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Yoji Kondo

Yoji Kondo

Japanese-born American 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]

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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

  1. [1]
    Obituary
  2. [2]
    Interview with Dr. Kondo "Dr. Yoji Kondo". Archived from the original on December 27, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2011. Aiki News, #87, 1991


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