 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004212845/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/united-states-of-japan-spins-an-unsettling-alternate-history-out-of-americas-darkest-hour/|url-status=live}} Anthony Jones of SF Book Reviews stated: "United States of Japan is a tremendous book; it's got a wonderfully dark and rich atmosphere, great action, intelligent and twisted story and above all, not only does it pay homage to one of the finest authors of the 20th century but also continues one of his most celebrated and yet most difficult works — simply wonderful."{{cite web|url=https://sfbook.com/the-united-states-of-japan.htm|title=The United States of Japan, a book by Peter Tieryas - Book review|website=sfbook.com|access-date=2016-03-05|archive-date=2024-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911152526/https://sfbook.com/the-united-states-of-japan.htm|url-status=live}} io9 reviewer Andrew Liptak wrote, "Tieryas has created a unique alternate world and populated it with fantastic characters and fixtures."{{cite web|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-united-states-of-japan-shows-what-happens-when-ideo-1770928957|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160417131537/http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-united-states-of-japan-shows-what-happens-when-ideo-1770928957|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2016|title=The United States of Japan Shows What Happens When Ideology Crumbles|first=Andrew|last=Liptak|website=io9|date=16 April 2016}} In a mixed review, N. Ho Sang of SF Signal writes: "United States of Japan is a smart, gut-wrenching alternative reality that blurs lines between hope with a focus on emotional truths of human nature," but "there are small moments where transitions in environment, scenes and character developments may present themselves as sudden shifts, and feel slightly jarring."{{cite web|url=https://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2016/03/guest-review-narelle-ho-sang-reviews-united-states-of-japan-by-peter-tieryas-liu/|title=[GUEST REVIEW] Narelle Ho Sang Reviews UNITED STATES OF JAPAN by Peter Tieryas Liu|first=Narelle Ho|last=Sang|date=8 March 2016|website=sfsignal.com|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=26 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126223434/http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2016/03/guest-review-narelle-ho-sang-reviews-united-states-of-japan-by-peter-tieryas-liu/|url-status=live}}

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United States of Japan has been translated and published in Japan, Spain,{{cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20170221/entrevista-peter-tieryas-estados-unidos-de-japon-5852765|title=Peter Tieryas: "Es más plausible 'Un mundo feliz' que '1984'"|first=Ernest|last=Alós|date=21 February 2017|website=elperiodico|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=11 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911152552/https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20170221/entrevista-peter-tieryas-estados-unidos-japon-5852765|url-status=live}} Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, and Mexico. It became a Nikkei Best Seller{{cite web|url=https://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXKZO09195270V01C16A1MY5001?channel=DF130120166019|script-title=ja:ベストセラー 文庫ランキング (10月23日〜29日)|last=日本経済新聞社・日経BP社|website=NIKKEI STYLE|date=8 November 2016|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=11 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911152521/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXKZO09195270V01C16A1MY5001/|url-status=live}} and the Japanese publication went to 7th printing in the first month,{{cite web|url=https://animeanime.jp/article/2016/10/27/31083.html|script-title=ja:SF小説「ユナイテッド・ステイツ・オブ・ジャパン」累計4万部突破 日本統治下のアメリカを描く|website=アニメ!アニメ!|date=27 October 2016|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=21 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021161324/https://animeanime.jp/article/2016/10/27/31083.html|url-status=live}} receiving acclaim from Asahi Shimbun,{{cite web|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/DA3S12722244.html|script-title=ja:(売れてる本)「ユナイテッド・ステイツ・オブ・ジャパン」(上・下): 朝日新聞デジタル|website=朝日新聞デジタル}} Yomiuri Shimbun,{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/life/book/news/20161115-OYT8T50026.html|title=Yomiuri Shimbun|website=yomiuri.co.jp|access-date=2017-03-19|archive-date=2017-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320234007/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/life/book/news/20161115-OYT8T50026.html|url-status=live}} and Gizmodo Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.gizmodo.jp/2016/08/united-states-of-japan-is-going-to-be-released-in-japan.html|script-title=ja:巨大ロボを持つ日本がアメリカを支配する小説｢ユナイテッド・ステイツ・オブ・ジャパン｣の邦訳版が発売決定|author=岡本玄介|date=9 August 2016|website=www.gizmodo.jp|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=11 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911152523/https://www.gizmodo.jp/2016/08/united-states-of-japan-is-going-to-be-released-in-japan.html|url-status=live}} S-F Magazine's Yearly Poll of Japan's Top Science Fiction selected United States of Japan as #2 of the best Best International Science Fiction.{{cite web|url=http://www.hayakawa-online.co.jp/shopdetail/000000013467/|script-title=ja:SFが読みたい!2017年版|script-website=ja:ハヤカワ・オンライン|access-date=2024-09-11|archive-date=2023-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026093114/https://www.hayakawa-online.co.jp/shopdetail/000000013467/|url-status=live}} It won the 2017 Seiun Award{{cite web|url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2017result.html|title=2017年 第48回星雲賞|website=www.sf-fan.gr.jp|access-date=2024-09-11|archive-date=2017-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043154/http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2017result.html|url-status=live}} and won 2nd Place For the Japan Booksellers' Award.{{cite web|url=http://file770.com/2017-seiun-award-nominees/|title=2017 Seiun Award Nominees|first=Mike|last=Glyer|date=16 April 2017|website=file770.com|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=11 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911152535/https://file770.com/2017-seiun-award-nominees/|url-status=live}}

