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Ah_Pook
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« on: Jan 08, 2005, 11:11:42 PM »


January 18
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Baconesque
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« Reply #1 on: Jan 09, 2005, 10:29:34 AM »
Yeah, I'm gonna buy that.
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WhereTheSlimeLive
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« Reply #2 on: Jan 09, 2005, 10:53:32 AM »
I just got The Wind Up Bird Chronicle and Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World  for my birthday because of this board.
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« Reply #3 on: Jan 09, 2005, 12:04:54 PM »
9 days!

this is good news.  i just finished hard boiled wonderland and the end of the world.
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« Reply #4 on: Jan 10, 2005, 05:57:48 AM »
pchhh. this is old news. bought it (in the nicer looking british format) read it loved it. don't mean to rub it in, but it was amazing, easily as good as the wind up bird chronicles or hard boiled wonderland, in fact maybe the best one i've read. ahhh, it sure feels good to have read this book  :wink:
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« Reply #5 on: Jan 10, 2005, 12:15:56 PM »
8 days 'till Murakami is in da house!
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« Reply #6 on: Jan 10, 2005, 01:21:18 PM »
Very Happy  Very Happy  Very Happy  Very Happy  Very Happy   <---me, in 8 days.
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Ah_Pook
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« Reply #7 on: Jan 10, 2005, 01:34:43 PM »
Quote from: "william"
im an extremely fancy lad


well, good for you
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Baconesque
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« Reply #8 on: Jan 10, 2005, 03:30:56 PM »
actually i have to say that brit version looks hideous.
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justinh
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« Reply #9 on: Jan 10, 2005, 06:28:01 PM »
i love the british versions.  i own that edition of norwegian wood and wind up bird chronicle and think they generally look quite a bit nicer than the american ones.  i think it's the font that grabs me.  i like the american edition of hard boiled wonderland more, though.  in a totally unrelated note, the american versions of the harry potter books rule all over their british counterparts.
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robOt
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« Reply #10 on: Jan 10, 2005, 07:21:35 PM »
...alas! i nearly forgot it was coming up.

on the topic: i'm looking for used UK Vintage pressings of Norwegian Wood (ISBN: 0099448823), Sputnik Sweetheart (ISBN: 0099448475) and Elephant Vanishes (ISBN: 0099448750). basically: the ones with smexy b&w covers. i'd be interested in a trade, if you've read them and need the shelf space; i have some of his US pressings, and other works by other japanese authors i'd be willing to exchange for them.

also: i work in a library and have access to mad amounts of books that are to be recycled and/or discarded for various reasons (more like excuses if you ask me); but which are in perfect to fair to questionable condition, depending. right now there's an influx of art & out-dated travel books; some music, history, music history, americana ect. lots of random obscure type stuff which would be of interest to collage makers, fact-sluts, trivia buffs, collectors, eccentrics like us, ect. so if you have any particular interests let me know and i'll keep an eye out for you.

i wouldn't dare ask anything in the way of exchange other than shipping. a friendly gesture of sorts would be nice. maybe a mix cd or mailable art work/randomness. or maybe just a picture of what you used it for, that would please me to no end. totally up to you, as you see fit. but yeah, let me know if you're interested in a swap.

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« Reply #11 on: Jan 14, 2005, 05:18:32 AM »
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im an extremely fancy lad


well, good for you


huh?! when did i write that?
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« Reply #12 on: Jan 14, 2005, 07:57:52 AM »
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well, good for you


huh?! when did i write that?

I don't know, man, but like,

3 fuckin' days.
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Baconesque
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« Reply #13 on: Jan 14, 2005, 09:10:43 AM »
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Quote from: "Ah_Pook"
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im an extremely fancy lad


well, good for you


huh?! when did i write that?

