The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories
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Never before has an anthology of Japanese science fiction appeared in English. This volume introduces ten masters of the genre to Western readers. Unique in its themes, the work of Japanese SF writers, in the words of David Lewis, "does not seek a path to the future so much as the hidden trail to today."
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This is the first anthology to bring to the West in English translation the work of a talented group of science fiction writers who, although little known outside Japan, have produced work of quality and even brilliance. Included here are stories by Japanese SF's "big three," Shinichi Hoshi, Ryo Hanmura, and Sakyo Komatsu, as well as the work of seven other authors, two of whom, Kobo Abe and Morio Kita, write mainstream fiction and enjoy an international reputation.
Far from Western stereotype of Japanese science fiction (Godzilla, et.al.), these thirteen stories speak eloquently, insightfully, at times humorously of the country of their origin.
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