Robert A. Heinlein

Japanese: ハインライン - はいんらいん(英語表記)Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein

An American science fiction writer. After graduating from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, he majored in mathematics and physics at the University of California Graduate School. He first published science fiction in 1939, but World War II put a stop to his career as a writer, and he began his career as a writer in earnest after the war. To date, he has won the Hugo Award for Best Novel four times for four works: The Peril of an Empire in the Solar System (1956), Starship Troopers (1959), The Stranger in a Different Land (1961), and The Harsh Mistress of the Moon (1967), a glorious record that speaks to his popularity and ability. The future world he depicts is always accurately captured as an extension of the development of modern science and society, and the lack of irrational leaps creates a powerful reality. The time and setting of his works are the near future of the 21st to 23rd centuries, and they are often set on relatively familiar planets and moons such as Earth, the Moon, and Mars. Another unique feature is that he always creates his works based on new concepts, avoiding repetition of the same theme as much as possible. Other notable works include the short story collection The Man Who Sold the Moon (1953), the first volume of a series of future histories, and the time-travel-themed Door into Summer (1957) and Time for Love (1973).

[Jun Atsugi]

"The Alien Guest" translated by Kazuo Inoue (Sougen Mystery Library)""The Moon is the Merciless Queen of the Night" translated by Toru Yano (Hayakawa Bunko)"

[Reference] | Door to Summer

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Japanese:

アメリカのSF作家。アナポリスの海軍兵学校卒業後、カリフォルニア大学大学院で数学と物理学を専攻。初めてSFを発表したのは1939年だが第二次世界大戦で中断、本格的作家活動は戦後から始まる。現在までに『太陽系帝国の危機』(1956)、『宇宙の戦士』(1959)、『異星の客』(1961)、『月は無慈悲な夜の女王』(1967)の四作品でヒューゴー長編小説賞を4回受賞しており、これは彼の人気と実力を物語る輝かしい記録といえよう。彼の描く未来世界は、つねに現代の科学と社会の発展的延長線上で正確にとらえられ、不合理な飛躍がないところに迫力あるリアリティーが生まれている。作品の時代や舞台は21世紀から23世紀の近未来で、地球、月、火星といった比較的身近な惑星や衛星であることが多く、また同一テーマの反復を極力避けて、つねに新しい構想のもとに創作しているのも得がたい特色である。このほかおもな作品に、未来史シリーズの第一巻にあたる短編集『月を売った男』(1953)、タイム・トラベル・テーマの『夏への扉』(1957)、『愛に時間を』(1973)などがある。

[厚木 淳]

『井上一夫訳『異星の客』(創元推理文庫)』『矢野徹訳『月は無慈悲な夜の女王』(ハヤカワ文庫)』

[参照項目] | 夏への扉

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