The Tale of Genji is generally considered to be Earth's first example of the novel literary form. Called Genji Monogatari in its original language, it was written in Earth's early 11th century by a Japanese noblewoman named Murasaki Shikibu. Hikaru Sulu was named after the story's protagonist, Hikaru Genji. (TOS novel: The Entropy Effect)

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• The Tale of Genji article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.