Hōsuke Nojiri
Hōsuke Nojiri is a Japanese science fiction writer.
After a career as a CAD programmer and game designer, he was first published in 1992, the Creguian game novelization.
He admires Arthur C. Clarke, and his own works are classified as hard science fiction, favoring planetary science as a theme. His Rocket Girls series deals with human spaceflight in a light novel form with hard SF backing; the reason that only girls are hired as astronauts in the novels is for their light weight.Awards
- 1999: S-F Magazine Readers Award Best Japanese Short Story for "Taiyō no Sandatsusha"
- 2000: Seiun Award Best Short Story of the Year for "Taiyō no Sandatsusha"
- 2002: Seiun Award Best Novel of the Year for
- 2003: Seiun Award Best Novel of the Year for Usurper of the Sun
- 2007: Seiun Award Best Short Story of the Year for "Ō-buroshiki to Kumo no Ito"
- 2008: Seiun Award Best Short Story of the Year for "Chinmoku no Flyby"
- 2009: Seiun Award Best Short Story of the Year for "Nankyokuten no Peer-Peer dōga"
English
- Usurper of the Sun : translation of
- Rocket Girls : translation of
- Rocket Girls: The Last Planet : translation of
