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duskynya · 2015-01-06, 13:24

So my friend was thinking about trying out reading some translated japanese novels. He only a tiny bit of an anime fan or mech fan (very tiny bit). His favorite genre is into space operas and science fiction.

Any recommendations for my friend on novels he could try reading?

Tenzen12 · 2015-01-06, 17:39

Let's see...

Toward no Terra
Glass fleet
Soul link
Mouretsu pirates
Stelvia

scyllus · 2015-01-06, 18:00

Crest and Banner of The Stars - very good SciFi. Anime was adapted from novels.Unifinished as of now regretfully.

Sackett · 2015-01-06, 19:16

Crest of the Stars: Princess of the Empire
Crest of the Stars: A Modest War
Crest of the Stars: Return To A Strange World

Available in an official English translation.

Tenzen12 · 2015-01-06, 20:14

another two, I remembered

PlaneteS
Cowboy Bebop

duskynya · 2015-01-10, 16:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sackett

Crest of the Stars: Princess of the Empire
Crest of the Stars: A Modest War
Crest of the Stars: Return To A Strange World

Available in an official English translation.

Quote:

Originally Posted by scyllus

Crest and Banner of The Stars - very good SciFi. Anime was adapted from novels.Unifinished as of now regretfully.

I remember the Crest of Stars series myself. I was a great read

jedinat · 2015-01-10, 17:06

I don't understand why you'd want to go to translated Japanese stuff for this... The only one I've read is All You Need Is Kill (not space opera) and I preferred the Tom Cruise film adaption.

itisjustme · 2015-01-10, 18:15

There's Yukikaze, military SF, two volumes translated in English last I heard. Read the first volume and it was pretty good. There's a lack of sci fi authors with scientific background in Japan though afaik, and Murakami is the only serious novelist I know by name so (his Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is pretty weird sci fi btw although nowhere near space opera). It's not like there's a lack of quality SF novels in English unless your friend exhausted all of them.

duskynya · 2015-01-10, 21:15

Thank you so much for your guys suggestions.

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duskynya Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2014	Recommendations for SciFi novels/Space Operas for people new to japanese culture So my friend was thinking about trying out reading some translated japanese novels. He only a tiny bit of an anime fan or mech fan (very tiny bit). His favorite genre is into space operas and science fiction. Any recommendations for my friend on novels he could try reading?

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Tenzen12 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012	Let's see... Toward no Terra Glass fleet Soul link Mouretsu pirates Stelvia __________________ "I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it" (Charles R. Swindoll)

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Sackett Cross Game - I need more Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: I've moved around the American West. I've lived in Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Oklahoma Age: 44	Crest of the Stars: Princess of the Empire Crest of the Stars: A Modest War Crest of the Stars: Return To A Strange World Available in an official English translation. __________________ Cross Game - A Story of Love, Life, Death - and Baseball. What more could you want?

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Tenzen12 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012	another two, I remembered PlaneteS Cowboy Bebop __________________ "I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it" (Charles R. Swindoll)

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scyllus Tormund's Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Poland Age: 34	Crest and Banner of The Stars - very good SciFi. Anime was adapted from novels.Unifinished as of now regretfully.

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jedinat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 38	I don't understand why you'd want to go to translated Japanese stuff for this... The only one I've read is All You Need Is Kill (not space opera) and I preferred the Tom Cruise film adaption.

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itisjustme Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009	There's Yukikaze, military SF, two volumes translated in English last I heard. Read the first volume and it was pretty good. There's a lack of sci fi authors with scientific background in Japan though afaik, and Murakami is the only serious novelist I know by name so (his Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is pretty weird sci fi btw although nowhere near space opera). It's not like there's a lack of quality SF novels in English unless your friend exhausted all of them.

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duskynya Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2014	Thank you so much for your guys suggestions.