1Q84

[Paul Mackin]

On 3/1/2012 10:24 AM, Erik T. Burns wrote:
> i am listening to this one at present, and finding it veeeeeeerrrrrry
> sloooooow to make even the most basic plot points. I'm about 1/3 of
> the way through the book and I could summarize the twin plots so far
> in about 30 seconds. This is not necessarily a problem; the problem is
> the filling in is almost totally uninteresting&  often repetitive.


Using more words than necessary is one definition of hack writing.

Not saying Murakami is a hack, just than sometimes it seems that way.

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> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Mark Kohut<markekohut at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>> For the record, which sez something laughable at about me, I do not think
>> his richness is
>> as rich as TRP's---or a few other writers I know---and, his weakness is
>> sentimentality--
>> maybe ultimately---which may be my word for what other readers to whom he
>> falls short,
>> means, dunno.
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>> From: Mark Kohut<markekohut at yahoo.com>
>> To: Joseph Tracy<brook7 at sover.net>; P-list List<pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 7:39 AM
>> Subject: Re: 1Q84
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>> i found it page-turning and full of thematic richness. The overarching
>> question to me is
>> the historical one: what does the alternative 1984 mean? to the present vs.
>> the Present.
>> Very Iceland Spar-like to me, that is, how different is the historical
>> light? What does it show?
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>> From: Joseph Tracy<brook7 at sover.net>
>> To: P-list List<pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: 1Q84
>>
>> Appreciate hearing other feedback. Inclined to agree with both comments.
>> This was my first Murakami book. I actually tend to read about 2/3rds
>> non-fiction.
>> On Feb 29, 2012, at 10:01 PM, John Bailey wrote:
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>>> I only finished it on Monday, and given I quite enjoy Murakami it says
>>> something that I took like two months to get through this. It's way too long
>>> and should have been cut by a third. There's so much going on that gets lost
>>> because you're just wading through the irrelevant bits.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:27 PM, David Morris<fqmorris at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> Hinting @ But never getting anywhere.  That's a perfect description of my
>>> experience with this author.
>>>
>>> David Morris
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