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• Translated SF and fantasy books published in Nobember are:
  
  Hayakawa Bunko SF / Hayakawa Publishing:
  
  • (Perry Rhodan series, No. 295), by H. G. Ewers & Clark Darlton (translator: Hiroshi Igarashi), ISBN: 4-15-011462-5.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Shadow of the Hegemon, by Orson Scott Card (translator: Kazue Tanaka), ISBN: 4-15-011463-3, 4-15-011464-1.
    [ Amazon.co.jp: Part 1 /Part 2 | BK1: Part 1 /Part 2 ]
    
    
  Hayakawa Bunko FT / Hayakawa Publishing:
  
  • The Path of Daggers, Part 3 of 5 (The Wheel of Time, Book 8), by Robert Jordan (translator: Hakukou Saito), ISBN: 4-15-020348-2.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Blood of the Fold, Part 4 of 4 (Sword of Truth, Book 3), by Terry Goodkind (translator: Chiori Sada), ISBN: 4-15-020349-0.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  Sogen Suiri Bunko / Tokyo Sogensha:
  
  • Winds of Fate (The Mage Winds, Book 1), by Mercedes Lackey (translator: Midori Yamaguchi), ISBN: 4-488-57706-7, 4-488-57707-5.
    [ Amazon.co.jp: Part 1 /Part 2 | BK1: Part 1 /Part 2 ]
    
    
  Other Publishers:
  
  • Eagle Strike (An Alex Rider Adventure, Book 4), by Anthony Horowitz (translator: Mari Morishima, publisher: Shueisha), ISBN: 4-08-773402-1.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • The Sands of Time (A Hermux Tantamoq Adventure, Book 2), by Michael Hoeye (translator: Yasuhi Amezawa, publisher: Sony Magazines), ISBN: 4-7897-2152-3.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr, by Garth Nix, (translator: Masaru Harada , publisher: Shufunotomo), ISBN: 4-07-233610-6.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Ice, by Steve Bowkett, (translator: Ritsuko Sanbe , publisher: Basilico), ISBN: 4-901784-23-4.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  (Dec 21, 2003)

• The January 2004 issue of SF magazine (no. 573) contents:
  
  
  • Lem in Nutshell [interview], by Peter Swirski (translator: Yoichi Shimada),
  • The Spearhead of Cognition [essay], by Bruce Sterling (translator: Susumu Niijima),
  • A Robinson in the Sea of Information [essay], byDranz Rottensteiner (translator: Akiyoshi Shikina),
  • Patient Zero, by Tananarive Due (translator: Hisashi Asakura),
    
    
  and some essays, stories, and serial novels by Japanese authors. This issue features Stanislaw Lem.
  
  (Dec 21, 2003)

• Translated SF and fantasy books published in October are:
  
  Hayakawa Bunko SF / Hayakawa Publishing:
  
  • Die Flotte der Retter / Die Uberlebensspezialisten (Perry Rhodan series, No. 294), by Hans Kneifel & H. G. Ewers (translator: Hirosuke Watanabe), ISBN: 4-15-011459-5.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Heaven's Reach (The Uplift Saga, Book 6), by David Brin (translator: Akinobu Sakai), ISBN: 4-15-011460-9, 4-15-011461-7.
    [ Amazon.co.jp: Part 1 /Part 2 | BK1: Part 1 /Part 2 ]
    
    
  Hayakawa Bunko FT / Hayakawa Publishing:
  
  • The Path of Daggers, Part 2 of 5 (The Wheel of Time, Book 8), by Robert Jordan (translator: Hakukou Saito), ISBN: 4-15-020346-6.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • The Colour of Her Panties (Xanth, Book 15), by Piers Anthony (translator: Junko Yamada), ISBN: 4-15-020347-4.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  Sogen Suiri Bunko / Tokyo Sogensha:
  
  • Mystery Walk, by Robert R. McCammon (translator: Kazuko Yamada), ISBN: 4-488-55801-1, 4-488-55802-X.
    [ Amazon.co.jp: Part 1 /Part 2 | BK1: Part 1 /Part 2 ]
    
    
  Sony Magazines Bunko / Sony Magazines:
  
  • Tatooine Ghost (Star Wars), by Troy Denning, (translator: Kazuko Tominaga), ISBN: 4-7897-2130-2, 4-7897-2131-0.
    [ Amazon.co.jp: Part 1 /Part 2 | BK1: Part 1 /Part 2 ]
    
    
  Other Publishers:
  
