tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post1445573753942674260..comments2024-01-26T20:41:02.065+13:00Comments on Quote Unquote: What I’m readingStephen Stratfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-23452297678133767572010-12-17T07:08:38.312+13:002010-12-17T07:08:38.312+13:00Having read a lot of Murakami I'm struggling t...Having read a lot of Murakami I'm struggling to recall him writing about even one. (Not in the one about running, surely?) Maybe they didn't make an impression. Or maybe I'm just not uptight about it. Do you mark the margins, Danyl, or just fold over the corner? Reading, I mean...Chad Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868991266873391804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-67201233747156209532010-12-14T19:24:18.829+13:002010-12-14T19:24:18.829+13:00Danyl, I call that the "male author" syn...Danyl, I call that the "male author" syndrome.<br /><br />Any male authors care to comment?Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-68704012640622533612010-12-14T14:31:57.699+13:002010-12-14T14:31:57.699+13:00Plus Blomkvist was irresistible to women - c'm...<i>Plus Blomkvist was irresistible to women - c'mon, he's a journalist.</i><br /><br />True, it is okay to sneer at books in which the hero is an obvious proxy for the author and gets a blowjob from every female character in the novel. I call that the 'Haruki Murakami syndrome'.Danylnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-38743109441158652202010-12-14T08:16:49.120+13:002010-12-14T08:16:49.120+13:00"Something about milk and alcohol?"
Sad..."Something about milk and alcohol?"<br /><br />Sadly no, Rob. More Bjork-ish.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-84523949384581035742010-12-14T08:15:15.265+13:002010-12-14T08:15:15.265+13:00Agreed. I enjoyed the first one, the second and th...Agreed. I enjoyed the first one, the second and third much less. Partly the sexual violence - icky - and partly the implausibility of Salander's hacking skills, which seemed to be on the miraculous level of "With one bound he was free". Plus Blomkvist was irresistible to women - c'mon, he's a journalist.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-45611062828763580322010-12-14T08:13:47.529+13:002010-12-14T08:13:47.529+13:00"secret connection between Bill Manhire and D..."secret connection between Bill Manhire and Dr Feelgood."<br /><br />Something about milk and alcohol?Rob Hoskinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781851818389502001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-60985371210071120282010-12-13T20:56:29.667+13:002010-12-13T20:56:29.667+13:00It's easy to overdo the sneering revulsion to ...It's easy to overdo the sneering revulsion to the Stieg Larrson books - the first one is a pretty great thriller. I don't understand why they've become, literally, the most popular books in the world, but since this is usually a slot occupied by Danielle Steel (or equivalent) Larrson's popularity is no bad thing.Danyl Mclauchlannoreply@blogger.com