Yoji Kondo Explained

Yoji Kondo
Occupation:	Astrophysicist
Birth Date:	26 May 1933
Birth Place:	Hitachi, Japan

was a Japanese-born American astrophysicist who also wrote science fiction under the pseudonym Eric Kotani. He edited Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master (1992), and contributed to New Destinies, Vol. VI/Winter 1988—Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Issue (1988), after his friend, writer Robert A. Heinlein, died in 1988.^[1]

Kondo also edited the non-fiction book Interstellar Travel & Multi-Generational Space Ships, part of the Apogee Books Space Series.

For his work in the NASA Space program, Kondo was awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement^[2]

Yoji Kondo was also an accomplished teacher of Shodokan Aikido and judo.^[3]

Bibliography

• Act of God, Eric Kotani & John Maddox Roberts, Baen Books (1985, Baen e-book March 2013).
• The Island Worlds, E. Kotani & J.M. Roberts, Baen (1987, Baen e-book March 2013).
• Between the Stars, E. Kotani & J.M. Roberts, Baen (1988, Baen e-book April 2013).
• Delta Pavonis, E. Kotani & J.M. Roberts, Baen Books (1990, Baen e-book March 2013).
• Supernova, R. M. Allen & E. Kotani, Avon Books (1991).
• Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master, ed. Y. Kondo, Tor Books (1992). (It became a Book of the Month selection and made the national best-seller list of the San Francisco Chronicle.)
• Death of a Neutron Star, E. Kotani, Pocket Books (1999).
• Legacy of Prometheus, E. Kotani & J. M. Roberts, Tom Doherty Associates (Tor Books) (2000).
• Kotani's short story, "The Edgeworld", is contained in the Martin Greenberg-John Helfer anthology Star Colonies, DAW Books (2000).
• Orbital Station Fear, E. Kotani, published in Teknobook anthology, Space Stations (2004).

External links

• Eric Kotani / Yoji Kondo website

Notes and References

1. https://obittree.com/obituary/us/maryland/glen-burnie/simplicity-cremation--funeral-services-thomas-allen-pa/yoji-kondo/3210082/ Obituary
2. https://baas.aas.org/pub/yoji-kondo-1933-2017/release/1
3. Interview with Dr. Kondo Web site: Dr. Yoji Kondo . February 10, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101227041227/http://www.aikidojournal.com/article?articleID=391 . December 27, 2010 . Aiki News, #87, 1991