Director Bong Joon-ho‘s film ‘Mickey 17’ continues its box office success, topping the U.S. box office, and the original novel, ‘Mickey 7’, has also sold over 100,000 copies, entering the bestseller lists at major bookstores. According to the publisher Golden Bough on the 12th, ‘Mickey 7’ recently surpassed 100,000 copies in cumulative sales. It ranked 7th in the weekly novel section at Kyobo Bookstore, 1st in the English-language novel section at Ridibooks, 1st in the SF and genre novel sections at Aladdin and Yes24, and 1st in the Aladdin e-book section. ‘Mickey 7’ is a SF novel published by American author Edward Ashton in 2022. To celebrate the release of the film, the publisher has compiled a mini-interview collection of conversations between director Bong and ‘Mickey 7’ writer Edward Ashton, and has released a new special edition with a band featuring the ‘Mickey 17’ movie poster.


Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com

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