Eli K.P. William
@elikpwilliam.com
Sci-fi novelist | Translator of Japanese literature | Bilingual game writing consultant | Essayist | Resident of Japan | SFWA and SFWJ member | Father of a curious young soul | Believer in our potential to change
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· Nov 7
At last! My translation of Michio Hoshino's The Traveling Tree is out today in the UK! I’ve been dying to translate this beautiful book for more than 15 years.
Read my thoughts on translating it:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Or purchase a copy:
www.amazon.co.uk/Travelling-T...
#japaneseliterature
Read my thoughts on translating it:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Or purchase a copy:
www.amazon.co.uk/Travelling-T...
#japaneseliterature
January 28, 2026 at 8:17 AM
January 27, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Canada's prime minster calls out the "rules-based international order" for what it now is:
"a system of intensifying great power rivalry where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as a weapon of coercion."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#geopolitical #rupture
"a system of intensifying great power rivalry where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as a weapon of coercion."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#geopolitical #rupture
Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News
Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
www.cbc.ca
January 22, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Canada's prime minster calls out the "rules-based international order" for what it now is:
"a system of intensifying great power rivalry where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as a weapon of coercion."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#geopolitical #rupture
"a system of intensifying great power rivalry where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as a weapon of coercion."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#geopolitical #rupture
could there be an economic bubble that just never ever bursts because the market players are so fanatically committed to creating a god-like being that they just keep investing and investing and investing in the face of all evidence that divinity is not a toy of humankind
#eternal #AI #bubble
#eternal #AI #bubble
January 20, 2026 at 12:09 PM
financial advice so typical it's cliche is "invest in S&P500 ETFs". This assumes that the USA will keep growing as it has for over a century. Indeed, the stock market always seems to bounce back from every crisis. But can this dynamism be taken for granted no matter what?
#finance #market #USA
#finance #market #USA
January 18, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Reposted by Eli K.P. William
Reposted by Eli K.P. William
listen to me and host @codyellingham.bsky.social talk sci-fi and economics on the Transformation of Value podcast.
www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/sci...
#podcast #scifi #economics #politics #futurism
www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/sci...
#podcast #scifi #economics #politics #futurism
Sci-fi & Economics With Eli K. P. William | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.
How does science fiction explore ideas of money, economics, and government? What is the role of speculative fiction in shaping how we see the world around us as well as helping imagine new possibiliti...
www.thetransformationofvalue.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM
listen to me and host @codyellingham.bsky.social talk sci-fi and economics on the Transformation of Value podcast.
www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/sci...
#podcast #scifi #economics #politics #futurism
www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/sci...
#podcast #scifi #economics #politics #futurism
I learned to read Japanese by working through Haruki Murakami's novels in order of publication, then took a break from him for many years. Now I'm returning to his work and have acquired all 14 of his short story collections, which I hope to read chronologically as well.
#murakami #harukimurakami
#murakami #harukimurakami
January 10, 2026 at 4:42 AM
I learned to read Japanese by working through Haruki Murakami's novels in order of publication, then took a break from him for many years. Now I'm returning to his work and have acquired all 14 of his short story collections, which I hope to read chronologically as well.
#murakami #harukimurakami
#murakami #harukimurakami
listen to me and host @codyellingham.bsky.social talk sci-fi and economics on the Transformation of Value podcast.
www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/sci...
#podcast #scifi #economics #politics #futurism
www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/sci...
#podcast #scifi #economics #politics #futurism
Sci-fi & Economics With Eli K. P. William | The Transformation of Value - Exploring Freedom, Energy, and Creativity through the lens of Bitcoin.
How does science fiction explore ideas of money, economics, and government? What is the role of speculative fiction in shaping how we see the world around us as well as helping imagine new possibiliti...
www.thetransformationofvalue.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM
listen to me and host @codyellingham.bsky.social talk sci-fi and economics on the Transformation of Value podcast.
www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/sci...
#podcast #scifi #economics #politics #futurism
www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/sci...
