The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories by John L. Apostolou (.ePUB)
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The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories by John L. Apostolou & Martin H. Greenberg (editors)
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Overview: Godzilla and the other wonderful, bizarre superheroes and monsters, represent the limited image that many people have of Japanese science fiction—but in Japan these creatures are intended for children. Japan’s highly imaginative SF and fantasy literature come from an ancient tradition of legends and myths. Yet they are not well known in the West, because so little has been translated and published in English. This collection presents Japan’s brightest, weirdest, and best speculative fiction, gathered and polished over a number of years by a number of talented translators.
Despite the increase in SF publications and the growth of SF fandom, most of the science fiction published in Japan in the 1960s were translations of stories and novels written in English. But a new wave of Japanese SF writers had arrived on the scene. Men of originality and talent, they were not content to imitate the work of American and British authors. This anthology is comprised of short stories by these writers and those who followed in their footsteps.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
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