星新一(ほし しんいち、1926年–1997年)は、日本のSF作家。東京生まれ。東京大学農学部卒業。1957年に「セキストラ」でデビューし、短い文章の中に斬新な着想と意外な結末を盛り込む「ショートショート」の形式を日本に定着させた。生涯に1001編を超える作品を発表し、1968年には『妄想銀行』で日本推理作家協会賞を受賞。日本SF作家クラブの初代会長も務めた。代表作『ボッコちゃん』は、自選による50編を収めた作品集。表題作では、バーの主人が作った美しい女性型ロボットが、わずかな受け答えだけで客たちの人気者となっていく。人間の孤独や虚栄、思い込みが思わぬ事態を招く過程を、簡潔な文章と冷ややかなユーモアで描いている。
Shinichi Hoshi (1926–1997) was a Japanese science-fiction writer born in Tokyo. After graduating from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Tokyo, he made his literary debut in 1957 with “Sekisutora.” He helped establish the short-short story as a popular literary form in Japan, combining inventive premises with concise prose and unexpected endings. Hoshi wrote more than 1,001 short-short stories during his career and received the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for “Mōsō Ginkō” in 1968. He also served as the first president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan. His representative collection, “Bokko-chan,” contains fifty stories selected by the author. Its title story follows a bar owner who creates a beautiful female robot whose limited replies make her unexpectedly popular with customers, setting in motion a darkly ironic sequence shaped by human loneliness, vanity, and misplaced assumptions.
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