Chōhei Kambayashi
Chōhei Kambayashi | |
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| Native name | 神林 長平 |
| Born | Kiyoshi Takayanagi (高柳 清, Takayanagi Kiyoshi) July 10, 1953 Niigata, Japan |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | Nagaoka National College of Technology |
| Genre | Science fiction |
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Chōhei Kambayashi (神林長平, Kanbayashi Chōhei) (born July 10, 1953) is a Japanese science fiction writer.
Born in
SF Magazine poll he was ranked third best Japanese SF writer of all time;[3] and in 2014 poll, the second.[4]
Kambayashi received Nihon SF Taishō Award in 1995 for Kototsubo.[5] He was the chairman of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan in 2001-2003.[6]
His writing often blurs reality and alternate reality. Early works, such as May Peace Be On Your Soul,[7] were often compared to Philip K. Dick,[8] as Kambayashi himself acknowledges that Dick's works led him to science fiction writing.
Probably his most popular work is animated video series in 2002-2005.
Another popular work, Enemy Is Pirate,animated video series released in 1989.
Bibliography
Titles with asterisk * are short story collection. Titles with dagger † are series story collection.
- Kitsune to odore (狐と踊れ, Dance with a Fox) (1981, ISBN 978-4-15-030995-4) dropped "Teki wa kaizoku" and added "Rakusa", "Tsuta momiji", "Bakurei", "Kisei". *
- Anata no tamashii ni yasuragiare (あなたの魂に安らぎあれ) (1983)
- Shichidō otoshi (七胴落とし) (1983)
- Teki wa kaizoku, kaizokuban (敵は海賊・海賊版, Enemy Pirates, Pirate Edition) (1983)
- Kotobatsukaishi (言葉使い師) (1983) *
- Sentō yōsei yukikaze (戦闘妖精・雪風) (1984); Revised version: Sentō yōsei yukikaze <kai> (戦闘妖精・雪風<改>) (2002); English translation: Yukikaze (2010, ISBN 978-1-4215-3255-4, published by Viz Media/Haikasoru) †
- Taiyō no ase (太陽の汗) (1985)
- Purizumu (プリズム, Prism) (1986) †
- Uchū tansaki mēwaku ichiban (宇宙探査機 迷惑一番) (1986)
- Koyoi, ginga o hai ni shite (今宵、銀河を杯にして) (1987)
- Aoi kuchizuke (蒼いくちづけ) (1987)
- Kikai tachi no jikan (機械たちの時間) (1987) †
- Jikanshoku (時間触) (1987) *
- Teki wa kaizoku, neko tachi no kyōen (敵は海賊・猫たちの饗宴) (1988)
- Runatikan (ルナティカン) (1988)
- Kafuka toshi (過負荷都市) (1988) †
- Yū no sekai (Uの世界) (1989) †
- Teiō no kara (帝王の殻) (1990)
- Shinsetsu ga ippai (親切がいっぱい) (1990)
- Kanpeki na namida (完璧な涙) (1990) †
- Ware katarite sekai ari (我語りて世界あり) (1990)
- Teki wa kaizoku, kaizoku tachi no yūutsu (敵は海賊・海賊たちの憂鬱) (1991)
- Shi shite saku hana, mi no aru yume (死して咲く花、実のある夢) (1992)
- Izayoi no tsuki (猶予の月) (1992)
- Tengoku ni sokkuri na hoshi (天国にそっくりな星) (1993)
- Teki wa kaizoku, futeki na kyūka (敵は海賊・不敵な休暇) (1993)
- Kototsubo (言壷) (1994) †
- Teki wa kaizoku, kaizoku ka no ichinichi (敵は海賊・海賊課の一日) (1995)
- Tamashii no kudōtai (魂の駆動体) (1995)
- Raitojīn no isan (ライトジーンの遺産) (1997) †
- Teki wa kaizoku, Ei kyū no teki (敵は海賊・A級の敵) (1997)
- Guddo rakku sentō yōsei yukikaze (グッドラック 戦闘妖精・雪風) (1999); English translation: Good Luck, Yukikaze (2011, ISBN 978-1-4215-3901-0)
- Eikyū kikan sōchi (永久帰還装置) (2001)
- Rāzefon jikan chōritsushi (ラーゼフォン 時間調律師) (2002)
- Koyubi no saki no tenshi (小指の先の天使) (2003) *
- Bakugekiki no tobu sora (麦撃機の飛ぶ空) (2004) *
- Hadae no shita (膚の下) (2004)
- Kyōzō no teki (鏡像の敵) (2005) *
- Teki wa kaizoku, seigi no me (敵は海賊・正義の眼) (2007)
- Anburōkun arō sentō yōsei yukikaze (アンブロークン アロー 戦闘妖精・雪風, Unbroken Arrow) (2009)
- Teki wa kaizoku, tanpenban (敵は海賊・短篇版) (2009) *
- Ima shūgōteki muishiki o (いま集合的無意識を、) (2012) *
- Bokura wa toshi o aisite ita (ぼくらは都市を愛していた) (2012)
- Teki wa kaizoku, kaizoku no teki (敵は海賊・海賊の敵) (2013)
- Dare no musuko demo nai (だれの息子でもない) (2014)
- Kōshudai no mokushiroku (絞首台の黙示録) (2015)
- Fomaruhauto no mittsu no shokudai (フォマルハウトの三つの燭台) (2017)
- Ōbārōdo no machi (オーバーロードの街) (2017)
Notes
- ^ "Dance with Fox" (狐と踊れ, Kitsune to odore) (1979). In a collection of the same title (1981).
- ^ 星雲賞リスト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- ^ Locus Online
- ^ S-F Magajin, July 2014, Hayakawa Shobō
- ^ Word Pot (言壷, Kototsubo) (1994)
- ^ "History of SFWJ" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- ^ May Peace Be On Your Soul (あなたの魂に安らぎあれ, Anata no tamashii ni yasuragi are) (1983)
- ISBN 4-15-030173-5.
- S-Fマガジン(in Japanese) (700). Hayakawa Shobō: 334–335.)
- ^ Enemy Is Pirate (敵は海賊, Teki wa kaizoku)
References
- Ran Ishidō. "Kambayashi Chitai" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-06-13.
External links
- Kanbayashi Chōhei in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- Chohei Kambayashi at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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