Yasutaka Tsutsui

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born

September 24, 1934 in Osaka, Japan

genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Humor

About this author

Yasutaka Tsutsui es novelista, autor teatral, crítico literario, actor y músico. Después de graduarse en la Universidad de Doshisha en arte y estética, fundó la revista de ciencia ficción NULL. Durante los años setenta comenzó a experimentar con diferentes formas literarias aunque logró un gran reconocimiento como autor de ciencia ficción. En el verano de 1993, Tsutsui anunció que dejaba de escribir como reacción al linchamiento que había sufrido en la prensa por una protesta hecha por la Asociación de Epilépticos de Japón debido a ciertas expresiones sobre la epilepsia que aparecían en uno de sus cuentos. En protesta por la falta de libertad de expresión se negó a publicar en su país, convirtiéndose en el primer ciberescritor de Japón al h...more

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Books by Yasutaka Tsutsui

Average rating: 3.53 · 861 ratings · 169 reviews · 91 distinct works

	Salmonella Men on Planet Porno: Stories by Yasutaka Tsutsui, Andrew Driver (Translator) 3.54 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui, Andrew Driver (Translator), Yasutaka Tstsui 3.45 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui, David Karashima (Translator) 3.38 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1967 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Hell 3.15 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Maid. Yasutaka Tsutsui by Yasutaka Tsutsui, Adam Kabat (Translator) 3.33 avg rating — 42 ratings	My rating:
	A Girl Who Runs Through Time Vol. 1 by Yasutaka Tsutsui, Gaku Tsugano 3.50 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	What the Maid Saw: Eight Psychic Tales 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	Telepathic Wanderers Volume 1 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	A Girl Who Runs Through Time Vol. 02 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Telepathic Wanderers: Volume 2 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2006	My rating:

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Quotes by Yasutaka Tsutsui

“To be able to see into a friends' dream is a dream in itself.

-Doctor Kōsaku Tokita (Paprika)”
― Yasutaka Tsutsui

tags: blaze , dreams , friend , lover , saotome , science , tsutsui , yasutaka

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“Which will you take, the high road or the low road?"

"Which one is longer?"

"They're both short.”
― Yasutaka Tsutsui, Hell

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“You see, our hard-earned saving are always going to be taken away from us by someone - whether we have any or not.”
― Yasutaka Tsutsui, Salmonella Men on Planet Porno: Stories

tags: inspirational , thoughtful

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