was a Japanese-born American
astrophysicist who also wrote
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
under the pseudonym Eric Kotani. He edited ''
Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master'' (1992), and contributed to ''
New Destinies, Vol. VI/Winter 1988—Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Issue'' (1988), after his friend, writer
Robert A. Heinlein, died in 1988.
Kondo also edited the non-fiction book ''
Interstellar Travel & Multi-Generational Space Ships'', part of the
Apogee Books Space Series.
For his work in the NASA Space program, Kondo was awarded the
NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement
Yoji Kondo was also an accomplished teacher of
Shodokan Aikido and
judo
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.
[Interview with Dr. Kondo ''Aiki News'', #87, 1991]
Bibliography
* ''Act of God'', Eric Kotani &
John Maddox Roberts, Baen Books (1985
Baen e-bookMarch 2013).
* ''
The Island Worlds'', E. Kotani & J.M. Roberts, Baen (1987
Baen e-bookMarch 2013).
* ''Between the Stars'', E. Kotani & J.M. Roberts, Baen (1988
Baen e-bookApril 2013).
* ''Delta Pavonis'', E. Kotani & J.M. Roberts, Baen Books (1990
Baen e-bookMarch 2013).
* ''Supernova'', R. M. Allen & E. Kotani, Avon Books (1991).
* ''Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master'', ed. Y. Kondo, Tor Books (1992). (It became a Book of the Month selection and made the national best-seller list of the ''
San Francisco Chronicle
The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It was founded in 1865 as ''The Daily Dramatic Chronicle'' by teenage brothers Charles de Young and M. H. de Young, Michael H. ...
''.)
* ''Death of a Neutron Star'', E. Kotani, Pocket Books (1999).
* ''Legacy of Prometheus'', E. Kotani & J. M. Roberts, Tom Doherty Associates (Tor Books) (2000).
* Kotani's short story, "The Edgeworld", is contained in the Martin Greenberg-John Helfer anthology ''Star Colonies'', DAW Books (2000).
* ''Orbital Station Fear'', E. Kotani, published in Teknobook anthology, ''Space Stations'' (2004).
References
External links
Eric Kotani / Yoji Kondo website*
1933 births
2017 deaths
20th-century Japanese novelists
21st-century Japanese novelists
Japanese science fiction writers
20th-century Japanese astronomers
Japanese astrophysicists
Scientists from Ibaraki Prefecture
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