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    Salman Rushdie · standalone novel · 1988

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    “Tokyo Cancelled presents short stories tenuously linked together by their use of fairy-tale like narratives, with short interludes between the narratives which link the tales together.”

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    “A television adaptation of the novel, created by Yu and starring Jimmy O. Yang, premiered on Hulu on November 19, 2024.”

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    J. G. Ballard · standalone novel · 1974

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