short story by HOSHI Shinichi

[Tomoyuki Tanaka]

you have a good memory.

> something along the lines of "Hey....come on out!" or

i think the Japanse title is "ooi (o-i) deteko-i".
it is included in "bokkochan" and several other anthologies.

i can probably find out which anthology contains an English
translation.

In article <KMgS5.19057$751.5...@typhoon.ne.mediaone.net>,
Brian M. Berry <bbe...@acm.org> wrote:
>Good day, all. This is a complete shot in the dark, but perhaps someone
>here will be able to help.
>
>I'm looking for a particular, fairly contemporary short story by a Japanese
>author. The story, as I remember it, is about a kind of bottomless pit
>discovered in the countryside, into which an ever-escalating array of modern
>society's garbage, hazards and the like are deposited. The reader discovers
>at the end of the story that these nasties end up dropping from the sky in a
>remote, pristine place. The story is clearly a statement about how we treat
>our environment.
>
>I have *no* idea who authored the story---only that I read it years ago from
>a book containing many Japanese short stories. If memory serves, the title
>of the story is something along the lines of "Hey....come on out!" or
>"Hey...is anyone down there?"---some form of exclamation first yelled into
>the bottomless pit, before the barrage of deposited items began.
>
>Anyone know the story? Anyone know where I may find it?
>
>Many thanks!
>
>Brian Berry
>bbe...@acm.org
>