Usurper of the Sun (Novel)
Housuke Nojiri was born in Mie, Japan, in 1961. After working in instrumentation control, CAD programming and video game design, he published his first work,The Blind Spot of Veis, based on the video gameCreguian, in 1992. He gained popularity with his subsequent works, theCreguianseries and theRocket Girlseries. In 2002, he publishedUsurper of the Sun, ushering in a new era of space science fiction in Japan. After first appearing as a series of short stories,Usurperwon the Seiun Award for best Japanese science fiction novel of 2002. His other works includePendulum of PinieruandFuwa-Fuwa no Izumi. More information can be found on his website: http://njb.virtualave.net/web/ (Japanese only)