Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on April 2011

Created in just over a week, 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake or Quakebook may just be the fastest book ever written. The brainchild of Chiba-based blogger and ex-journalist “Our Man in Abiko,” Quakebook was conceived as a way of sharing the feelings and experiences of people amid the disaster; 74 of the book’s final 87 submissions were received within 15 hours of the project’s launch. Among them are survivors’ accounts as well as new writing by authors William Gibson and Jake Adelstein. Proceeds go to the Japanese Red Cross.

Info: www.quakebook.org