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Reading Murakami (or What I Think About When I Read Haruki Murakami)
For much of 2019, I found myself consumed with reading the novels and other books by Japanese writer, Haruki Murakami. It is a journey that began, or should have begun, a decade earlier.What happened...
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Books on Film: A Scanner Darkly
Book: A Scanner Darkly, Philip K Dick, 1977 Film: A Scanner Darkly, Dir. Richard Linklater, 2006Richard Linklater‘s 2006 rotoscoped film, A Scanner Darkly, remains the most faithful cinematic...
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Books on Film: Drive My Car
*spoilers*Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s 2021 film, Drive My Car, is based on the Haruki Murakami short story of the same name. Actually, the film takes sections from three Murakami stories included in the 2014...
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Drive Wheel
This is heaven, she thinks. Flashing lights. Bass pounding in her chest. Several hundred writhing bodies all moving to the beat. Sweat pouring off of her body. Hips moving. Arms flailing. Booty...
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Le Rayon-Vert
History, as historian, Howard Zinn, noted, is an infinite series of events. In order to tell any story, real or imagined, one must cherry pick from those individual moments to form a coherent...
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In Praise of Penguin Books; or How to Build a Private Library
When I think of how and when I first read some of my favourite books; some of my favourite authors, more often than not those initial experiences came through a Penguin Books edition. Reading...
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Books on Film: Dune
He is the Kwizatz Haderach He is born of CaladanAnd will take the Gom JabbarHe has the power to foreseeOr to look into the pastHe is the ruler of the stars. Iron Maiden, To...
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We Haven’t Met But You’re a Great Fan of Mine: Iain M Banks’s Culture Series
(spoilers and trigger warnings apply)The eight, nine, or ten books of Iain M Banks Culture series (depending on how you count them – see below) are some of the most important science fiction novels...
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Books on Film: The Dead
Having recently completed a reread of James Joyce’s Dubliners, I decided to rewatch The Dead, John Huston’s film adaptation of the story of the same name. Although I have seen the film at least twice...
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Someone
At this moment…Somewhere in the world:Someone is dying,Someone is being born.Someone is being hired,Someone is being fired.Someone is being pleasured,Someone is being tortured.Someone is having the...
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Life, the Universe and Everything: The Philosophy of Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams is principally remembered as a writer of comic fiction. His science fiction series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is the thing for which most people still know him today. This is...
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The Maher Paradox (Conjecture)
(with tongue placed loosely in cheek)I’ve decided to invent my own paradox, The Maher Paradox. The Maher Paradox states:All so-called paradoxes are, on closer inspection, not in fact paradoxes.Which I...
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