Seiun Translation Nominations

The nominations for the Seiun Awards have been announced. The translation categories are presented below. The Seiun Awards are the Japanese fan-voted awards and winners will be announced at Varicon, the Japanese National Convention. The translation awards will be presented at Chicon 7, this year’s Worldcon.

TRANSLATED LONG STORY

• The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi, translated by Kazue Tanaka & Hiroshi Kaneko
• The City & the City, by China Tom Mieville, translated by Masamichi Higurashi
• The Chronoliths, by Robert Charles Wilson, translated by Takeshi Mogi
• Dhalgren, by Samuel Delany, translated by Yuzuru Okubo
• Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow, translated by Hiroshi Kaneko
• Millennium People, by J. G. Ballard, translated by Mamoru Masuda

TRANSLATED SHORT STORY

• “The Pelican Bar,” by Karen Joy Fowler, translated by Wataru Ishigame
• “The Lifecycle of Software Objects,” by Ted Chiang, translated by Nozomi Ohmori
• “The Gambler,” by Paolo Bacigalupi, translated by Yoshimichi Furusawa
• “The People of Sand and Slag,” by Paolo Bacigalupi, translated by Naoya Nakahara
• “Troika,” by Alastair Reynolds, translated by Naoya Nakahara
• “The Little Goddess,” by Ian McDonald, translated by Hitomi Nakamura