― Mary (Mary), Friday, 25 June 2004 09:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 25 June 2004 09:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 25 June 2004 09:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 25 June 2004 10:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 25 June 2004 10:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:08 (nineteen years ago) link
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― spittle (spittle), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― spittle (spittle), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:39 (nineteen years ago) link
I was attempting the movie adaptation in my head enthusiastically while reading DANCE DANCE DANCE, which remains my favorite, but the darkness seemed to present problems.
I need to finish the copy of Norwegian Wood I've had out from the library the entire summer but I've been hesistant to subject myself to the sadness.
― herbert hebert (herbert hebert), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:44 (nineteen years ago) link
not with the sony cinealta!!
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Thursday, 2 September 2004 04:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Thursday, 2 September 2004 08:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 2 September 2004 08:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Wind-Up was the best when it came to the individual strands, but it really didn't seem to hang together and the ending felt forced. Dance Dance Dance was probably my favourite, just for the sheer feeling of joy it inspired - much needed after the end of Wild Sheep Chase.
Which should I read next? I was thinking about The Elephant Vanishes but Norwegian Wood is tempting me as well.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 2 September 2004 08:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tag (Tag), Thursday, 2 September 2004 09:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 2 September 2004 09:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― fcussen (Burger), Thursday, 2 September 2004 11:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:21 (nineteen years ago) link
For myself, I'm putting more and more of my thoughts on recent reading on the Brown Wedge on FT -- but that said, I'm definitely concentrating on nonfiction reading first and foremost. I think this is partially down to the fact that in many cases I'd rather be writing fiction than reading it!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:20 (nineteen years ago) link
As for the Elephant Vanishes dramatisation, I saw it when it was on. it was great fun - lots of Mcburney trickery without losing the murakaminess of the stories.
― Japanese Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Thursday, 2 September 2004 16:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:20 (nineteen years ago) link
My POV obviously, but I fail to see how this makes Murakami better than Lynch. I find mysteries more rewarding if I have to make an effort to solve them.
― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:26 (nineteen years ago) link
But it would be brilliant if it was actually Apache Indian.
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 2 September 2004 21:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Patrick 'Picard' Stewart was in the audience (I had a good view of the crowd), I wanted to shout out "Hey Picard! Dude! Make it so!", but I didn't. I kond of regret it now.
― jel -- (jel), Monday, 13 September 2004 16:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― the bellefox, Monday, 13 September 2004 16:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 13 September 2004 16:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Monday, 13 September 2004 16:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Anyway, bearing in mind Chronicle is my favourite, is Wonderland a good next move?
Also can anyone who's read the first two novels tell me more about the girl who dies at the beginning of Wild Sheep Chase?
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 13 September 2004 17:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 13 September 2004 17:07 (nineteen years ago) link
definitely, if you like the more surreal side (i do, and its my favourite).i read 'hear the wind sing' yesterday, its very short but a nice preamble to the wild sheep chase/dance dance dance books. he mentions 3 girls in it, one of who may be the girl at the start of AWS, i'll have to reread the start of that to remind myself.
― zappi (joni), Monday, 13 September 2004 17:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 13 September 2004 17:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Monday, 13 September 2004 17:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 13 September 2004 17:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― zappi (joni), Monday, 13 September 2004 18:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― zan, Friday, 17 September 2004 20:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:29 (nineteen years ago) link
That's what I think about Philp K. Dick.
I think the "Sputnik Sweetheart" is the most non-Murakami Murakami book I've read, and it's rather good. Strange how nobody mentioned it.
― Pingu, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 09:30 (nineteen years ago) link
-- Japanese Giraffe (nihonnokiri...), September 2nd, 2004 4:51 PM.
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 10:10 (nineteen years ago) link
I like Greenwood's score (and the CAN tracks) but the film is a dud for me.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 10 November 2023 10:17 (six months ago) link
Seeing this in the Seattle Library catalog - 街とその不確かな壁 (Machi to sono futashika na kabe). Google translates to “The City and its Uncertain Walls”. Would figure translating/refining now for 2024 release?
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 10 November 2023 19:25 (six months ago) link
Browsing at the bookstore and overheard this young woman berating Murakami for his sexism to this guy. Did giggle but I do think this stuff will sink without trace quite quickly.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 March 2024 21:05 (one month ago) link