Shinichi Hoshi
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Shinichi Hoshi (星 新一 Hoshi Shin'ichi, September 6, 1926 - December 30, 1997) was a Japanese novelist and science fiction writer. He is best known for his "short-short" science-fiction stories, often no more than three or four pages, of which he wrote over 1000. He also wrote mysteries, and won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Mōsō Ginkō (Delusion Bank) in 1968.
His friend Osamu Tezuka used his name for a character in Amazing 3, a cartoon series which Tezuka produced in 1967.
His short-short was translated in English and published on Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1963.
His books translated into in English include There Was a Knock, a collection of 15 stories, and The Spiteful Planet and Other Stories.
[edit] Bibliography
- The Spiteful Planet and Other Stories, Japan Times, 1978
- There Was a Knock, Kodansha, 1984 ISBN 4-06-186003-8
- The Capricious Robot, Kodansha International, 1986 ISBN 4-7700-2212-3
- The Bag of Surprises, Kodansha International, 1989 ISBN 4-7700-2229-8
