Yoji Kondo
Yoji Kondo | |
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Born | (1933-05-26)May 26, 1933 Hitachi, Japan |
Died | October 9, 2017(2017-10-09) (aged 84) |
Occupation | Astrophysicist |
Yoji Kondo (近藤 陽次, Kondō Yōji, May 26, 1933 – 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.
For his work in the NASA Space program, Kondo was awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement[2]
Yoji Kondo was also an accomplished teacher of Shodokan Aikido and judo.[3]
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
External links
- Eric Kotani / Yoji Kondo website
- Yoji Kondo at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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