Taiyo Fujii
{{short description|Japanese science fiction writer (born 1971)}}
{{nihongo|Taiyo Fujii|藤井太洋|Fujii Taiyō}} (born 1971 in Amami Ōshima) is a Japanese science fiction writer.{{cite web |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/06/20/books/new-face-japanese-sci-fi-chases-augmented-world |title=The new face of Japanese sci-fi chases an augmented world |first=Iain |last=Maloney |publisher=Japan Times |date=June 20, 2015 |accessdate=August 30, 2015}}
He debuted by self-publishing the e-book version of Gene Mapper in 2012, which was the top of the amazon.co.jp's Best of 2012 Kindle Books in Novel and Literature division. The revised version was published by Hayakawa Publishing in 2013.
He was the chair of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan in 2015–2018.
Awards
- 2015: Nihon SF Taisho for Orbital Cloud
- 2015: Seiun Award Japanese Long Form for Orbital Cloud
- 2022: Seiun Award Japanese Long Form for Man-kinds{{cite web |title=2022年 第53回星雲賞 |url=https://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2022result.html}}
Works
=English translations, long form=
- Gene Mapper (2015), translation of Gene Mapper —full build— (2013)
- Orbital Cloud (2017), translation of Orbital Cloud (2014)
=English translations, short form=
- Hello, World! (ハロー・ワールド), chapter excerpt translated by Reiko Seri and Doc Kane. Kobe, Japan, Maplopo, 2020.
- "Violation of the TrueNet Security Act" (2015), translation of {{nihongo3||コラボレーション|"Koraborēshon"}} (2012)
- "A Fair War" (2016), translation of {{nihongo3||公正的戦闘規範|"Kōseiteki sentō kihan"}} (2015)
- "Eternal Boiler" (2019), translation of {{nihongo3||不滅のコイル|"Fumetsu no koiru"}} (2015)
- "Just Like Migratory Birds" (2021), translation of {{nihongo3||まるで渡り鳥のように|"Marude wataridori no youni"}} (2021)
Notes
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External links
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- [https://maplopo.com/monday-musings/taiyo-fujii-hello-world-in-english/ Maplopo | Taiyo Fujii "Hello, World!" (chapter excerpt In English)]
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Category:People from the Amami Islands
Category:Writers from Kagoshima Prefecture
Category:Japanese science fiction writers
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