Mecha Samurai Empire, published by Ace Roc Books in 2018, is a standalone book in the USJ universe focusing on the mecha wars between the Nazis and the United States of Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/1/16934424/peter-tieryas-mecha-samurai-empire-alternate-history-science-fiction-book-q-and-a|title=Mecha Samurai Empire imagines that America lost WWII — also there are giant robots|first=Andrew|last=Liptak|website=The Verge|date=February 2018|access-date=2024-09-11|archive-date=2023-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204161048/https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/1/16934424/peter-tieryas-mecha-samurai-empire-alternate-history-science-fiction-book-q-and-a|url-status=live}} Amazon Book Reviews listed Mecha as one of the top Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of September 2018, stating, "Readers of alternate history will enjoy the details of the Japanese culture enfolded into the US and the ongoing tensions with the Nazis, while the plot itself packs a punch."{{cite web|url=https://www.amazonbookreview.com/post/b34fce26-2bd5-451a-a53e-643dd8d8a8e9/best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-of-september-6-top-picks|title=Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of September: 6 Top Picks|first=Adrian|last=Liang|website=Amazon Book Reviews|access-date=2024-09-11|archive-date=2019-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419050741/https://www.amazonbookreview.com/post/b34fce26-2bd5-451a-a53e-643dd8d8a8e9/best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-of-september-6-top-picks|url-status=live}} Financial Times included Mecha Samurai Empire as one of the best science fiction books of 2018, describing it as "action-packed and rousing."{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/185ee180-eebc-11e8-8180-9cf212677a57|title=Best science fiction books of 2018|first=James|last=Lovegrove|website=Financial Times|date=23 November 2018|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=22 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022031533/https://www.ft.com/content/185ee180-eebc-11e8-8180-9cf212677a57|url-status=live}} Syfy Wire said the book was "an adrenalized fusion of Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle and Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim as rampaging robots prowl a very different America."{{cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/exclusive-peter-tieryas-interview-and-mecha-samurai-empire-excerpt|title=Exclusive: Mecha Samurai Empire|first=Jeff|last=Spry|website=Syfy Wire|access-date=2024-09-11|archive-date=2018-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911053834/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/exclusive-peter-tieryas-interview-and-mecha-samurai-empire-excerpt|url-status=dead}}

Hideo Kojima praised the book, stating it intermixes "the experience of cinema, literature, anime, comics, and gaming" and "is the new generation of Science Fiction we've been waiting for!"{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/981028376969269248|title=Hideo Kojima Tweet|website=Twitter|access-date=2024-09-11|archive-date=2023-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004212837/https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/981028376969269248|url-status=live}}

