Comments on: End of the World Blues http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/end-of-the-world-blues/ reading material to get excited about Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:57:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: RP http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/end-of-the-world-blues/#comment-20962 RP Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:43:18 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/end-of-the-world-blues/#comment-20962 The cat talks, and I totally agree with your Murakami/manga sentiment. Things nearly do fall into the HARD BOILED WONDERLAND AT THE END OF THE WORLD/Seijun Suzuki mold, especially at the beginning and at the end, and It would be interesting to see the book put into the manga idiom. The cat talks, and I totally agree with your Murakami/manga sentiment. Things nearly do fall into the HARD BOILED WONDERLAND AT THE END OF THE WORLD/Seijun Suzuki mold, especially at the beginning and at the end, and It would be interesting to see the book put into the manga idiom.

]]> By: Eric Searleman http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/end-of-the-world-blues/#comment-20941 Eric Searleman Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:08:39 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/end-of-the-world-blues/#comment-20941 I know this novel has attracted a lot of attention, first in England and now in the U.S. It's an entertaining book, but maybe I was expecting too much. At some point while reading it, I thought to myself, "What if Huraki Murakami wrote manga? Would END OF THE WORLD BLUES be the result?" Heck, there's even a talking cat. Wait... does the cat talk? Now I can't remember. I know this novel has attracted a lot of attention, first in England and now in the U.S. It’s an entertaining book, but maybe I was expecting too much. At some point while reading it, I thought to myself, “What if Huraki Murakami wrote manga? Would END OF THE WORLD BLUES be the result?” Heck, there’s even a talking cat. Wait… does the cat talk? Now I can’t remember.

]]> By: RP http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/end-of-the-world-blues/#comment-20875 RP Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:22:00 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/end-of-the-world-blues/#comment-20875 I found the book to be extremely contemplative, both as I was reading it and well after I was finished; I think the delving that Grimwood does into memories, regret, and motivation is really conducive to personal meditation. I found the book to be extremely contemplative, both as I was reading it and well after I was finished; I think the delving that Grimwood does into memories, regret, and motivation is really conducive to personal meditation.

]]> By: heather (errantdreams) http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/end-of-the-world-blues/#comment-20867 heather (errantdreams) Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:35:01 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/end-of-the-world-blues/#comment-20867 Sounds like it's definitely worth a read! Sounds like it’s definitely worth a read!

]]> By: Eric Searleman http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/end-of-the-world-blues/#comment-20772 Eric Searleman Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:55:53 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/sci-fi/end-of-the-world-blues/#comment-20772 "END OF THE WORLD BLUES is a deep, thoughtful book..." I didn't find any moments of contemplation in the text or in the spaces between. I agree, however, that It's a clever little book with loads of style. Grimwood has ushered in a new genre--the manganovel. That's it. “END OF THE WORLD BLUES is a deep, thoughtful book…”

I didn’t find any moments of contemplation in the text or in the spaces between. I agree, however, that It’s a clever little book with loads of style. Grimwood has ushered in a new genre–the manganovel. That’s it.

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