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Aug 08, 2005 11:15

One of my father's favorite books is James Clavell's Shogun. I've been reading it, and I'm about halfway through. It's the story of an English naval pilot that crashes ashore in 1600's Japan and the ensuing political turmoil that follows. There are some interesting crossover points from Neal Stephenson's Baroque trilogy, as the eras overlap, and ( Read more... )

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As chance would have it . . . tladd August 10 2005, 21:08:38 UTC
I recently picked up a very worn copy of Shogun from a used bookstore and finished reading it (for the first time) a week ago ( ... )

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