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M: [...] I've read many so called science fiction, but I couldn't appreciate them. There are various thing, from "hard (SciFi)" to "sorcery and sword," but I couldn't enjoy... rather, I liked non-fiction more... In my young days, I was a reader of SF Magazine [...]

I: What's your favorite SF of those days?

M: Do you know Ningen ijou?[1] [...] And that one I can't remember the title... Yoru kitaru, do you know it?[2] [...] It's short novel, though, it was awful, I think it's one of the greatest works.

I: How about recent one?

M: Chikyuuno nagai gogo was interesting.[3] I enjoyed that world of plant life. Translation quality was fine, too. But, plants were interesting, though on the other hand the human characters were not so good. I like Gedo senki, though I don't know whether it's an SF or not, I like it very much.[4] I can't remember how many times I've read it. I like Yubiwa monogatari also.[5] Hornblower series [...] is great as a reading.

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