Speculative Japan 1: Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy

anthology

edited by Gene Van Troyer and Grania Davis

Published: Kurodahan Press - trade paperback - 2007
ISBN: 4902075261 / 9784902075267


Contents
Preface ( Speculative Japan ) - essay by David Brin
Judy-san - Judith Merril, 1923-1997 - essay by Grania Davis
Introduction: Phase Shifting - essay by Gene Van Troyer
The Savage Mouth - short fiction by Komatsu Sakyō  ( Sakyo Komatsu ) ( aka Kyōbō-na Kuchi ( 凶暴な口 ) 1969 ) ( trans. by Judith Merril )
A Time for Revolution - short story by Hirai Kazumasa ( aka 革命のとき 1963 ) ( trans. by David Aylward )
Hikari - short story by Tensei Kono ( as by Kono Tensei ) ( aka 光 1976 ) ( trans. by Dana Lewis )
I'll Get Rid of Your Discontent - short story by Mayumura Taku ( aka 不満処理します1962 ) ( trans. by M. Hattori & Grania Davis )
The Road to the Sea - short story by Takashi Ishikawa ( aka 魔法使いの夏 1981 ) ( trans. by Judith Merill & Tetsu Yano )
Where Do the Birds Fly Now - novelette by Yamano Koichi ( aka 鳥はいまどこを飛ぶか 1971 ) ( trans, by Dana Lewis )
Another Prince of Wales - short story by Toyota Aritsune ( aka プリンス・オブ・ウェールズ再び) 1970 ) ( trans. by David Aylward )
The Flower's Life Is Short - short story by Fukushima Masami ( aka 花の命は短くて 1967 ) ( trans. by Judith Merill & Tetsu Yano )
Girl - short story by Mariko Ohara ( aka 少女 1984 ) ( trans. by Alfred Birnbaum )
Standing Woman - short story by Yasutaka Tsutsui ( as by Tsutsui Yasutaka ) ( aka Tatazumi Hito ( 佇むひと ) 1974 ) ( trans, by Dana Lewis )
Cardboard Box - short story by Ryo Hammura ( as by Hanmura Ryō ) ( aka ボール箱 1974 ) ( trans. by Dana Lewis )
The Legend of the Paper Spaceship - novelette by Tetsu Yano (( as by Yano Tetsu ) ( excerpt / start of Origami Uchuusen no Dentetsu ( 折紙宇宙船の伝説 ) 1978 ) ( trans. by Tomoko Oshiro & Gene van Troyer )
Reiko's Universe Box - short story by Shinji Kajio ( aka 玲子の箱宇宙 1981 ) ( trans. by T., Toyoda )
Mogera Wogura - short story by Kawakami Hiromi ( aka モゲラ ) ( trans. by Michael Emmerich )
Adrenalin - poem by Yoshimasu Gozo ( aka アドレナリン ) ( trans. by author & Marilyn Chin )
Collective Reason: A Proposal - essay by Takumi Shibano ( as by Shibano Takumi ) ( aka 集団理性』の提唱 ) ( trans. by Xavier Bensky )
Afterword: "From Vertical to Horizontal" - essay by Asakura Hisashi
Editor's afterword: "Translator as Hero" - essay by Grania Davis