“…the stories you’ll find collected here will broaden your view of what is possible or imaginable, provoking unusual — and sometimes uncomfortable — thoughts. That is as it should be.”
—David BRIN, preface to Speculative Japan Volume 1

While the first volume in the Speculative Japan series concentrated on outstanding works from authors positioned solidly in the SF field, we have deliberately widened the scope of this volume to include stories that are a bit outside the usual definition of "science fiction" , choosing instead to concentrate on "speculative" in an attempt to explore a bit of the immense universe of the Japanese imagination. Most of these authors are appearing in English for the first time, and are sure to open up new dimensions in reading pleasure in a variety of genres.

Contents

AWA Naoko 安房直子
海からの贈り物
translated by Sheryl A. HOGG

ENJOE Toh 円城塔
Freud
translated by Kevin STEINBACH

HORI Akira 堀晃
開封
translated by Roy BERMAN

KAJIO Shinji 梶尾眞治
おもいでエマノン
translated by Edward LIPSETT

KITAKUNI Kōji 北國浩二
靄の中

KOBAYASHI Yasumi 小林泰三
海を見る人
translated by Anthea MURPHY

NAKAI Norio 中井紀夫
山の上の交響楽
translated by Terry GALLAGHER

OGAWA Issui 小川一水
老ヴォールの惑星
translated by Jim HUBBERT

ŌHARA Mariko 大原まり子
銀河ネットワークで歌を歌ったクジラ
translated by Nancy H. ROSS

ONDA Riku 恩田陸
大きな引き出し
translated by Nora Stevens HEATH

TAKAGI Nobuko 髙樹のぶ子
メルクの黄金畑
translated by Dink TANAKA
This translation won the 2009 Kurodahan Press Translation Prize.

TANI Kōshū 谷甲 州
仮装巡洋艦バシリスク
translated by Simon VARNAM

YAMAO Yūko 山尾 悠子
遠近法

Details:

• about 300 pages
• Trade paperback 5" x 8" (127mm x 203mm)
• ISBN-10: 4-902075-18-0
• ISBN-13: 978-4-902075-18-2
• Kurodahan Press Book No. FG-JP0025-L26
• List Price: Pending
• Cover: Katō Naoyuki

Now in translation

• Scheduled publication date: Late 2010