レイ・ブラッドベリの『華氏451度』がついに繁体中文の電子書籍で登場しました。翻訳は高英哲氏、そして出版人はWandererのBobbyさんです。
この名作の翻訳は過去に台湾の出版社から翻訳されていましたが、15年以上もの間増版がかからず「絶版」という状態でした。書籍のないディストピアを描いた作品は、政府の手によってではなく、冷たい市場の方程式によって台湾では目にすることができなくなっていたのです。
今回、Bobbyさんはこの名著を電子書籍で蘇らせることにしました。人口が2,500万人にも満たない台湾での試みです。
私も彼の試みに賛同し、出版契約書の査読や出資という形でお手伝いをさせていただきました。
中国語が読めるご友人へ知らせていただけるとうれしく思います。
朝日新聞出版の「小説トリッパー 2012年冬号」に寄稿した書き下ろしの短編小説「UNDER GROUND MARKET」が昨日からKindleストアに登場します。
「UNDER GROUND MARKET」は原稿用紙にして50枚、文庫本の組版で25〜30ページほどの短編小説、これを、100円で販売いたします。表紙は小説トリッパーに掲載された時の扉絵をほぼそのまま用い、なんと解説まで収録していただきました。まだ解説は読んでいないので、明日の配信開始を楽しみに待っているところです。
発行人は朝日新聞出版。つまり、KDPを用いたセルフ・パブリッシングではありません。
文芸誌からの短編切り出しを電子書籍として販売する例は、国内では般的ではない（というか、他に事例を知りません。どなたかご存知ですか？）のですが、このような活動がAmazon Singlesを日本に呼び込むきっかけとなってくれれば幸いです。Wired Singles
記事や掲載した小説が単体ですぐに販売でき、残せるるようになれば、雑誌というメディアの価値もまた変わってくるのではないかなどと考えます。
配信の話はここまで。肝心の小説は、地下経済と移民が溢れた2018年の東京を舞台に、3人の若者たちが駆け抜ける、青春小説です。初めて、主要なキャラクターに女性を配していますが、さて、気に入っていただけるでしょうか。
配信は、明日、2月1日から。お気軽にお楽しみください。
I announce my latest short story “Collaboration” is printed on Japanese historical (50 years or longer), solo (It’s only Si-Fi journal in Japan) and authorized Si-Fi journal, “S-F Magazine 2012 Feb“- Hayakawa Publishing Corporation - today.
I thank every person who read Gene Mapper to make me to challenge to create real future scope within new story on commercial journal magazine.
I only have one year writing carrier, and have only one work “Gene Mapper”, which is published by myself on e-books. The reason of my 2 new work being printed on commercial literature magazine in this December is, just Gene Mapper was read by many readers.
However “Collaboration” is not a type of self-published e-Books, it is a traditional work written in 50 draft papers, is a collaborated work with professional editor, and is my work, indeed.
At the era of after human was lock out from internet, the story of out of date engineer who usually uses private filter “Anonymous Cape” provided by “the Anonymous”. He saw a zombi service which was made by him in internet blocking log. And he happens to see his service was….
Realistic description and well designed future scene will bring you for 2030 years.
If you can read Japanese novel, try it.
Today, I announce my new novel “Underground Market” is released on Japanese novels magazine Tripper’s 2nd featured topic “Reports of eBooks War today”.
In 2018, tax growing leads underground markets and huge number of emigrants at Tokyo Japan, 3 youths who dropped out from standard financial market runs in order to keep their underground market’s account.
Underground Market is 15 pages short novel, and is a Hi-tech genre fiction for young readers. It’s first time to write women as main character.
I started to write Underground Market in middle october, and finished early December. Professional editor helped, healed and lead my writing. This experience make me an author’s level up.
In Tripper, my name is printed in largest type as “Super-Nova from e-Books” then I feel a honor.
Type of novel magazine’s market is strange, it’s not profit-able business…. honesty words… marking a red number on publisher’s finance business. Novel magazine provides number of authors, and some author will be a mega-hit author. Yes, its gamble.
Anyway, magazine publisher shared 15 pages for me, It’s my debut on to business publishing indeed. I don’t lose this chance.
Windows Update had used to hit IT managers in years ago, but their DNA is kept. Latest Windows Update changed OpenType CFF driver with solving security issue, and many applications which uses GetGlyphOutline() API can’t get glyphs. Mainly PostScript fonts packaged OTF does not work on patched Windows.
Fonts break after Windows security patch KB2753842
Workaround method is that just un-installing MS12-078, but I don’t guess to uninstall. This security update guards attacks with using Critical “Remote Code Execution”, and affective Windows SKU is all OS after Windows XP. Some remembers DoS or escaration privileges security issue in 2012. This case is very similar by mechanical method.
Microsoft Windows OpenType Compact Font Format Driver Vulnerability
I guess environment was changed why these similar vulnerability express different issue. In legacy term, problem of font driver can’t be used as attacking step because attacking scenario that makes victims to install malware containing font file. But situation was totally changed. Web-Fonts comes. Attackers can make their malware to execute in targets’ PC with only places font files on their Web server.
