World SF Special

(Posted: 2012/09/22)

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Questionnaire
 

So I asked the following questions to the people in our community who have worked in some way to introduce and promote foreign works. I thank them for their cooperation and encouragement.
 

Questions
 

Q-1.

 

What country/ethnicity/culture do you identify yourself with?

Q-2.

 

SF/F/Horror/Slipstream genre has always been dominated by Anglo-American language. Is Anglo-American genre fiction is your major influence?

Q-3.

 

Give us the ratio of your reading of Anglo-American fiction against your own or non-English literature. Currently.
 

Q-4.
 

To our dismay, a lot of so called World things are actually American ones. From Baseball's World series to our genre's Worldcon (almost) or World Fantasy Awards. How can we correct it to its real structure, into the real chaotic world?
 

Q-5.
 

Yet, it's true that we're culturally much influenced by American pop culture. Haruki Murakami cannot write like he does now without his American literature and Jazz influence. Is it the same for your case? Can you imagine you write without that influence at all?
 

Q-6.
 

But these days a lot of young writers and editors work in English language and for American market. Do you hold any grudge against working like this? Or is it a natural reaction to that influence?
 

Q-7.
 

If and when you have to write in English, do you do that to English-American readers, or to the global readers?
 

Q-8.
 

Is there any works or writers from your local scene you can sincerely recommend to the world readers? And why do you recommend them? Is it because they have no equivalent works or writers in Anglo-American scene? Or is it because they perfectly fit there and have many things in common that we should share? Which do you think is important, originality, or affinity?
 

Q-9.
 

Have you ever read and liked any Japanese works, in and out of our genre? What aspect of it attracted you?
 

Q-10.
 

Could you please explain what you do to promote foreign literature to your readers or your own works to foreign readers?