TRP and Douglas Adams

[Skip Wolfe]

On Thu, 27 Mar 1997 deedle writes:
>How can we possibly leave out the 5 novel "trilogy" of "The 
>Hitchhiker's
>Guide to the Galaxy?"  Am I the only one who sees TRP connections 
>there?
>"Hitchiker's Guide" and "Gravity's Rainbow" are the only books that 
>have
>ever made me involuntarily laugh out loud in crowded places.  (At the
>laundromat, on the bus, in the library...)

I don't remember anyone on the list ever mentioning Haruki Murakami
(_Wild Sheep Chase_, _Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World_). 
I guess he could be considered SF, or borderline SF, at least, as some of
the others mentioned could.  Whatever genre, he's damn good, I think.  A
little Pynchonesque, even . . . hyeugh hyeugh.