Both his parents taught Japanese literature, but he preferred reading second-hand pulp-fiction novels picked up in the port city of Kobe.
村上父母都是日本文学教授，但他本人却更喜欢阅读神户淘来的二手通俗小说。
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Science fiction & fantasy magazines, the illustrated pulpfiction of the age, sparked the imaginations of a generation.
那个年代的通俗小说主要是科幻奇幻小说，这些绘有插图的杂志点燃了一整代人想象力的火花。
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The pulpfiction style sold millions of books and remained popular for several decades before finally petering out from a glut of material and the changing tastes of readers.