Yoji Kondo
Yoji Kondo | |
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| Born | May 26, 1933 Hitachi, Japan |
| Died | October 9, 2017 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Astrophysicist |
Yoji Kondo (近藤 陽次, Kondō Yōji, born May 26, 1933, died October 9, 2017) was a Japanese-born American astrophysicist who also wrote science fiction 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. [1]
Kondo also edited the non-fiction book Interstellar Travel & Multi-Generational Space Ships, part of the Apogee Books Space Series.
Kondo was also an accomplished teacher of Shodokan Aikido and Judo.[2]
Bibliography
"Act of God", Eric Kotani & John Maddox Roberts, Baen Books (1985, Baen e-book March 2013).
"The Island Worlds", E. Kotani & J.M. Roberts, Baen (1987, Baen e-book March 2013).
"Between the Stars", E. Kotani & J.M. Roberts, Baen (1988, Baen e-book April 2013).
"Delta Pavonis", E. Kotani & J.M. Roberts, Baen Books (1990, Baen e-book March 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.]
"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
- ^ Obituary [1]
- ^ Interview with Dr. Kondo "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 27, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Aiki News", #87, 1991
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