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Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy.

Haruki Murakami

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
Essayist
Linguist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
People
Near
Unhappy
Boring
Rain
Fiction
Dark
Future
Fictions
Always
Raining

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