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Tokai is Yoshikawas' other book that takes place right before Musashi. Taiko is about the famous generals of the warring states period and focuses on the peasant general Hideyoshi. the books end is the battle of Sekigahara. that is the battle that the Musashi novel begins with. Taiko is a bit closer to historical record while Musashi is written as more of a folk tale. Taiko is a bit dryer (i think its due to translation) but its a great book too.

Thanks, for the rec. I'll add this to the stack. Do you read any more traditional Japanese work? I'm thinking of diving in sometime. My dad has mentioned Yukio Mishima before. Are you familiar with him?

I've heard the name but have not read his books. is that the same Mishima that comitted suicide by hara-kiri? I haven't read much by Japanese authors, just Musashi, Taiko, and book of Five Rings by Musashi. I enjoyed Clavells books Shogun and Gai-Jin. The Shogun TV mini-series piqued my curiosity as a kid and I read a shit ton of Stephen Turnbulls books on Samurai, battles, monks, ninja, castles and other things.

https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Turnbull/e/B001H6U2BS

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and I read these. Lone Wolf and Cub is old school manga that inspired a lot of movies including Road to Perdition

That is the same Mishima. I loved Shogun by Clavell. Tai Pan was another good one by him. I think I heard Shogun is getting a new miniseries soon. I’ve never picked up Lone Wolf and Cub. I heard the author had just passed away.

I've read a few good sci-fi short stories recently. They're probably well known to most of you but I thought I'd mention them anyway.

The Light of Other Days by Bob Shaw

Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang

The Man Who Lost the Sea by Theodore Sturgeon

They Go Bump by David Barr Kirtley

The Things by Peter Watts (I'd only recommend this one for fans of John Carpenter's The Thing)

Tk'tk'tk by David R. Levine

How are you feeling about TBotNS, vailpass?

I really want to buy this. Pretty hefty price for a college student, though.

https://www.foliosociety.com/usa/the...e-new-sun.html

I’m about 3/4 of the way through and am not wanting to get to the end.
Damn good read. Severian is one of the more interesting characters I’ve read.

Cool. I’d like to read the Gaiman intros.

Glad you like it. You're on Sword, then? The passages in the mountains and the set piece with Typhon are some of the best in the series.

I ended up just buying them. I've saved up a decent chunk of change and should make some decent money this summer. Don't know if I'll have the opportunity to get them again. I'll post the Gaiman intros.

Children of Ruin, by Adrian Tchaikovsky, sequel to Children of Time - one of the best science fiction novels from recent years - came out a couple of weeks ago. Haven't read it yet but I'm sure it's great.

I'm looking forward to reading this one too.

I read a pretty good short story the other day. It was called But As A Soldier For His Country by Stephen Goldin.

I also read The Science Fiction Hall of Fame vol. 2A. My two favorite stories were The Time Machine and With Folded Hands.

Oh, this is good to know. Thanks keg.

Glad to see someone enjoying the Sci Fi HOF collections. The author’s list on those is like a founding fathers list.

They showed up. Gorgeous books. Here's an album I threw together with the intro.

https://imgur.com/a/3PPbarE

Edit: There are some spoilers in there, btw. You might want to finish Urth before you read it. Probably should've mentioned that when I first posted it.