[Ai gave out a small chuckle as she smiled amusedly at the pony, shaking her head a bit as she did.]

What I mean is that the author of the book is a famous one back on Earth, from one of our other countries. His books are available home.

[The Japanese teenager may not have been born in England, but H.G. Wells was a well-known name worldwide. She hadn't read any of the talented writer's work, but she had most certainly heard of him before.]