(1971- ) Japanese author, who graduated in Sociology from Hōsei University, Tokyo, and worked briefly as a graphic assistant at the Games company Capcom on the first iteration of Resident Evil. His debut novel, Black Rod (1996 2vols) depicts a Dystopian society in which human emotions are subject to government control in the interests of public safety. Beyond many derivative, {ANIME}-inspired "light novels", Aru Hi, Bakudan ga Ochite Kite ["One Day, the Bombs Were Falling"] (coll 2005) collects short stories for Dengeki HP magazine, each with an sf twist on the theme of boy-meets-girl. Later, more accomplished works reflect a recurring interest in Dying-Earth scenarios, such as Fuyu no Kyōjin ["The Winter Titans"] (2007), in which mobile human Cities are borne through a polar wasteland on the backs of giants (> Great and Small).
Shortly before the publication of a retranslation of E E Smith's Lensman series into modern Japanese by Takumi Shibano (2002), Furuhashi wrote Samurai Lensman (2001), a licensed Sequel by Other Hands. Set between Second-Stage Lensmen (November 1941-February 1942 Astounding; 1953) and Children of the Lens (November 1947-February 1948 Astounding; 1954), it charts the adventures of the Galactic Patrol's Shin Kusaku, a swordsman from Altair who would be blind without his Lens, and Jonathan the sperm whale Lensman, who pilots an aquatic sphere with a dolphin crew (> Uplift). [JonC]
Hideyuki Furuhashi
born Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan: 1971
died
works
- Black Rod (Tokyo: Dengeki Bunko, 1996-1997) [published in two volumes: pb/]
- Blood Jacket (Tokyo: Dengeki Bunko, 1997) [pb/]
- Solid Fighter (Tokyo: Dengeki Bunko, 1997) [pb/]
- Bright Lights, Holy Land (Tokyo: Dengeki Bunko, 2000) [pb/]
- Tatsumori-ke no Shokutaku ["At the Table of the Tatsumori Family"] (Tokyo: Dengeki Bunko, 2000-2001) [published in three volumes: pb/]
- Samurai Lensman (Tokyo: Tokuma Dual Bunko, 2001) [tie: E E Smith: Lensman: pb/Yūji Iwahara]
- Mushinin ["Stealth Worm"] (Tokyo: Tokuma Dual Bunko, 2004) [binding unknown/]
- IX (Tokyo: Dengeki Bunko, 2003) [binding unknown/]
- Aru Hi, Bakudan ga Ochite Kite ["One Day, the Bombs Were Falling"] (Tokyo: Dengeki Bunko, 2005) [coll: pb/]
- Chōmai Taisen Sismageddon ["Super Maiden Battle Sismageddon"] (Tokyo: Famitsū Bunko, 2006-2007) [published in two volumes: pb/]
- Zanma Taisei Demonbane ["Demonslaying Saint Demonbane"] (Tokyo: Sneaker Bunko, 2004, 2006, 2006) [published in three volumes: pb/]
- Fuyu no Kyōjin ["The Winter Titans"] (Tokyo: Tokuma Dual Bunko, 2007) [pb/]
- Dragon Buster 1 (Tokyo: Media Works Bunko, 2009) [pb/]
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