was a Japanese-born American astrophysicist who also wrote

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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

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, died in 1988. 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

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and

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.Interview with Dr. Kondo ''Aiki News'', #87, 1991

Bibliography

* ''Act of God'', Eric Kotani &

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, 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 ''

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''.) * ''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
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