Administrator
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Administrator MAYUMURA Taku |
Administrator, or Shiseikan in Japanese, took the Japanese SF community by storm when first published in 1974. Unlike traditional space opera, it pushed technology into the background to present a compelling portrait of colonial governors, the Administrators, trapped between the conflicting demands of Federation government, native inhabitants, and Terran colonists.This collection of four novelettes, the first volume of an extensive series of works set in the same universe, touches on key stages in the development of the Administrator system and the robots designed to support and protect it.
This series consists of two collections and two novels. The titles shown here are the romanized Japanese. Official English titles have not yet been decided for works other than Administrator, so the other English titles given below are merely literal translations of the Japanese.
Shiseikan (Administrator), published 1974, including:
- Haruka naru Mahiru (A Distant Noon)
- Honō to Hanabira (The Flame and the Blossom)
- Iseki no Kaze (The Wind in the Ruins)
- Genkai no Janus (Bound Janus)
Nagai Akatsuki [Long Dawn], published 1980, including:
- Nagai Akatsuki [Long Dawn]
- Terikaeshi no Oka [Reflecting Hill]
- Tobira no Hiraku Toki [When the Door Opens]
Shōmetsu no Kōrin [Vanishing Halo], published 1979 in 3 volumes
Hikishio no Toki [Time of the Ebb Tide], published 1989 to 1995 in 5 volumes
Based on internal evidence, these can be put in rough chronological order as follows:
- Nagai Akatsuki [Long Dawn]
- Terikaeshi no Oka [Reflecting Hill]
- Honō to Hanabira (The Flame and the Blossom)
- Tobira no Hiraku Toki [When the Door Opens]
- Haruka naru Mahiru (A Distant Noon)
- Iseki no Kaze (The Wind in the Ruins)
- Genkai no Janus (Bound Janus)
- Shōmetsu no Kōrin [Vanishing Halo]
- Hikishio no Toki [Time of the Ebb Tide]