It won the 2019 Seiun Award.{{cite web|url=https://locusmag.com/2019/07/2019-seiun-awards-winners//|title=2019 Seiun Award Winners|website=locusmag.com|date=29 July 2019|access-date=11 September 2024|archive-date=11 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911152536/https://locusmag.com/2019/07/2019-seiun-awards-winners/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-27/ssss.gridman-girls-last-tour-win-at-50th-seiun-science-fiction-awards/.149425|title=2019 Seiun Award Winners|website=Anime News Network|access-date=2024-09-11|archive-date=2019-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005093744/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-27/ssss.gridman-girls-last-tour-win-at-50th-seiun-science-fiction-awards/.149425|url-status=live}}

The third book, Cyber Shogun Revolution, is also a standalone book featuring two new characters who fight against the mysterious terrorist, Bloody Mary.{{Cite web|title=The Brutal Lessons Gaming Taught Me About Revolutions, Robots, And War|url=https://kotaku.com/the-brutal-lessons-gaming-taught-me-about-revolutions-1841522139|access-date=2020-10-08|website=Kotaku|date=8 February 2020|language=en-us|archive-date=2022-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609153224/https://kotaku.com/the-brutal-lessons-gaming-taught-me-about-revolutions-1841522139|url-status=live}} Den of Geek described it as " jam packed with giant robot action, and while it's the ethical questions that stick with me, there's a tremendous amount of fun in reading about mecha going after each other with plasma swords and chain saws."{{Cite web|last=Joli|first=Alana|date=2020-04-23|title=Speculative Fiction Series with Fantastic Conclusions|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/books/speculative-fiction-series-with-fantastic-conclusions/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222151213/https://www.denofgeek.com/books/speculative-fiction-series-with-fantastic-conclusions/|archive-date=2020-12-22|access-date=2020-12-15|website=Den of Geek|language=en-US|url-status=live}} An art gallery featuring art from the entire series was showcased at the Story Cafe in the Yurindo Bookstore at Akihabara, Japan.

Tieryas has cited Cordwainer Smith,{{Cite web |last=Tieryas |first=Peter |date=19 September 2018 |title=How Cordwainer Smith's Work Influenced the Writing of Mecha Samurai Empire |url=https://www.tor.com/2018/09/19/how-cordwainer-smiths-work-influenced-the-writing-of-mecha-samurai-empire/ |website=Tor.com |access-date=11 September 2024 |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004212842/https://www.tor.com/2018/09/19/how-cordwainer-smiths-work-influenced-the-writing-of-mecha-samurai-empire/ |url-status=live }} Philip K. Dick, Pearl Buck, Franz Kafka, Herman Melville, Margaret Weis, Alan Moore, Kameron Hurley, Ken Liu, Maxine Hong Kingston, George Orwell, Sylvia Plath, John Steinbeck, Cao Xueqin, and the Biblical Book of Ecclesiastes as literary influences.{{Cite web |last=Kleinman |first=Loren |date=22 July 2014 |title=Peter Tieryas Liu and His Bald New World |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/peter-tieryas-liu-and-his_b_5606225 |website=HuffPost |access-date=11 September 2024 |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004212910/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/peter-tieryas-liu-and-his_b_5606225 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title='Bald New World' writer talks Murakami comparisons |url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/bald-world-writer-talks-murakami-comparisons-095219660.html |website=sg.news.yahoo.com |date=1 April 2014 |agency=AFP |access-date=11 September 2024 |archive-date=5 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005052630/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/bald-world-writer-talks-murakami-comparisons-095219660.html |url-status=live }}

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• [http://www.tieryasxu.com Peter Tieryas Official website]
• [http://kollaboration.org/articles/1548/3-asian-american-authors-on-the-rise-3/ 3 Asian-American Authors on the Rise: Kollaboration]
• [http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2014/03/books-interview-world-succumbs-baldness-not-zombies Interview with Author at Hyphen Magazine]
• [http://www.raintaxi.com/bald-new-world-an-interview-with-peter-tieryas-liu/ Bald New World: An Interview with Peter Tieryas Liu at Rain Taxi]

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