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I read Shogun when I was 14 or 15. I remember being very fascinated by how alien japanese culture was (as portrayed by the book).

I re-read it twice since then, and it's still a very vivid portrayal of something I have no experience of.

I also read King Rat (not as good) and Gai Jin (much better than King Rat, on par with Shogun). I am now in the process of reading Tai Pan.

Has anybody alse enjoyed this saga as much as I have? I'm going to read Noble House and maybe Whirlwind also, are they any good?

>> No.6589334
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>>6589330
So is it a prequel to this?

>> No.6589357

>>6589334
If only there was a pdf

>> No.6589391

I don't understand why people choose the third novel out of a series to talk about so much.

Does anyone want to talk about King Rat? The first one?

>> No.6589553

Interested in the series, and only see glowing reviews for it. Is it really that good?

>> No.6590230

>>6589391
King Rat really wasn't as interesting.

>>6589330
I picked up Shogun for 3 bucks at a library sale the other day to reread it. Never read Gai Jin or Tai Pan, what about them makes them good, especially when compared to Shogun?

>> No.6591537

bump

>> No.6592738

>>6589334
Source?

>> No.6592754

"Nowhere left evil finds itself the katana justice... to hide when outgunned by blade of"

>> No.6592772

>>6592754
>to hide when outgunned by blade of Wordsworth Classics

>> No.6593692

>>6589330
shogun was awesome. check out the mini series from the early 80s (or maybe late 70s???). it's awesome.

try "musashi" by eiji yoshikawa. very much like shogun but better. equally big in scope. much better in philosophy and action. ask anyone who has read both they will tell you the same.

>> No.6594097

Author seems like a pretty interesting guy, was taken prisoner by the Japanese in WWII. Seems like he had some stockholm syndrome with the Japanese culture afterwards. He's pretty good at presenting how alien Japanese society is but then at the same time how it is more "wise" than the western culture at the time. U kinda align yourself with main character to finding the European characters as disgusting eta towards the end.

>> No.6594486

>>6590230
Gai Jin and Tai Pan are set later on historically, with the british empire a much stronger presence.

In Gai Jin particularily the japanese (and specifically Toranaga's descendant) begin to see why they need to be more influenced by the westerners, and there's a stronger mercantile (?) theme throughout.

>>6589391
I found the book in my uncle's garage one summer, and decided to read it. I guess it stuck with me more than the others because it was so unexpected, and it'll be the one I remember the most, I guess.

>>6589334
This looks like it would make a good read.

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>>6594486
>This looks like it would make a good read.
Oh it is.