It's called fake quoting
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elpollodiablo
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« Reply #14 on: Jan 14, 2005, 12:42:31 PM »
I've never read anything by, nor heard anything of, this man prior to my membership here. Reading's essentialled?
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« Reply #15 on: Jan 14, 2005, 01:44:53 PM »
Quote from: "robOt"
i work in a library and have access to mad amounts of books that are to be recycled and/or discarded for various reasons (more like excuses if you ask me); but which are in perfect to fair to questionable condition, depending. right now there's an influx of art & out-dated travel books; some music, history, music history, americana ect. lots of random obscure type stuff which would be of interest to collage makers, fact-sluts, trivia buffs, collectors, eccentrics like us, ect. so if you have any particular interests let me know and i'll keep an eye out for you.


oooh, a hook-up! I'm always on the lookout for history books, especially general world histories, and cold war/soviet studies. Art books are fun too, even damaged ones, which can be cut up for fun projects. E-mail me, rob0t, and let's do some sorta exchange. I'm a good random assortment gifts sender.
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Ah_Pook
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« Reply #16 on: Jan 14, 2005, 01:46:54 PM »
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I've never read anything by, nor heard anything of, this man prior to my membership here. Reading's essentialled?

yea hes pretty great. if you wanna check out his ouvre get The Elephant Vanishes, its a high quality collection of short stories.
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« Reply #17 on: Jan 14, 2005, 08:02:12 PM »
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I've never read anything by, nor heard anything of, this man prior to my membership here. Reading's essentialled?


check out the Murakami appreciation thread which includes a fairly detailed discussion about where to start if you've never read anything by him.
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Ah_Pook
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« Reply #18 on: Jan 16, 2005, 11:26:37 AM »
so my mom just came by and gave me a copy of this. shes as big or bigger of a murakami fan than me, and apparently barnes and nobles has it out on the shelf a couple days early. she was all bounching with exceitment. now i get to spend this lazy sunday reading it  Very Happy

i guess i'll return my copy i already preordered online once it gets here.
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WhereTheSlimeLive
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« Reply #19 on: Jan 17, 2005, 02:54:09 PM »
I bought After The Quake today,  I figured I'd read some short stories first, and build up for bigger novels.  I never like getting people's best works first whether it be music or books.
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Ah_Pook
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« Reply #20 on: Jan 17, 2005, 03:43:39 PM »
his short stories are some of his best stuff, unfortunately i didnt like After The Quake much at all. the one story... something about a Bear i forget the title, was pretty great but the rest was just kinda bleh. check The Elephant Vanishes for some top notch short storyage.

yknow, imho.
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« Reply #21 on: Jan 18, 2005, 10:07:40 PM »
I'm not hot for em, actually.   Parts of the stories I grin at, but overall...eh.  I liked the one guys Nightmare where he was afraid of refridgerators.
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Ah_Pook
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« Reply #22 on: Jan 19, 2005, 12:03:08 AM »
dont give up on Murakami though. pick up The Elephant Vanishes or Hard Boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World or something.
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Ah_Pook
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« Reply #23 on: Jan 19, 2005, 10:53:43 PM »
man this book has some serious shit in it. i just finished the chapter with Johnny Walker in it and i had to set the book down and take a breather. so tense and surreal.
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« Reply #24 on: Jan 22, 2005, 03:56:02 AM »
He is Franz Kafka!
Franz Kafka!
Be careful if you get him pissed,AeP
Franz! Franz Kafka!
He,Aeoll smite you with metaphor fists!
Writing all he can, he,Aeos just a man
A warrior of words taking a stand
He is Franz Kafka!
Spoken: Oh look, but there he is, what will he say?
I,Aeom a lonely German,AePa lonely German from Prague!
Kafka! Kafka! Kafka!

I don,Aeot know what,Aeos wrong with me I think I,Aeom turning into a bug
I see double what I see I think I,Aeom turning into a bug
I ain,Aeot got no self-esteem I think I,Aeom turning into a bug
Bet you fifty dollars I,Aeom a man, I,Aeom a scholar and I,Aeom turning into a bug
Momma like a daddy like a baby like a baby like I,Aeoll turn into a bug
Yeah! Yeah!
He is Franz Kafka!

Living like a bug ain,Aeot easy
My old clothes don,Aeot seem to fit me
I got little tiny bug feet
I don,Aeot really know what bugs eat
Don,Aeot want no one stepping on me
Now I,Aeom sympathizing with fleas
Living like a bug ain,Aeot easy,AeP

Welcome to heaven Franz! My name is God! I think you,Aeore going to like it here!
He is Franz Kafka!

Right now he can
He,Aeos just a man
A warrior of words
Taking a stand
He grew up very poor
He's steel, it's to the core
Born in 1883 died in 1924
He is Franz Kafka!
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