Richard Morgan interview

[bekah]

I've read   (in this order)

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (the best of the lot and Kafka is probably 
second best)
A Wild Sheep Chase
Norwegian Wood
Underground (nonfiction)
Kafka on the Shore

I enjoy Murakami;  he's a great story-teller.  But Pynchon does a lot 
more than tell stories.

Bekah



At 5:23 PM -0400 4/29/07, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>I've only read Wind-up Bird Chronicle.  I found it tedious, not 
>particularly thought-provoking, and kind of self-consciously cute. 
>The magical stuff seemed contrived, and not organic to the story or 
>atmosphere of the book.  If anyone here thinks Murakami's other 
>books are drastically different or better, I might be willing to 
>give him another try.
>
>Laura
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Daniel Julius <daniel.julius at gmail.com>
>>
>>>
>>>  However Murakami doesn't rank that comfortably beside Pynchon.
>>
>>
>>Thank you, I was waiting for somebody to say this!  I dont understand the
>>hype, especially that which Ive seen amongst other college-aged dudes and
>>dudettes Im friends w/.  Ive only read Wind-Up, and I enjoyed it alright,
>>but nothing about it screamed "global literary master" to me, not even in
>>the most generous definition of that term.