Hiroyuki Morioka

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Hiroyuki Morioka ( Japanese 森岡 浩 之 Morioka Hiroyuki ; born March 2, 1962 in Hyōgo Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese science fiction writer .

Life

In 1992, his first novel Yume no ki ga tsugeta nara ( 夢 の 樹 が 接 げ た な ら , dt. "If we can plant a dream tree") appeared in SF Magazine from Tokyo- based publisher Hayakawa Shobō ( 早川 書房 ).

In 1996 he published Seikai no Monshō ( 星 界 の 紋章 ), his first long novel in three volumes, which is best known by its English title Crest of the Stars . The following year, at the Japan SF Convention , Crest of the Stars received the Seiun Prize , a well-known Japanese award for science fiction literature. He published the sequel Seikai no Senki ( 星 界 の 戦 旗 , English Banner of the Stars ), in which he writes that Seikai no Monshō was only the prelude to Seikai no Senki . Morioka had already indicated in the second volume of Crest of the Stars that the complete series would tell the entire life of Princess Lamhirh from her birth to her possible successor to the imperial throne. Four volumes of Banner of the Stars are now available, the first three of which are referred to by Morioka as the Diahoc trilogy . The series is not yet complete, but paused between 2007 and 2013.

In addition to the Seikai series, he has another four-volume Senki ( 戦 記 , dt. "War Tales ") called Tsuki to Honō no Senki ( 月 と 炎 の 戦 記 , dt. "Tale of the moon and flame war") published based on Japanese mythology .

The author is characterized by a keen interest in linguistics (specially constructed languages ), artificial intelligence , bitter humor and very precisely designed worlds.

Works

Seikai series

Seikai no Monshō ( 星 界 の 紋章 , coat of arms of the stars )

  • I 帝国の 王 女Teikoku no ōjo (Princess of the Empire) (April 15, 1996)
  • II さ さ や か な 戦 い Sasayaka na tatakai (A Modest War) (May 15, 1996)
  • III 異 郷 へ の 帰 還 Ikyō e no kikan (Return to a strange world) (June 15, 1996)

Seikai no Senki ( 星 界 の 戦 旗 , war flag of the stars )

  • I 絆 の か た ち Kizuna no katachi (The shape of the ribbon) (December 15, 1996)
  • II 守 る べ き も の Mamoru beki mono (That which is to be protected) (August 31, 1998)
  • III 家族 の 食 卓 Kazoku no shokutaku (family table ) (March 15, 2001)
  • IV 軋 む 時空 Kishimu Jikū ( Grinding Space- Time) (December 25, 2004)
  • V 宿命 の 調 べ Shukumei no Shirabe (A Question of Fate) (March 22, 2013)

Seikai no Danshō ( 星 界 の 断 章 Fragments of the Stars )

  • 星 界 の 断 章 I (July 15, 2005)
  • 星 界 の 断 章 II (March 15, 2007)
  • 星 界 の 断 章 III (March 20, 2014)

Tsuki to Honō no Senki ( 月 と 炎 の 戦 記 , tale of the moon and flame war )

  • 月 と 炎 の 戦 記 (July 1999)
  • 月 と 闇 の 戦 記 一 退 魔 師 は が け っ ぷ ち。 (December 2001)
  • 月 と 闇 の 戦 記 二 守護 者 は ぶ っ ち ぎ り。 Tsuki to yami no lich 2: Shugosha wa bucchigiri (Tale of the Moon and Dark War 2: Protectors have a big head start) (November 2002)
  • 月 と 闇 の 戦 記 三 神 様 は し ら ん ぷ り。 Tsuki to yami no lich 3: Kamisama wa shiranpuri (Story of the Moon and Dark War 3: The gods protect from ignorance) (January 1, 2004)

Yasashii Rengoku ( 優 し い 煉獄 , Friendly Purgatory )

  • 優 し い 煉獄 Yasashii Rengoku (Friendly Purgatory) (April 2005)
  • 優 し い 煉獄 2 騒 が し い 死者 の 街 Yasashii Rengoku 2: sawagashii shisha no machi (Friendly Purgatory 2: The City of the Noisy Dead) (February 2008)
  • 地獄 で 見 る 夢 Jigoku de miru yume (Dreaming in Hell)

Other works

  • 機械 ど も の 荒野 Kikaidomo no arano (June 30, 1997)
  • 夢 の 樹 が 接 げ た な ら Yume no ki ga tsugeta nara (If we can plant a dream tree) (March 1992)
    • 夢 の 樹 が 接 げ た な ら
    • 普通 の 子 ど も Futsū no kodomo (Ordinary Children) (June 1996)
    • ス パ イ ス Supaisu (June 1993)
    • 無限 の コ イ ン Mugen no koin (November 1992)
    • 個人 的 な 理想 郷 Kojinteki na risōkyō (Individual Utopia) (October 1994)
    • 代 官 Daikan (July 1992)
    • ズ ー ク Zūku (May 1995)
    • 夜 明 け の テ ロ リ ス ト Yoake no terorisuto (February 1998)
  • 風 と タ ン ポ ポ 〜 惑星 環 物語 〜 Kaze to tampopo - Wakuseikan monogatari (2009 in Web Comic Gekkin magazine) with illustrations by Sachiko Kōno and Susumu Imaishi
  • 夢 の ま た 夢 決 戦！ 大 坂 の 陣 Yume no mata yume: Kessen! Ōsaka no jin (October 2011)
  • 突 変 Toppen (September 2014)

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personal data
SURNAME Morioka, Hiroyuki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 森岡 浩 之 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Hyogo Prefecture , Japan