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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 6d

To select stories for the anthology of classic Japanese sci-fi I'm editing for MIT Press, I started reading this 1971 collection of pre-WWII short stories

Today I read the 1925 short story The Man Traveling With the Brocade Portrait (押絵と旅する男) by Edogawa Ranpo

#japanese #classic #scifi #anthology

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 1d

It has been ten years since the release of my first novel Cash Crash Jubilee. In the latest edition of Almost Real, I look back on how I wrote the Jubilee Cycle trilogy:

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#writingcraft #writing #creativeprocess
#dystopian #cyberpunk #sciencefiction #scifi #trilogy

Writing the Jubilee Cycle Trilogy

Ten years after my novelistic debut

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 3d

clouds over Kawasaki at sunset. Taken from Haneda Airport terminal 3.

#kawasaki #sunset #clouds
#haneda #airport

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 5d

Near transliteration, yes.

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 6d

To select stories for the anthology of classic Japanese sci-fi I'm editing for MIT Press, I started reading this 1971 collection of pre-WWII short stories

Today I read the 1925 short story The Man Traveling With the Brocade Portrait (押絵と旅する男) by Edogawa Ranpo

#japanese #classic #scifi #anthology

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 7d

me giving my first reading in the Japanese language last week.

As part of a Kamakura Poetry Festival event held last Wednesday, I read the opening to my latest short story, Photo Bomber (「フォトボマー」), which appears in the anthology Fear and SF (恐怖とSF), published last month by Hayakawa.

#scifi

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 11d

明日、Kamakura Poetry Festival「詩をフェス」遊星企画の朗読会・ライブに急遽、参加することになりました！　拙作「フォトボマー」（念のためこれは詩ではなくSFの短編小説）を朗読します。スミカ探求舎にて1:30より開催。入場料は無料。

明日、北鎌倉に来れる方は是非！

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 11d

the door that opens to nowhere? Oh that old thing. It's just a gateway to the sky. You step out and whoosh, the city is a toy model far beneath your feet. We painted it saffron after the hue that often spangles clouds at sunset in fall. One glance and you recall the wistful beauty of autumn twilight

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 13d

sunset on Isshiki Beach in Hayama this past Friday.

I wish I could have captured the hundreds of tiny fish leaping from the calm sea as one in the dusk.

#sunset #shonan #hayama
#一色海岸

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 23d

Mount Fuji, that exalted iconic volcano, up close and personal.

I stayed in the sleepy town of Fujiyoshida for the first time this week. Crisp fresh air. Rivers so clear you feel like you could breathe them. The symbol of a nation always looming on the horizon.

#MountFuji #Fujiyoshida #Japan ＃富士山

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · 26d

the crashing surf of Shimoda. My first and maybe only vacation of the year. Why did I never take the train to this rough and golden coast sooner?

#shimoda #izu #japan
#beach #holiday

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Oct 2

In the third instalment of my Japanese Sci-fi History newsletter, I conclude my two part article on the connection between SF and The Japan World Exposition, Osaka, 1970,

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#worldexpo #osaka #expo70
#japanese #scifi #history

JSF#3: The Sci-fi Creators Who Made Osaka Expo ’70 (part 2/2)

How Japanese SF Critiqued Asia's First World's Fair

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Oct 2

In the third instalment of my Japanese Sci-fi History newsletter, I conclude my two part article on the connection between SF and The Japan World Exposition, Osaka, 1970,

open.substack.com/pub/elikpwil...

#worldexpo #osaka #expo70
#japanese #scifi #history

JSF#3: The Sci-fi Creators Who Made Osaka Expo ’70 (part 2/2)

How Japanese SF Critiqued Asia's First World's Fair

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Sep 30

more of these AI-generated author "offers" in my inbox. Funny that I'm supposed to speak at two different book clubs today. (Like the readers don't need any time at all to read the book?)
And no, I do not have a novel titled "Crossing."

#AI #scams #spam #phishing

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Sep 28

my public email address has received all kinds of scam, phishing, and spam for years, but I've recently been drowning in personalized AI generated "offers" for authors. Anyone else getting this?

#AI #slop #scams

Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Sep 27

went to the event space at Kitamura Camera in Shinjuku to see an exhibition of the photography of @cadzqui.bsky.social

#photography #exhibition #shinjuku #tokyo

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Sep 24

some beautiful sumi-e by manga artist and painter Gajo Sakamoto, on display at the Tamashin Art Museum near Tokyo's Tachikawa station. Part of the current exhibit on Sakamoto's best known creation, Tank Tankuro, the first sci-fi manga in history

#sumie #inkpainting #painting
#scifi #manga #tokyo

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Sep 20

almost half way through Dark Matter (2000), the first anthology in history of only speculative fiction stories by black authors. Just finished some fine short stories by Samuel Delany and Nalo Hopkinson. Next up is Octavia Butler.

#speculative #fiction #anthology

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Sep 18

Here it is! My Japanese fiction writing debut! The first short story I’ve ever written from start to finish in my second language!

My story “フォトボマー” (Photo Bomber), is in this anthology “恐怖とSF”（Fear and Sci-fi), released today by Hayakawa, Japan’s oldest and largest SF publisher.

#Japanese #scifi

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Sep 19

Thanks!

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Sep 19

Thank you!

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Sep 18

Here it is! My Japanese fiction writing debut! The first short story I’ve ever written from start to finish in my second language!

My story “フォトボマー” (Photo Bomber), is in this anthology “恐怖とSF”（Fear and Sci-fi), released today by Hayakawa, Japan’s oldest and largest SF publisher.

#Japanese #scifi

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Sep 16

received this pamphlet (c/o Yurika Miyano) commemorating a quarter century since the passing of one of Japan’s first generation SF authors, Ryu Mitsuse (1928-1999)

He is best known for his 1967 novel Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights (百億の昼と千億の夜)

#classic #japanese #speculativefiction

Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Sep 15

some surprisingly edgy art displayed in the Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, a passageway that connects Tokyo Station to Marunouchi Building. The exhibition is part of Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi.

#tokyo #station
#undergound #artgallery #exhibition #space
#art #visualart

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Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com · Sep 14

third floor lobby of the Japan Publishers' Club Building in Jinbocho, Tokyo, the heart of the nation’s publishing industry.

Visited today when I stopped by Hayakawa Festival, an 80th anniversary celebration for Japan's oldest and largest sci-fi publisher.

#book #publishing #japan #tokyo #jinbocho

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