  • Die Nacht der lebenden Scheuchen (Sieben Siegel 06), by Kai Meyer (translator: Hiroyasu Yamazaki*, publisher: Poplar Publishing), ISBN: 4-591-07833-7.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Castle (The Seventh Tower, Book 2), by Garth Nix (translator: Kaoru Nishimoto*, publisher: Shogakukan), ISBN: 4-09-290352-9.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Dragons of Summer Flame, Part 1 of 3 (DragonLance Chronicles), by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, (translator: Hitoshi Yasuda, publisher: ASCII), ISBN: 4-7577-1580-3t.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  (Dec 21, 2003)

• The December 2003 issue of SF magazine (no. 572) contents:
  
  
  • Dinner in Audoghast, by Bruce Sterling (translator: Takashi Ogawa),
  • The Cannon, by Kelly Link (translator: Yukiko Kaneko),
  • The Discharge, by Christopher Priest (translator: Yoshimichi Furusawa),
  • Sharon Shinn: Religion & Romance [interview], by Locus (translator: Yoshio Nakano),
  • Robert Jordan : The Name Behind the Wheel [interview], by Locus (translator: Satoru Yaguchi),
    
    
  and a story and some serial novels by Japanese authors.
  
  (Dec 21, 2003)

• Translated SF and fantasy books published in September are:
  
  Hayakawa Bunko SF / Hayakawa Publishing:
  
  • Das Doppelspiel des Arkoniden / Der Riese aus dem All (Perry Rhodan series, No. 293), by William Voltz & H.G. Francis (translator: Momoko Akasaka), ISBN: 4-15-011457-9.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang (translator: Hisashi Aaskura and Others), ISBN: 4-15-011458-7.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  Hayakawa Bunko FT / Hayakawa Publishing:
  
  • The Path of Daggers, Part 1 of 5 (The Wheel of Time, Book 8), by Robert Jordan (translator: Hakukou Saito), ISBN: 4-15-020344-X.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Blood of the Fold, Part 3 of 4 (Sword of Truth, Book 3), by Terry Goodkind (translator: Chiori Sada), ISBN: 4-15-020345-8.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  Sogen SF Bunko / Tokyo Sogensha:
  
  • Son One's Century and other stories (Original East European SF Anthology #1), (translator: Tadashi Fukami and others), ISBN: 4-488-65801-6, (re).
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Tarzanova Smrt and other stories (Original East European SF Anthology #2), (translator: Tadashi Fukami and others), ISBN: 4-488-65802-4, (re).
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • (Original Russian SF Anthology #1), (translator: Tadashi Fukami and others), ISBN: 4-488-65701-X, (re).
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • (Original Russian SF Anthology #2), (translator: Tadashi Fukami and others), ISBN: 4-488-65702-8, (re).
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • War with the Gizmos, by Murray Leinsteer, (translator: Jun Nagai), ISBN: 4-488-62102-3, (re).
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  Sogen Suiri Bunko / Tokyo Sogensha:
  
  • Wizard's Den, edited by Peter Haining (translator: Kanako Ohtomo*), ISBN: 4-488-57205-7.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  Other Publishers:
  
  • The Queen of Attolia, Part 2, by Megan Whalen Turner (translator: Mizuhitoto Kanehara & Hiromi Miyasaka*, publisher: Akane Shobo), ISBN: 4-251-06283-3.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Drachenreiter, by Cornelia Funke (translator: Naoko Hosoi, publisher: Wave Publishers), ISBN: 4-87290-162-2.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Julie, by Cora Taylor (translator: Yumiko Sakuma, publisher: Shogakukan), ISBN: 4-09-290334-0.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, by Eoin Colfer (translator: Hiroshi Okubo, publisher: Kadowaka Shoten), ISBN: 4-04-791458-4.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Alanna: The First Adventure, by Tamora Pierce (translator: Yuko Honma*, publisher: PHP Institute,Inc.), ISBN: 4-569-68421-1.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  (Dec 21, 2003)

• The November 2003 issue of SF magazine (no. 571) contents:
  
  
  • Reef, by Paul J. McAuley (translator: Yoichi Shimada),
  • At Dorado, by Geoffrey A. Landis (translator: Kazuko Onoda),
  • Great Wall of Mars, by Alasteir Reynolds (translator: Naoya Nakahara),
    
    
  and a story and some serial novels by Japanese authors.
  
