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c03n3nj0 on 28 January 2013
Asriel said:
c03n3nj0 said:
Asriel said:
Chunli said:

OHHH!!!! Murakami is awesome!! 
I read 1Q84 and loved it but I was so dissapointed in the ending. So many things were left unexplained. Like the "Little People" etc.

I read Norwegian Wood and loved it too but not as much as 1Q84. I just felt that Book 3 in 1Q84 was so rushed and urgggh..if only things were explained much better. 


I haven't read IQ84 yet, though I will at some point. If you're already familiar with him, I'd highly recommend Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore. They straddle the boundary between being enjoyable, accessible, yet surreal, better than any modern book I've read. If you found the lack of explanation/closure in 1Q84 frustrating, I think those two would be perfect for you. Kafka on the Shore might be one of my all-time favourite books. 


Both of youse! (And whoever else wants to share something.)

I've actually heard of Murakami and was considering reading one of his books. I have no idea what to expect, though. Is his surrealness a turn-off for a first-time reader? 

I'm basically asking which book I should start with. :P (But hey, don't feel like you can't recommend any of the real good stuff). 


Everything I've read of his I've really enjoyed, honestly, it's just that Hard-Boiled Wonderland was simultaneously the most surreal and least favourite book of his I've read yet, so I'm not sure how to judge his output based on that.

I would start with Norwegian Wood or South of the Border West of the Sun. Both are very naturalistic, but introduce key ideas, tropes and themes that Murakami explores across his literature. They're also both excellent books. If you enjoy them, I can't recommend The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle or Kafka on the Shore highly enough. I couldn't put down any Murakami book I've picked up, but the impact of those two novels was particularly profound for me. I think he's really, genuinely worth checking out, and like I said, Norwegian Wood and South of the Border are both great places to start. Norwegian Wood was his first novel, so that's where I started.

Well that bolded certainly makes, sense haha. Also shares its name with a Beatles song, so there's that. 

I'm sure I'll check it out, and go from there. Thanks! 

I know my bro really liked IQ84 -- it seems a bit daunting to start reading his novels from there, though.



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Scary4Eva on 28 January 2013
NiKKoM said:
Yeah.. I confess.. I'm also reading "One Day" -_-"

so anyway do you people read e-books or old plain paper books.. i have a Kobo Reader to read e-books.. I think it has been 2 or 3 years since i bought a paper book.. ebooks are way easier, cheaper and doesn't fill my appartment up..


I buy paper books. I've tried reading ebooks, but for me, nothing can replace a real book.



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NintendoPie on 28 January 2013

I've always wanted to read The Hunger Games. Too bad I can't be pushed to pay for it.



Stefan.De.Machtige on 28 January 2013

I'm reading "the name of the wind" at this moment.



In the wilderness we go alone with our new knowledge and strength.

Scary4Eva on 28 January 2013
NintendoPie said:
I've always wanted to read The Hunger Games. Too bad I can't be pushed to pay for it.

You can always borrow it from the library. That's what I do when there is a book I want to read, but don't have the money to buy it.



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mtu9356 on 28 January 2013

Been reading Deadhouse Gates (2/3rds complete) by Steven Erikson. Love the series so far and I have 8 books left after this one!



NintendoPie on 28 January 2013
Scary4Eva said:
NintendoPie said:
I've always wanted to read The Hunger Games. Too bad I can't be pushed to pay for it.

You can always borrow it from the library. That's what I do when there is a book I want to read, but don't have the money to buy it.

I don't even know if my library has The Hunger Games. If they do it's probably all out.



Scary4Eva on 28 January 2013
NintendoPie said:
Scary4Eva said:
NintendoPie said:
I've always wanted to read The Hunger Games. Too bad I can't be pushed to pay for it.

You can always borrow it from the library. That's what I do when there is a book I want to read, but don't have the money to buy it.

I don't even know if my library has The Hunger Games. If they do it's probably all out.


You could always put a hold on it if it is already borrowed.



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Farsala on 28 January 2013

I read a lot of books, currently do not have the time though. Last year for some reason I could not think of a single game I wanted for Christmas so I asked for books. Currently reading my textbooks, Fenrir by M.D. Lachlan, Treacheries of the Space Marines by multiple authors.



haxxiy on 28 January 2013
Salnax said:
Player1x3 said:

Is that the one promoting white guilt ?


Not so much white guilt as "White People, There is Nothing Special About You."

Its thesis is that civilization developed in Eurasia fastest for ecological not cultural or racial reasons. Eurasia's size and eco-diversity gave it more species of domesticable plants and animals than other continents, certain favorable climates and landforms, a long human presence, and east-west trade routes.

So it's not only white people, but Eurasia as a whole. Basically he dismisses down everything that could be equaled to personal or ethnical accomplishment from Earth's three core civilizations - Europe, India and China. A piece of determinism who promptly ignores not only the shortcomings of the eurasian axis but also the myriad of regions who remained underdeveloped when they had every reason to succeed according to his studies.

In an era where it's pleasing to believe the lie everybody's the same so we can supposedly enjoy the same chances in our little hedonistic lives, it's obvious his theory will ressonate with some, specially in the lower side of personal accomplishment and social hierarchy. The old childhood tactic of shifting the blame or claiming unfairness, in a nutshell.