Chōhei Kambayashi Explained
| Chōhei Kambayashi |
| Native Name: | 神林 長平 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Date: | 10 July 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Niigata, Japan |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Alma Mater: | Nagaoka National College of Technology |
| Genre: | Science fiction |
| Awards: | |
(born July 10, 1953) is a Japanese science fiction writer.
Born in Niigata, Kambayashi graduated Nagaoka National College of Technology. He debuted in 1979 with the short story "Dance with a Fox",[1] which was an honorable mention of the 5th Hayakawa SF Contest. He quickly became fan favorite, and he won the Seiun Award eight times (five for novels, three for short stories) during his career.[2] In a 2006 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 Yukikaze.[9] It was made into an animated video series in 2002-2005.
Another popular work, Enemy Is Pirate, which consists of nine books (as of 2013), is a lighter toned space opera series. There was an animated video series released in 1989.
Bibliography
Titles with asterisk * are short story collection.Titles with dagger † are series story collection.
- (1981,); New edition (2010,) dropped "Teki wa kaizoku" and added "Rakusa", "Tsuta momiji", "Bakurei", "Kisei". *
- (1983)
- (1983)
- (1983)
- (1983) *
- (1984); Revised version: (2002); English translation: Yukikaze (2010,, published by Viz Media/Haikasoru) †
- (1985)
- (1986) †
- (1986)
- (1987)
- (1987)
- (1987) †
- (1987) *
- (1988)
- (1988)
- (1988) †
- (1989) †
- (1990)
- (1990)
- (1990) †
- (1990)
- (1991)
- (1992)
- (1992)
- (1993)
- (1993)
- (1994) †
- (1995)
- (1995)
- (1997) †
- (1997)
- (1999); English translation: Good Luck, Yukikaze (2011,)
- (2001)
- (2002)
- (2003) *
- (2004) *
- (2004)
- (2005) *
- (2007)
- (2009)
- (2009) *
- (2012) *
- (2012)
- (2013)
- (2014)
- (2015)
- (2017)
- (2017)
References
External links
Notes and References
- (1979). In a collection of the same title (1981).
- Web site: http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/list.html . ja:星雲賞リスト . Japanese . 2009-05-10.
- http://www.locusmag.com/2006/News/03_HayakawaAllTimePoll.html Locus Online
- S-F Magajin, July 2014, Hayakawa Shobō
- (1994)
- Web site: History of SFWJ . Japanese . 2009-05-10 . 2013-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014095015/http://www.sfwj.or.jp/club.html . dead .
- (1983)
- Book: Ryohei Takahashi . Kaisetsu . Kotobazukaishi . Japanese . Chohei Kambayashi . Hayakawa Shobō . 1983 . 4-15-030173-5.
- It was 9th in the domestic novel ranking of All-Time Best survey of S-F Magazine in 2006. (Web site: Hayakawa's SF Magazine's All-Time Best SF . March 10, 2006 . June 8, 2009.) In 2014 poll, Yukikaze and the Yukikaze trilogy are counted separately, both ranked at 10th, equivalent to 4th place if combined. (. Japanese . 700 . July 2014 . ja:2014オールタイム・ベストSF結果発表 国内長篇部門 . Katsuki . Yoshihiro . 334–335 . Hayakawa Shobō .)