#podcast #scifi #economics #politics #futurism
Here's the English original in case you haven't read the article yet:
www.nippon.com/en/japan-top...
#japanese #scifi #speculativefiction #fantasy #SF #history
www.nippon.com/en/japan-top...
#japanese #scifi #speculativefiction #fantasy #SF #history
January 5, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Here's the English original in case you haven't read the article yet:
www.nippon.com/en/japan-top...
#japanese #scifi #speculativefiction #fantasy #SF #history
www.nippon.com/en/japan-top...
#japanese #scifi #speculativefiction #fantasy #SF #history
My article for Nippon.com on the history of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan seems to have been translated into Russian. Nice to see the story reaching new readers.
www.nippon.com/ru/japan-top...
#japanese #scifi #speculativefiction #fantasy #SF #history
www.nippon.com/ru/japan-top...
#japanese #scifi #speculativefiction #fantasy #SF #history
Шестьдесят лет Ассоциации писателей-фантастов Японии
В 2023 году Ассоциация писателей-фантастов Японии (SFWJ) отмечает своё шестидесятилетие. Член группы пишет о её истории, представляя самых ярких деятелей, возглавлявших её – и японскую научную фантаст...
www.nippon.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:21 AM
My article for Nippon.com on the history of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan seems to have been translated into Russian. Nice to see the story reaching new readers.
www.nippon.com/ru/japan-top...
#japanese #scifi #speculativefiction #fantasy #SF #history
www.nippon.com/ru/japan-top...
#japanese #scifi #speculativefiction #fantasy #SF #history
I’m writing the first draft of a brand new short story in the Japanese language. Wish me luck in crafting something powerful and convincing someone to publish it.
#exophonic #writing
#secondlanguage #japanese #shortstory
#exophonic #writing
#secondlanguage #japanese #shortstory
January 3, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I’m writing the first draft of a brand new short story in the Japanese language. Wish me luck in crafting something powerful and convincing someone to publish it.
#exophonic #writing
#secondlanguage #japanese #shortstory
#exophonic #writing
#secondlanguage #japanese #shortstory
a visual metaphor for global humanity, all of us swirling together, evanescent, effervescent, unique and yet similar, agglomerating in our separateness, searching for a better way to expire
#earthly #humankind
#ephemeral #species
#thrown #aswirl
#earthly #humankind
#ephemeral #species
#thrown #aswirl
January 2, 2026 at 11:12 AM
a visual metaphor for global humanity, all of us swirling together, evanescent, effervescent, unique and yet similar, agglomerating in our separateness, searching for a better way to expire
#earthly #humankind
#ephemeral #species
#thrown #aswirl
#earthly #humankind
#ephemeral #species
#thrown #aswirl
picture gateway
#picturewindow #picturegateway #impressionist #reality
#enkakuji #kamakura #japan #zen #buddhist #temple #architecture #円覚寺 #鎌倉
#picturewindow #picturegateway #impressionist #reality
#enkakuji #kamakura #japan #zen #buddhist #temple #architecture #円覚寺 #鎌倉
January 1, 2026 at 8:03 AM
I've hit upon a great hack in Mac OS for turning any digital document into a PDF with copiable text. Take screenshots of as many pages as you like, select all the resulting files, right click, and choose the quick action to assemble PDF.
#research #efficiency #hack
#research #efficiency #hack
December 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I've hit upon a great hack in Mac OS for turning any digital document into a PDF with copiable text. Take screenshots of as many pages as you like, select all the resulting files, right click, and choose the quick action to assemble PDF.
#research #efficiency #hack
#research #efficiency #hack
fending my way through the Kabukicho swarms on my way to a year end party. Here the sleaze of yesteryear is giving way to hollow tourist glitz. Do you want safety or soul? You can’t have both.
#kabukuicho #tokyo
#kabukuicho #tokyo
December 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
fending my way through the Kabukicho swarms on my way to a year end party. Here the sleaze of yesteryear is giving way to hollow tourist glitz. Do you want safety or soul? You can’t have both.
