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Anthology: The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories

Editors (alphabetically listed):  John L. Apostolou  |  Martin H. Greenberg

Language:  English

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Bibliographic comments: This anthology was put together by Grania Davies and Judith Merril in 1979-1980, however they

could not find a publisher. In 1989 Apostolou and Greenberg arranged for publication and are credited as Editors, with Davis

and Merril credited as "Consulting Editors".

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The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories

John L. Apostolou, Martin H. Greenberg, eds.

1989

<  February 1989, 1st edition

Dembner Books

ISBN 0-942637-06-2

Hardcover, 176 pages

$16.95

Notes:

  •  Foreword by Grania Davies, Introduction by John L. Apostolou.

  •  'The Flood' translated by Lane Dunlop.

  •  'Cardboard Box' translated by David Lewis.

  •  'Tansu' translated by Shimizu Hitomi & Grania Davis (with the help of Joel Dames and Dr. Stephen Davis).

  •  'Bokko-Chan' translated by Noriyoshi Saito. According to Ray Lovell this is the first Japanese story to appear in any

      English language magazine.

  •  'He—y, Come on Ou—t!' translated by Stanleigh Jones.

  •  'The Road to the Sea' translated by Judith Merrill and Tetsu Yano.

  •  'The Empty Field translated by Kinya Tsuruta and Judith Merril.

  •  'The Savage Mouth' translated by Judith Merril.

  •  'Take Your Choice' translated by Shiro Tamura and Grania Davis.

  •  'Triceratops' translated by David Lewis.

  •  'Fnifmum' translated by Katsumi Shindo and Grania Davis.

  •  'Standing Woman' translated by David Lewis.

  •  'The Legend of the Paper Spaceship' translated by Gene Van Troyer and Tomoko Oshiro.

Fiction: Kōbō Abe, The Flood  //  Ryo Hanmura, Cardboard Box  //  Ryo Hanmura, Tansu  //  Shinichi Hoshi,

Bokko-Chan  //  Shinichi Hoshi, He—y, Come on Ou—t!  //  Takashi Ishikawa, The Road to the Sea  //  Morio Kita,

The Empty Field  //  Sakyo Komatsu, The Savage Mouth  //  Sakyo Komatsu, Take Your Choice  //  Tensei Kono,

Triceratops  //  Taku Mayumura, Fnifmum  //  Yasutaka Tsutsui, Standing Woman  //  Tetsu Yano, The Legend of the

Paper Spaceship

Essay: John L. Apostolou, Martin H. Greenberg, A Reading List of Japanese Science Fiction in English

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