星新一 | Shin’ichi Hoshi
Legal name: 星新一
Transliterated name: Hoshi, Shin’ichi
Birth place: Hongō, Tokyo, Japan
Birth date: 6 September 1926
Death date: 30 December 1997
Language: Japanese
Bibliographic comments: First President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan, recipient of the Science Fiction
and Fantasy Writers of Japan Lifetime Achievement Award.
Biographic comments:
Collections
There Was a Knock
1965
< 1984, 1st English language edition
Kodansha Publishers
ISBN 40-618-6003-8
Hardcover, 184 pages
Unknown cover price
Notes:
• Translated by Stanleigh H. Jones.
Fiction: The Mysterious Woman // A Modern Life // A Visitor on a Hot Day // Dreaming of Big Money // The Gold
Pin // The God of Reconciliation // Ruse and Result // The Job // The Slender Hand // A Moving Scene // The
Way to Health // A Cheerful Room // The Only Witness // Stolen Goods // The Doll
A Well-Kept Life
2014
Library edition: July 2014, 1st edition
Shinchosha Publishing
No ISBN
Digital
£3.94
Notes:
• Translated by Marina Hoshi Whyte and Kim Hines.
• Foreword by Naoki Urasawa.
• 'Short-short Collection Volume 1', original English language collection.
Fiction: An Incident in the Future // On a Dim Planet // A Visitor // Shifts // The Department of Sustainable Living //
The Age of Advertising // The Night We Lost Our Friend // A Secretary on Your Shoulder // A Well-Kept Life // Free
Phone // A Mysterious Young Man // Men in Space // Research // Hit Woman // The Ultimate Luxury // A Tale of
a Night // A Dinosaur Afternoon
The Whimsical Robot
2014
< July 2014, 1st edition
Shinchosha Publishing
No ISBN
Digital
£3.97
Notes:
• Translated by Marina Hoshi and Kim Hines.
• Foreword by Yoshimitsu Sawamoto.
• 'Short-short Collection Volume 2', original English language collection.
Fiction: The Newly Invented Pillow // The Prototype // The Effect of the Medication // A Demon // The Disaster //
Operation Mynah Bird // The Whimsical Robot // The Doctor and His Robot // Plant of Convenience // The
Nighttime Incident // Hello Everybody on Planet Earth! // The Sound of the Trumpet // The Gift // A Message from a
Dream // The Failure // The Eye Drops // Squion // The Hat // The Golden Seaweed // The Instructions He Stole
// Medicated Dreams // The Mysterious Robot // Strange Medicine // The Secret of the Circus // The Bird Song //
Beware of Fire // The Age of Speed // Project Woodpecker // Yukiko's Revenge // A Baffling Broadcast // The Cat
// Flowers and Secrets // The Deal // The Strange Monster // The Dog in the Mirror // Waaah, Waaah
Novels
Voice Net
1969
< July 2014, 1st English language edition
Shinchosha Publishing
No ISBN
Digital
£3.97
Notes:
• Translated by Marina Hoshi Whyte and Kim Hines.
• Foreword by Hideaki Sena.
Short fiction chapbooks
The Other Side of the Swing
1971
< July 2014, 1st English language edition
Shinchosha Publishing
No ISBN
Digital
£3.97
Notes:
• Translated and abridged by Marina Hoshi Whyte and Kim Hines.
• Illustrated by Takashi Goto.
The Spiteful Planet and Other Stories
1978
< 1978, 1st English language edition
Japan Times
ISBN 978-1-974700-09-7
Paperback, 207 pages
Unknown cover price
Notes:
• Translated and with a Translators' Note by Bernard Susser and Tomoyoshi Genkawa.
• Introduction by Shin'ichi Hoshi.
Fiction: The Spiteful Planet // Fine Tuning // The Present Age // The Gift // The Mysterious Footprints //
Emergency Landing // The Bugle's Call // The Premium // The Tortoise and the Hare // The Wild Robot // "If
Winter Comes..." // The Difference // The Toll-Free Telephone // An Infernal Machine // Jack and the Beanstalk //
Cigarettes // Progress // Lucky Guy // The Universal Evaluator // Enthusiasm // The Age of Contracts // The
Visitor // The Wish // The Boogeyman // The Heavenly Body // All Too Human // "I See!" // The Portals of Space
// "Hey, Come Out!" // Bokko
The God with the Laughing Face: Twenty Short Stories
1973
< 1988, 1st English language edition
Asiapac
ISBN 997-198524-1
Paperback, 126 pages
Unknown cover price
Notes:
• Translated by Robert Matthew.
• Introduction by Shin'ichi Hoshi.
Fiction: The God with the Laughing Face // A Laudable Tale of Modern Times // The Emergency Alarm // The
Ancient Secret Recipe // Fingerprints // The Man Who Didn't Like Paying Income Tax // Key Money // Protective
Colouring // The Opportunist // A Night Time Incident // The Scene That Mattered // Heaven's Punishment //
The Thoughtless Companion // The Magician // The Love Rings // The Problem Man // Service // Insanity and
Bullets // Insomnia // The Treasure Ship
The God of Fortune
1991
< 1991, 1st English language edition
Asiapac
ISBN 997-198563-2
Paperback, 161 pages
Unknown cover price
Notes:
• Translated by Robert Matthew.
Fiction: The God of Fortune // Just Before Going To Bed // The Leisure Club // The Mirror // The De Luxe Pistol //
The Controversial Device // The Mysterious Young Man // The Age of Propaganda // The Nasty Man // The Prod //
After Service // The Collector // A Woman And Two Men // Priceless Research // The Speculator // The Blanks //
Profits Guaranteed // Just A Little Accident // The Oath // Distinctions
