Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan

Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan
Author: Various Edited by Haikasoru
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2015-10-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1421586940

A murderer doing time in hell. A girl who just wants to win her high school band contest...no matter what it takes. Sumo wrestlers with a supernatural secret. A future Tokyo where vampires are menial laborers nursing long-held grudges against humanity. And even a very conscientious, if unstable, Universal Transverse Mercator projection. These crime and mystery stories from and about Japan explore myth, technology, the sharpness of a sleuth’s mind, and the darkness in the hearts of criminals. Read these stories and learn that hanzai means crime! Ray Banks Libby Cudmore Brian Evenson Kaori Fujino Jyouji Hayashi Naomi Hirahara Yumeaki Hirayama Violet LeVoit Yusuke Miyauchi S.J. Rozan Hiroshi Sakurazaka Setsuko Shinoda Jeff Somers Genevieve Valentine Carrie Vaughn Chet Williamson -- VIZ Media

Out of This World

Out of This World
Author: Rachel S. Cordasco
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2021-12-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0252052919

The twenty-first century has witnessed an explosion of speculative fiction in translation (SFT). Rachel Cordasco examines speculative fiction published in English translation since 1960, ranging from Soviet-era fiction to the Arabic-language dystopias that emerged following the Iraq War. Individual chapters on SFT from Korean, Czech, Finnish, and eleven other source languages feature an introduction by an expert in the language's speculative fiction tradition and its present-day output. Cordasco then breaks down each chapter by subgenre--including science fiction, fantasy, and horror--to guide readers toward the kinds of works that most interest them. Her discussion of available SFT stands alongside an analysis of how various subgenres emerged and developed in a given language. She also examines the reasons a given subgenre has been translated into English. An informative and one-of-a-kind guide, Out of This World offers readers and scholars alike a tour of speculative fiction's new globalized era.

All She was Worth

All She was Worth
Author: Miyuki Miyabe
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780395966587

Tokyo's Inspector Shunsake Honma investigates the case of a woman who may have murdered another in order to take her identity. A tale of credit cards and debt and rampant consumerism in today's Japan.

The Future Is Japanese

The Future Is Japanese
Author: Various Edited by Haikasoru
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2012-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1421549840

A web browser that threatens to conquer the world. The longest, loneliest railroad on Earth. A North Korean nuke hitting Tokyo, a hollow asteroid full of automated rice paddies, and a specialist in breaking up virtual marriages. And yes, giant robots. These thirteen stories from and about the Land of the Rising Sun run the gamut from fantasy to cyberpunk and will leave you knowing that the future is Japanese! Contributors: Pat Cadigan Toh EnJoe Project Itoh Hideyuki Kikuchi Ken Liu David Moles Issui Ogawa Felicity Savage Ekaterina Sedia Bruce Sterling Rachel Swirsky TOBI Hirotaka Catherynne M. Valente -- VIZ Media

Speculative Japan

Speculative Japan
Author: Gene Van Troyer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2007
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9784902075267

The time is long overdue to present the work of Japanese science fiction and fantasy writers to the world in English. The first book in a planned series, Speculative Japan presents a selection of outstanding works of Japanese science fiction and fantasy in English translation... and a glimpse into new worlds of the imagination. Drawing on the talents of some of the most famous and respected fiction writers of Japan, this anthology will guide you to new dimensions of wonder. First released at Nippon 2007, the 65th World Science Fiction Convention in Yokohama, Japan, it is now available worldwide.

The Gate of Sorrows

The Gate of Sorrows
Author: Miyuki Miyabe
Publisher: Haikasoru
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-08-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781421586526

A series of murders shocks Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward, but Shigenori, a retired police detective, is instead obsessed with a gargoyle that seems to move. College freshman Kotaro launches a web-based investigation of the killer, and comes to find that answers may lie within an abandoned building in the center of Japan’s busiest neighborhood, and beyond the Gate of Sorrows. In this New Adult sequel to Miyabe’s The Book of Heroes, you will meet monsters from other worlds and ordinary horrors that surpass even supernatural threats.

Speculative Japan 2

Speculative Japan 2
Author: Yasumi Kobayashi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2011-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9784902075182

A selection of outstanding works of fantasy and science fiction from Japan, published here in English for the first time to reveal new and very different slices of the Japanese imagination. Following the success of the first Speculative Japan book, Volume 2 explores the visions of best-selling authors across a range of genres, from the heart-warming fantasy of Awa Naoko to the cold, lonely outer spaces of Tani Koshu. Explore the Japanese view of speculative fiction, and discover the similarities and differences that make cross-cultural literature so satisfying.