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I'm sure you are right - I find there is so much of it (epic fantasy) nowadays it can be a bit of a gamble as to the quality when buying a book by an author you've not read before, it makes deciding on something to go for a bit daunting.

I recently read a very interesting article about the way fantasy writing has been going in the the last decade or so and though the authors opinions are rather harsh I feel I agree with most of what he says - I thought some of you guys would find it interesting and hope it might provoke some...

Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell mark

I probably read about 1 a week also. People must be doing not alot else with their time if they are reading alot more than that ;) - or maybe I'm just a slow reader? Mark

That may explain it - I haven't read A Wlid Sheep Chase yet so will go for that next then maybe re-visit DDD - thanks for the tip. Mark

I've read Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World and I think it's the best of his I've read so far (Norwegian Wood a close second) also read Dance Dance Dance and just finished Sputnick Sweetheart which I enjoyed but didn't like as much. Would be interested to hear what you thought...

I've not read that one yet but is on my list and was recommended to me by a friend.

I don't know you so I have no complaints about you going on about it - and anyway I would agree with you. One of the best books I've read in a while. I read it last week while I was on holiday skiiing - I had a day in the apartment (as there was a blizzard outside) and got through it in a...

No complaints on your English - Of his books I've read so far I also like NW the best (I've read Hard Bolied Wonderland .. and NW and just started Dance Dance Dance. I've not come across 'Listen Song of the Wind' - maybe it has a different title here in the UK

I've got The Wooden Sea but not read it yet. I think Kissing The Beehive is the best of his I've read so far. All his books are very similar in style, so the first few one reads are exciting and seem quite unique then they become less so the more of them you read. But they are...

Another James Lee Burke fan! - he's my favourite crime author. My other favourites. Haruki Murakami Iain Banks Jeffrey Ford many other too numerous to mention

I've just suggested Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami for Aprils vote. I was wondering if others on this forum have read his books and what you thought of them. His latest book Kafka on the Shore has recently been published - anybody read it yet? - what did you think? I think he is...

SillyWabbit I came across Jonathon Carroll quite a while ago - I can't remember where-how I came across him first - but I really enjoyed most of his books, in particular; The Land Of Laughs and Kissing the Beehive. Some of his other I found didn't work quite as well. Which have you...

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami I'd like to suggest Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. Review Mark

What do you think of it so far? I much prefer his normal fiction to his SF (though I thought 'Against A Dark Background' and 'Consider Phlebas' were excellent) - but thought I would give it a go.

Yes - I was a bit miffed to find out that it will be in a series of 4 ( an easy way to increase ones revenue by a third) - I wonder how long it will be before the 4th is out though. It's always a bit disconcerting when you finish an early book in a series not knowing when the nest will be...

Spotted this in the book shop yesterday - has anybody read the new book yet? - any good? I think I may give it a go some time soon - though I don't have the long school summer holidays I had when I ploughed trough the first lot. Any body else thinking they may give this a go? Mark

I've recently finished 'A Portrait Of Mrs Charbuque' by Jeffrey Ford - one of the best books I've read for a long, long time, exciting, clever and beautifully written. For those who haven't read it it's about a painter who's given a commission to paint the portrait of said Mrs Charbuque but...

Hi all I've only just joined the forum so by way of an introduction to myself I'd like to ask if anybody else out there has read any of Magnan's books, and if not I would highly recommend them. They are clever/'literary' thrillers set in Provence, only recently and beautifully translated...