End of the World Blues Audiobook

" I have never read anything quite like this before. Sci-fi, love, adventure, politics, traversing time and space. Really quite amazing. "

" a fun read encompassing japanese culture and the yakuza, english life, a talking cat, a visitor from a future where the moon is 6 slices. "

" Amazingly original "

" Enjoyed this despite loosing the plot on numerous occasions. "

" Interesting in its twists. DOn't all quite make it "

" Interesting. I enjoyed the Tokyo scenes, although his Roppongi and the one I remember were a bit different. "

" Some meanie-head reviewer called this guy "Chandler for the 21st century". So I read it. Not really that true. The book got better as it went along and there are definite nods to classic scenes from Chandler. But it was only okay. "

" Fun cyberpunk book, but isn't it kinda late for Japanese-oriented cyberpunk? I mean, back in the late eighties it seemed like Japan would soon own the world, so the obsession with samurai swords seemed appropriate. Isn't it time we turned our attention to the Chinese? "

" Some of the puzzles are solved in the end but there are still some loose ends, If I may say so. I think this book requires second reading. Maybe someday in the future. "

" This book, Murakami's 'Wind-up Bird Chronicles' and Shenmue 1 and 2 have me believing that sometime in this life I have lived in Japan. "

" JCG plays with his usual two-world stories in his usual too-good style. There are always some excellent throwaway one-liners that you wished you'd wrote. "

" I like the blend of reality and fantasy in this novel, but I'm slightly concerned by the passiveness of the main character and curious about why there was an explicit sex scene in the middle of it all. Still I want to read more, he is anauthor I don't yet understand. "

" This was an interesting read, and all the various parts nearly fit together, but there were many times it felt that he was trying too hard to be on the cutting edge of futurism. "

" Great mix of "

" Grim, dense, complex, confusing, and compelling...just what I like in SF. Couldn't stop thinking about it. Winner of British SF Assn Award. "

" The tough-guy story works well, but the weirdoland parts aren't meshed in properly and when it's all said and done, isn't very interesting. "

" Fun cyberpunk book, but isn't it kinda late for Japanese-oriented cyberpunk? I mean, back in the late eighties it seemed like Japan would soon own the world, so the obsession with samurai swords seemed appropriate. Isn't it time we turned our attention to the Chinese? "

" Interesting. I enjoyed the Tokyo scenes, although his Roppongi and the one I remember were a bit different. "

" Grim, dense, complex, confusing, and compelling...just what I like in SF. Couldn't stop thinking about it. Winner of British SF Assn Award. "

" This was an interesting read, and all the various parts nearly fit together, but there were many times it felt that he was trying too hard to be on the cutting edge of futurism. "

" JCG plays with his usual two-world stories in his usual too-good style. There are always some excellent throwaway one-liners that you wished you'd wrote. "

" I really can't decide how I felt about this book. It hasn't all sunk in yet. Some of the scenes and imagery were very powerful though and I can't quite shake them from my head. "