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Molly and the Red Hat

I've posted my translation of "Molly and the Red Hat" by Benjamin Rosenbaum here. Thank you Ben, for understanding.

SF Signal

I have posted my take on SF in Japan at SF Signal Mind Meld. I'd like to review some books in Japan here, not particularly SF nor fantasy, but a lot of books have some fantastic elements in them these days.
Yoshio

The Orange by Benjamin Rosenbaum

This past week, "Orange Skies," a love song by one of the 60's most beloved bands, Love, has been ringing in my ears and I didn't know why. Today I've had a class at my translator school and suddenly understood. I let my students work on "The Orange" by Ben Rosenbaum. Beautiful story and a happy one, too. My students love it. And it deserves a happy song to accompany it. I don't know if Ben knows that particular song, or even Love, or not, but sometimes a story reminds me of a song that has no direct link to the story itself, and that insignificant connection usually gives me a joy. When I first read Neuromancer by Bill Gibson, songs of the Pretenders were echoing in my mind. Bill later confirmed me that Molly and Chrissie Hynde are of the same breed. Is there anyone who hears music in a story like that, too?

Charles N. Brown of Locus Died.

The founder and publisher of SF zine Locus has passed away. I've been the Japanese agent of that magazine for past two decades. I've just written an obituary for its July issue. Sad, terribly sad.

New Generation Gap Questionnaire

We're happy to open our site. Our first entry is New Generation Gap Questionnaire at Observation page. The questionnaire was originally translated and published in shorter version at Hayakawa's SF Magazine, June 2009 issue. If you'd like to leave a comment, do it here.