#kabukuicho #tokyo
#kabukuicho #tokyo
Having a conductor shout ALL ABOARD before a train departs is a tradition I believe is worth restoring and protecting. Together we can make it mandatory at all platforms everywhere. Vote William in 2026 wherever elections are held.
#electionplatform = #trainplatform #tradition
#ALLABOARD
#electionplatform = #trainplatform #tradition
#ALLABOARD
December 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Having a conductor shout ALL ABOARD before a train departs is a tradition I believe is worth restoring and protecting. Together we can make it mandatory at all platforms everywhere. Vote William in 2026 wherever elections are held.
#electionplatform = #trainplatform #tradition
#ALLABOARD
#electionplatform = #trainplatform #tradition
#ALLABOARD
My introduction to Japan was taking an intensive Japanese course at ICU in Mitaka one summer, so walking the wooded paths of the campus to give a talk on world building last month brought back so many memories.
#ICU #Mitaka #Tokyo
#Japanese #study #summerabroad
#wistful #nostalgic #memories
#ICU #Mitaka #Tokyo
#Japanese #study #summerabroad
#wistful #nostalgic #memories
December 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My introduction to Japan was taking an intensive Japanese course at ICU in Mitaka one summer, so walking the wooded paths of the campus to give a talk on world building last month brought back so many memories.
#ICU #Mitaka #Tokyo
#Japanese #study #summerabroad
#wistful #nostalgic #memories
#ICU #Mitaka #Tokyo
#Japanese #study #summerabroad
#wistful #nostalgic #memories
went to the open house for a new tourist accommodation in my neighbourhood. The owner has converted a kominka into short term lodgings. The rooms seemed spartan and overpriced, but the zen garden and the view were nice.
#openhouse #inn #kominka #shonan #zengarden #view
#japan #tourism #boom
#openhouse #inn #kominka #shonan #zengarden #view
#japan #tourism #boom
December 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
went to the open house for a new tourist accommodation in my neighbourhood. The owner has converted a kominka into short term lodgings. The rooms seemed spartan and overpriced, but the zen garden and the view were nice.
#openhouse #inn #kominka #shonan #zengarden #view
#japan #tourism #boom
#openhouse #inn #kominka #shonan #zengarden #view
#japan #tourism #boom
my new year's resolution for 2026 is to start learning Mandarin.
#newyearsresolution #newyear2026 #studychinese #language
#newyearsresolution #newyear2026 #studychinese #language
December 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
my new year's resolution for 2026 is to start learning Mandarin.
#newyearsresolution #newyear2026 #studychinese #language
#newyearsresolution #newyear2026 #studychinese #language
To start with a fresh list of media in 2026, I aim to finish off the following works by the end of the year:
The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama (audiobook)
Question Authority by Mark Kingwell (book)
Disco Elysium (game)
The Maxx (comic)
#endofyear #cleaninghouse #freshstart
The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama (audiobook)
Question Authority by Mark Kingwell (book)
Disco Elysium (game)
The Maxx (comic)
#endofyear #cleaninghouse #freshstart
December 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
To start with a fresh list of media in 2026, I aim to finish off the following works by the end of the year:
The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama (audiobook)
Question Authority by Mark Kingwell (book)
Disco Elysium (game)
The Maxx (comic)
#endofyear #cleaninghouse #freshstart
The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama (audiobook)
Question Authority by Mark Kingwell (book)
Disco Elysium (game)
The Maxx (comic)
#endofyear #cleaninghouse #freshstart
picked up a copy of this antique 1929 manga by author and artist Nio Mizushima. I'll translate the title for now as Country Bumpkinski in the Big City. It's a comedy, including one section that features a rather silly robopocalypse
#antique #manga #early #showa
#scifi #robot #robopocalypse #comedy
#antique #manga #early #showa
#scifi #robot #robopocalypse #comedy
December 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM