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It made her think of Laika, the dog. The man-made satellite streaking soundlessly across the blackness of outer space. The dark, lustrous eyes of the dog gazing out the tiny window. In the infinite loneliness of space, what could the dog possibly be looking at?

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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
Space
Tiny
Streaking
Eye
Across
Satellite
Made
Dog
Satellites
Men
Window
Blackness
Think
Infinite
Gazing
Thinking
Eyes
Outer
Looking
Possibly
Soundlessly
Dark
Loneliness
Lustrous

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