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Hagbard Celine
03-02-2009, 03:26 AM
Does he ever come to Japan?
rac
03-02-2009, 10:53 AM
Has anyone ever invited him..?
edash
03-02-2009, 09:43 PM
Unless he's taken up flying again, it might take him a while to get there.
Hagbard Celine
04-02-2009, 01:16 AM
Has anyone ever invited him..?

I see, I have no idea how this appearances thing works.
But in hindsight it would hardly be worth his while, small English book reading community here.

Ah well.
rac
04-02-2009, 09:54 AM
I see, I have no idea how this appearances thing works.
But in hindsight it would hardly be worth his while, small English book reading community here.

Ah well.

Yup- writers etc are invited along to these sort of things- and I'd imagine with someone of the stature of Iain, they'd expect it to be expenses paid- so unless there's a huge audience out there for him- or we're in the delightful position of him plugging a movie or something- it all depends on someone else!
Deep Black
04-02-2009, 02:14 PM
Or campaign for a WorldCon in Japan & then for Iain to be a guest...
edash
04-02-2009, 10:00 PM
WorldCon was in Japan in 2007 so not likely to be back there for a while.
Deep Black
05-02-2009, 01:10 AM
Still, shows there must be an SF fan base there...
edash
05-02-2009, 10:13 PM
Yeah, there's a publisher called Kurodahan Press (http://www.kurodahan.com/mt/e/), who do English language translations SF and Cthulhu Mythos by Japanese authors.
Big Orange
09-02-2009, 02:35 PM
I wonder if Banks' sci-fi books would make good Manga?
edash
09-02-2009, 05:51 PM
Probably, as long as the artwork steered away from the usual teenage-looking character fare.