Yoji Kondo

Yoji Kondo
Born(1933-05-26)May 26, 1933
Hitachi, Japan
DiedOctober 9, 2017(2017-10-09) (aged 84)
OccupationAstrophysicist

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]

Kondo also edited the non-fiction book Interstellar Travel & Multi-Generational Space Ships, part of the Apogee Books Space Series.

For his work in the NASA Space program, Kondo was awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement[2]

Yoji Kondo was also an accomplished teacher of Shodokan Aikido and judo.[3]

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. ^ Obituary
  2. ^ Kondo, Beatrice; Hirshfeld, Alan (31 January 2017). "Yoji Kondo (1933–2017)". Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 49 (1).
  3. ^ 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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