ext_9071 ([identity profile] bzoppa.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] meganbmoore 2008-11-18 01:37 am (UTC)

Somewhat off-topic.

I know you have billions of books to read and billions of books piled up, but I'd like to rec one that's tangentially on your wavelength, but has an element of dystopian/cyberpunk scifi:

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw_0_11?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=hard-boiled+wonderland+and+the+end+of+the+world&x=0&y=0&sprefix=hard-boiled) by Haruki Murakami. I was reminded of it when you mentioned a character goes to work in a library.

Here's a short description

Ok, I can't find one that would make it sound appealing to you. It's basically split between two narratives, one chapter in the cyberpunk world and the alternating in a fantasy world (where the narrator goes to work in a library, hence my thinking of it). They two narratives eventually merge.

It's by a Japanese author so I don't think you'll find it as alien as people who only read Western fantasy. I think you'd find it interesting. I'm glad I thought of it, as I'm reminded to get Dance, Dance, Dance from the library.


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