  (Dec 21, 2003)

• Translated SF and fantasy books published in August are:
  
  Hayakawa Bunko SF / Hayakawa Publishing:
  
  • Der Ara und die Verzweifelten / Der Mutantenplan (Perry Rhodan series, No. 292), by William Voltz & H.G. Francis (translator: Haruki Amanuma), ISBN: 4-15-011452-8.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Lost Boys, by Orson Scott Card (translator: Fusa Obi), ISBN: 4-15-011453-6, 4-15-011454-4, (re).
    [ Amazon.co.jp: Part 1 /Part 2 | BK1: Part 1 /Part 2 ]
    
    
  • The Dying Light (Evergence, Book 2), by Sean Williams & Shane Dix (translator: Kazuko Onoda), ISBN: 4-15-011455-2, 4-15-011456-0.
    [ Amazon.co.jp: Part 1 /Part 2 | BK1: Part 1 /Part 2 ]
    
    
  Hayakawa Bunko FT / Hayakawa Publishing:
  
  • Destiny: Child of the Sky, by Elizabeth Haydon (translator: Akiko Iwahara), ISBN: 4-15-020342-3, 4-15-020343-1.
    [ Amazon.co.jp: Part 1 /Part 2 | BK1: Part 1 /Part 2 ]
    
    
  Sogen Suiri Bunko / Tokyo Sogensha:
  
  • Year of the Griffin, by Diana Wynne Jones (translator: Mizuhitoto Kanehara, Hiromi Nakamura), ISBN: 4-488-57204-9.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  Sony Magazines Bunko / Sony Magazines:
  
  • Force Heretic II: Refugee (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 16), by Shane Dix, Sean Williams, (translator: Kazuko Tominaga), ISBN: 4-7897-2084-5, 4-7897-2085-3.
    [ Amazon.co.jp: Part 1 /Part 2 | BK1: Part 1 /Part 2 ]
    
    
  Other Publishers:
  
  • Fearie Wars, by Herbie Brennan (translator: Yukari Taneda, publisher: Sony Magazines), ISBN: 4-7897-2095-0.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Schattenengel (Sieben Siegel 05), by Kai Meyer (translator: Hiroyasu Yamazaki*, publisher: Poplar Publishing), ISBN: 4-591-07809-4.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • The Great Pyramid Robbery (The Seven Fabulous Wonders), by Katherine Roberts, (translator: Yuko Yoneyama*, publisher: Shueisha), ISBN: 4-08-773373-4.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Second Generation, Part 2 of 2 (DragonLance Chronicles), by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, (translator: Hitoshi Yasuda, publisher: ASCII), ISBN: 4-7577-1516-1.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  (Dec 21, 2003)

• The October 2003 issue of SF magazine (no. 570) contents:
  
  
  • �B �������p�~�u �x�p�����t�����u�s�� �����~���p, by �E�r�s�u�~�y�z �y �L���q���r�� �L���{�y�~�� [Yevgeny Lukin] (translator: Yukiko Sato*), (Russian)
  • Kle', by Natasha Beaulieu (translator: Yukiko Kaneko), (French)
  • Der Sturmwart, by Marcus Hammerschmitt (translator: Akiyoshi Shikina), (German)
  • ����, by �y�T (translator: Hisayuki Hayashi), (Chinese)
  • El fin de una dinasti'a o Historia natural de los burones, by Ange'lica Gorodischer (translator: Tomo Inoue, (Spanish, Argentine),
    
    
  and some stories and serial novels by Japanese authors. This issue features "non-English countries' SF". Sorry if this cannot be read.
  
  (Dec 21, 2003)

• The 34th Seiun Awards have been anounced at T-con 2003, the 42st Japan Science Fiction Convention, Shiobara-Onsen, Tochigi on July 19-21, 2003.
  
  
  • Japanese NOVEL :
    "Toiyou no Sandatsusya" [The Sun Usurper]
    by Housuke Nojiri
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Japanese SHORT STORY :
    "Ore ha Misairu" [I, Missile]
    by Mizuhito Akiyama
    (SF magazine Feb. 2002 and May 2002 issues)
    
    
  • Translated NOVEL :
    "Iri-garu Eirian" (Illegal Alien)
    byRobert J. Sawyer, translated by Masayuki Uchida
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Translated SHORT STORY :
    "Ruminasu" (Luminous)
    by Greg Egan, translated by Makoto Yamagishi
    The Best Science Fiction of the Nineties, edited by Makoto Yamagishi.
    [ Amazon.co.jp : Part 1 / Part 2 | BK1 : Part 1 / Part 1 ]
    
