Moorcock, M.

Japanese: Moorcock,M.(英語表記)MoorcockM
Moorcock, M.

…In the 1960s, major events such as environmental pollution, America's defeat in Vietnam, and the arrival of humans on the moon called for a change in the worldview, and people began to feel that technological society had reached a dead end. This led to the birth of a reform movement called the New Wave. In the UK, New Worlds, edited by M. Moorcock, was the only science fiction magazine, but with the emergence of new writers such as Ballard and Aldiss, it began to actively criticize American science fiction. In the US, this was supported by J. Merrill, and a new group of writers such as SR Delany, H. Ellison, Le Guin, K. Wilhelm, and TM Disch appeared with similar arguments, sparking a major controversy. Many of the writers who appeared with the New Wave also focused on science and technology and social conditions, but the bigger change was that they began to place importance on the inner world of humans and pursue a theoretical scientific worldview. …

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Japanese:

…折しも60年代に入って環境汚染やベトナムでのアメリカの敗戦,月への人間の到着など幾つかの大きな事件が世界観の変更を求め,テクノロジー社会の行きづまりを人々が感じ始めたとき,〈新しい波(ニュー・ウェーブ)〉と呼ばれる改革運動が生まれた。イギリスではムアコックM.Moorcockが編集する《ニュー・ワールズ》が唯一のSF雑誌だったが,バラード,オールディスなど新しい作家たちの出現とともに,積極的にアメリカSFの批判を始め,これをアメリカではメリルJ.Merrilが支持し,ディレーニS.R.Delany,エリソンH.Ellison,ル・グイン,ウィルヘルムK.Wilhelm,ディッシュT.M.Dischといった新しい作家群が同様の主張のもとに登場したため,大きな論争をまき起こした。〈新しい波〉とともに登場した作家群にも,科学技術や社会状況に目を向けた作品は少なくないが,より大きな変化は人間の内面を重視し,理論科学的な世界観を追求するようになったことである。…

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