I think the German edition is supposed to be the definitive one. I think that WUBC was serialised initially, and then released in three slimmer volumes in Japan before being translated. I think that English version was then used as a basis for a tightened up Japanese version which was then translated into German by…

1. I work in Japanese art and am working on an Obaku exhibition at the moment. I'm just surprised when anyone recognises a word like Obaku outside of my field!
2. The only other book of his I have read is 'The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea' and I loved it. He's a pretty fascinating character. However, it…

1. I work in Japanese art and am working on an Obaku exhibition at the moment. I'm just surprised when anyone recognises a word like Obaku outside of my field!
2. The only other book of his I have read is 'The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea' and I loved it. He's a pretty fascinating character. However, it…

I think it depended on the section of the novel. Towards the beginning I found the Burnham chapters more engaging but once the fair was up and running I just wanted somebody (anybody) to catch Holmes and just wanted to get to where it looked like that might happen. I was genuinely frightened by some of those Holmes…

I think it depended on the section of the novel. Towards the beginning I found the Burnham chapters more engaging but once the fair was up and running I just wanted somebody (anybody) to catch Holmes and just wanted to get to where it looked like that might happen. I was genuinely frightened by some of those Holmes…

'Cloud Atlas' was also my first, and I was kept enraptured because the particular route I was traveling on at the time was almost exactly all the places he sets each chapter in. Then I worked my way forward chronologically. I'm surprised someone said 'Cloud Atlas' is his weakest but then each to his own (I'm not going…

'Cloud Atlas' was also my first, and I was kept enraptured because the particular route I was traveling on at the time was almost exactly all the places he sets each chapter in. Then I worked my way forward chronologically. I'm surprised someone said 'Cloud Atlas' is his weakest but then each to his own (I'm not going…

I've been hemming and hawing over whether to bother with '1Q84' at all. 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' is easily my favourite and I feel like it's the best example of that particular aspect of Murakami's writing that I've read. I've found his books tend to blend in my memory into one mass of Norwegian vanishing dancing…

I've been hemming and hawing over whether to bother with '1Q84' at all. 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' is easily my favourite and I feel like it's the best example of that particular aspect of Murakami's writing that I've read. I've found his books tend to blend in my memory into one mass of Norwegian vanishing dancing…

Did you read Grant Morrison's 'Supergods'? 'Marvel Comics: The Untold Story' sounded like it might be similar, only with more discipline and less subjectivity.

Did you read Grant Morrison's 'Supergods'? 'Marvel Comics: The Untold Story' sounded like it might be similar, only with more discipline and less subjectivity.

'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' and public libraries - two great tastes that taste great together! The London public libraries have allowed me to actually read a lot of the graphic novels and comics which I wouldn't have otherwise.

'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' and public libraries - two great tastes that taste great together! The London public libraries have allowed me to actually read a lot of the graphic novels and comics which I wouldn't have otherwise.

'Number9Dream' was my least favourite and 'Black Swan Green' is the book of his I liked the most, mostly because I felt it had the most heart (it's somewhat autobiographical as well, as far as I understand). He's got an uncanny ability to write about places I know well, or have significance in my family. I'd recommend…

'Number9Dream' was my least favourite and 'Black Swan Green' is the book of his I liked the most, mostly because I felt it had the most heart (it's somewhat autobiographical as well, as far as I understand). He's got an uncanny ability to write about places I know well, or have significance in my family. I'd recommend…

I also just finished reading a few days ago ‘The Devil in
the White City’ and enjoyed it immensely. I’m only
ever in Chicago on crazy hectic work trips (and
know nobody there) though so unfortunately I wasn’t able to take too much
pleasure out of the contrast to contemporary Chicago. None-the-less, for a non-American it
was…

I also just finished reading a few days ago ‘The Devil in
the White City’ and enjoyed it immensely. I’m only
ever in Chicago on crazy hectic work trips (and
know nobody there) though so unfortunately I wasn’t able to take too much
pleasure out of the contrast to contemporary Chicago. None-the-less, for a non-American it
was…

This was my YA series of choice when I was a YA! Also the only YA books I've ever read! The last book in this series is one of a couple of times I really anticipated a book and got it first day of release.

I saw this last weekend and I liked the theatrical conceit,
but ultimately this was thoroughly style over substance and somewhere in the
back half of the movie I just gave up caring about any of the characters. The
problem is not so much that anyone gives a bad performance (Aaron
Taylor-Johnson comes close but it’s more…

I saw this last weekend and I liked the theatrical conceit,
but ultimately this was thoroughly style over substance and somewhere in the
back half of the movie I just gave up caring about any of the characters. The
problem is not so much that anyone gives a bad performance (Aaron
Taylor-Johnson comes close but it’s more…