Murakami's book is 1Q84, not IQ84. It's OK, but I think some of his shorter books are better (if more obscure).
I agree with some of these, but feel like there're some better, especially if we are allowed to go back to 1992 (:Sebald, who, I feel, made a living by exploiting the Holocaust rather than making great fiction).
I also agree with the first comment. Liu Cixin's trilogy is trite, cliched, full of military and scientific mistakes, and very dull. I got a third of the way through vol 2 and skimmed the rest for anything interesting.
The standout for me is the first two thirds of The City And The City. A meditation on culture, identity, stories/narratives, and their effects on physiology/psychology/family, in the form of a noir police procedural.
As Cowen is an economist, I expected Spufford's Red Plenty to feature, but it didn't.
I agree with some of these, but feel like there're some better, especially if we are allowed to go back to 1992 (:Sebald, who, I feel, made a living by exploiting the Holocaust rather than making great fiction).
I also agree with the first comment. Liu Cixin's trilogy is trite, cliched, full of military and scientific mistakes, and very dull. I got a third of the way through vol 2 and skimmed the rest for anything interesting.
The standout for me is the first two thirds of The City And The City. A meditation on culture, identity, stories/narratives, and their effects on physiology/psychology/family, in the form of a noir police procedural.
As Cowen is an economist, I expected Spufford's Red Plenty to feature, but it didn't.