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"you get to a point that's not unlike de Blob, with colour being added to a broken and graying cityscape as you go."

de-bloody-Blob?

It's an idea that's been around since Wizball on the C64, dammit. Which makes this some sort of Wizball/Katamari offspring

deBlob. FFS.

“This looks like the game equivalent of a Murakami novel – long, soporific and slow.”
please think before you post things like this as it is painfully not true murakami is a fantastic writer and far form soporific

yes im a gamer and a seasoned reader

I like the fact that you have posted to wave your literary credentials, but you are unable to manage basic grammar, punctuation and spelling.

My guess is that you read Murakami in the same way kids at my school used to read Hubert Selby, without any real joy or comprehension (or much actual completing of the books)... more just to be seen with the book.

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Hold on I was interested in what Lisa had to say you fascists!! Now what do I do for Valentine's Day? I suppose I'll have to read "Supûtoniku no koibito" again. Zzzzz.

You mention Hubert Selby and the phrase 'real joy' in the same sentence. I never thought i'd see that. Mind, like, officially blown, man.

"I like the fact that you have posted to wave your literary credentials, but you are unable to manage basic grammar, punctuation and spelling.

My guess is that you read Murakami in the same way kids at my school used to read Hubert Selby, without any real joy or comprehension (or much actual completing of the books)... more just to be seen with the book."
no just no
i was very tired when i posted that and i refuse to apoligise for my poor english
however i truly do enjoy murakami's books and those by many others

If you don't really enjoy reading him. Don't read him.

If you do really enjoy reading him, then there's the real joy. What's so, like, mindblowing?

I think the poster is inferring that there is little to no joy in Selbys stories, not even for characters who commit murder just to see what it feels like, or keep a cop tied up in the garage like a dog. Or any other 'bad' behaviour you might find in his books. Part of the thrill (not joy, note) of reading Selby is the 'what comes next?' factor. Just when you think he's plummed the depths of his characters deviant behaviour, off he goes again.

And i bet Harry Blacks not your real name, you cheeky scamp!

How on earth did we end up with a Selby vs Murakami deathmatch!

Brilliant!

My money is on Murakami - his long distance running will give him a stamina edge over the less healthy Junior. That said, Hubert is a nasty, street fighter.

Personally, I'd like to add Franz Kafka to the list - mainly because he's a good writer but also because of his ability to transform people into insects.

FIGHT!

In the books that people carry around without ever reading stakes. Franz Kafka is the undisputed champion.

I believe Sun Tzu's "Art of War" and Machiavelli's "De Re Militari" could challenge that, especially with bussiness people, oh, and the Koran!

Wrong. I've read The Trial and (The) Metamorphosis. The undisputed champeen is James Joyce. Hands-down, no question. Sitting further down the league table would be Salman Rushdie and Stephen Hawking.

Cheers

Tim

Proves nothing. You've also read Joyce.

No one carries round those other Authors you mentioned, but which ihave already forgotten the names of.