Today is the official release date for The Future is Japanese, an anthology I co-edited with Masumi Washington for Team Rocket! It sure looks neat, see?
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It's the first Haikasoru title with original content by both Japanese and non-Japanese writers. That is to say some of the stories are appearing in translation before they appear in Japanese. Plus, we have new stories from Bruce Sterling, Catherynne Valente, Pat Cadigan, David Moles, Ken Liu, Ekaterina Sedia, Rachel Swirsky, and the triumphant return of Felicity Savage!
Our Japanese authors include Hideyuki Kikuchi (Vampire Hunter D!), Project Itoh (PKD-award citation winner for Harmony), Issui Ogawa (of the Haikasoru books The Last Continent and The Lord of the Sands of Time), Toh EnJoe (whose collection we're releasing soon), and TOBI Hirotaka, whose story I think has serious award potential.
You should buy this book. Partially because I want to do another one. Partially because it's awesome and has a cute cover with an actual Asian person on it. And if you are a bit short this month, you can enter my latest giveaway contest on the future of the short story. We're giving away four copies and will hip anywhere in the world, so get to it.
It's the first Haikasoru title with original content by both Japanese and non-Japanese writers. That is to say some of the stories are appearing in translation before they appear in Japanese. Plus, we have new stories from Bruce Sterling, Catherynne Valente, Pat Cadigan, David Moles, Ken Liu, Ekaterina Sedia, Rachel Swirsky, and the triumphant return of Felicity Savage!
Our Japanese authors include Hideyuki Kikuchi (Vampire Hunter D!), Project Itoh (PKD-award citation winner for Harmony), Issui Ogawa (of the Haikasoru books The Last Continent and The Lord of the Sands of Time), Toh EnJoe (whose collection we're releasing soon), and TOBI Hirotaka, whose story I think has serious award potential.
You should buy this book. Partially because I want to do another one. Partially because it's awesome and has a cute cover with an actual Asian person on it. And if you are a bit short this month, you can enter my latest giveaway contest on the future of the short story. We're giving away four copies and will hip anywhere in the world, so get to it.