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Edition 5 (2017)

SFNovel

Winners

6 people
Tsukui Satsuki grand prize

Set in a near-future Tokyo where a technology called Flora applies plant physiology to computation, the novel unfolds in a city ringed by green belts and packed with computing resources. It is a mystery-flavored SF story about a new coexistence between plants and humanity.

A story of coexistence between people and nature in a Tokyo that turns plants into computing resources.

192 pages
plantscomputing resourcesnear futureTokyomysteryscience fiction

After the death of his unsuccessful SF-writer father Daniel, his son Edgar confronts the artificial intelligence Edgar 001 through the unfinished manuscript left behind. In a structure where stories generate more stories, the novel layers family memory over the lineage of modern science fiction.

An unfinished manuscript connects family memory with the history of SF.

408 pages
artificial intelligencemanuscriptparent and childself-replicationSF historyscience fiction
伊藤瑞彦 finalist

When a weary programmer visits Shiretoko, a red aurora appears in the sky that night and marks the beginning of a worldwide blackout. It is a disaster SF novel depicting people confronting an unprecedented catastrophe.

A red aurora announces a blackout across the world.

288 pages
disaster SFblackoutShiretokosolar stormnear futurescience fiction
Ainai Yuki finalist

A finalist in the 5th Hayakawa SF Contest, later published in 2018 as “Hoshi o Otosu Boku ni Furu, Mashiro no Ame” in the Hayakawa Bunko JA line. It is a SF love story about a girl who shoots down stars from an orbital garden.

A small love song for a girl who lives as a machine that shoots down stars.

320 pages
spacegirl protagonistromancedestinyretitled publication
平島摂子 finalist

A finalist in the 5th Hayakawa SF Contest; no confirmed commercial book edition was found.

Public information is limited.

若里実 finalist

A finalist in the 5th Hayakawa SF Contest; no confirmed book edition could be found.

Only limited public information is available.