    
  • MEDIA (audio-visual media, movies, dramas, etc.) :
    "Hoshi no Koe (The voices of a distant star)"
    by Makoto Shinkai, CoMix Wave
    [ Amazon.co.jp DVD ]
    
    
  • COMIC :
    "Kuronoaizu" [Chrono Eyes]
    by Yuuichi Hasagawa, Kodansha
    [ BK1 ]
    
    
  • ART (profrssional artist) :
    Makoto Shinkai
    
    
  • NONFICTION :
    "Uchu heno pasupoto" [Passport for stars]
    by Yuuichi Sasamoto, Asahi Sonorama
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • FREE (SF related fact) :
    HRP-2 Promet
    by Yutaka Izubuchi (design), Kawade Industries, inc. et al.
    
  
  
  (Dec. 21, 2003)

• Translated SF and fantasy books published in July are:
  
  Hayakawa Bunko SF / Hayakawa Publishing:
  
  • Die Geistermutanten / Die Mutantenfanger (Perry Rhodan series, No. 291), by Kurt Mahr & Hans Kneifel (translator: Hiroshi Igarashi), ISBN: 4-15-011450-1.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Reason to Be Cheerful and Other Stories, by Greg Egan (translator: Makoto Yamagishi), ISBN: 4-15-011451-X.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  Hayakawa Bunko FT / Hayakawa Publishing:
  
  • Eight Skilled Gentleman, by Barry Hughart (translator: Momoko Wani), ISBN: 4-15-020340-7.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Blood of the Fold, Part 2 of 4 (Sword of Truth, Book 3), by Terry Goodkind (translator: Chiori Sada), ISBN: 4-15-020341-5.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  Sogen SF Bunko / Tokyo Sogensha:
  
  • First Lensman, by E. E. Smith, (translator: Rei Kozumi), ISBN: 4-488-60320-3, (re).
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  Other Publishers:
  
  • Coraline, by Neil Gaiman (translator: Mizuhitoto Kanehara & Hiromi Nakamura, publisher: Kadowaka Shoten Publishing), ISBN: 4-04-791445-2.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • T2: The Future War, by S.M. Stirling (translator: Toru Ishida*, publisher: Takeshobo Bunko/ Takeshobo), ISBN: 4-8124-1242-0, 4-8124-1243-9.
    [ Amazon.co.jp: Part 1 /Part 2 | BK1: Part 1 /Part 2 ]
    
    
  • The Queen of Attolia, Part 1, by Megan Whalen Turner (translator: Mizuhitoto Kanehara & Hiromi Miyasaka, publisher: Akane Shobo), ISBN: 4-251-06282-5.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Rowan of the Bukshah (Rowan of Rin, Book 5), by Emily Rodda, (translator: Yumiko Sakuma, publisher: Asunaro Shobo), ISBN: 4-7515-2115-2.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Die Fliessende Koenigin 01, by Kai Meyer (translator: Akiko Tohyama*, publisher: Asunaro Shobo), ISBN: 4-7515-2128-4.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • The Wizard's Castle / The High King's Daughter (Circle of Magic Series 5&6), by Debra Doyle & James D. MacDonald, (translator: Keiko Musya*, publisher: Shogakukan), ISBN: 4-09-290343-X.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Jenseits des Jahrtausends (Sieben Siegel), by Kai Meyer (translator: Hiroyasu Yamazaki*, publisher: Poplar Publishing), ISBN: 4-591-07779-9.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  • Le Zoo Ensorcele' (Peggy Sue et les fantomes, tome 4), by Serge Brussolo (translator: Yukiko Kaneko*, publisher: Kadokawa Shoten), ISBN: 4-04-791455-X.
    [ Amazon.co.jp | BK1 ]
    
    
  (Dec 21, 2003)

• The September 2003 issue of SF magazine (no. 569) contents:
  
  
  • Curse of the Snake, by Storm Constantine (translator: Sayako Asaba),
  • And Salome Danced, by Kelly Eskridge (translator: Hisashi Asakura),
  • Venus Rising, by Carol Emshwiller (translator: Yoichi Shimada),
  • Pornography by Woman for Woman, with Love [essay], by Joanna Russ (translator: Satoru Yaguchi),
  • Interview with Lynn Hershman Lesson (Director of "Clone of Ada") [interview], by Mari Kotani,
    
    
  and a story and some serial novels by Japanese authors.
  
  (Dec 21, 2003)

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