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L_RahmanonSep 14, 2013

I went of a bit of a Murakami bender after reading The Wind Up Bird Chronicle. While it's still my favorite of his works, Kafka on the Shore is pretty fantastic as well.

fancy_pantseronMay 13, 2019

The next obvious step after message queues and distributing work would be streams.

Here is an excellent introduction to unified logs and stream processing by the author of Kafka at LinkedIn:

https://engineering.linkedin.com/distributed-systems/log-wha...

gbogonJuly 8, 2015

It's just that I'm old. I didn't read Kafka four time in a row mind you. I'm not nihilist at all, what made you think that? I have a high opinion on art, music, movies, literature, and prefer Kafka over Harry potter if you don't mind. When I see a twenty so claim himself an artist and a bunch of appraisers, I insert my view which is that artistic genius is a curse, happens very rarely, and certainly cannot be taught by a twenty so blogger who draws.

gautamcgoelonSep 9, 2020

Murakami is one of my favorite writers. For "classic" Murakami style, which generally has a lot of magical realism, I recommend A Wild Sheep Chase, which is hilarious and quite accessible, and Kafka on the Shore, which is a bit more ethereal. I also really enjoyed Norwegian Wood, but be aware that this is quite different from most of his work. In an interview with the Paris Review, Murakami says that Norwegian Wood was his attempt to write a mainstream novel. It's quite good, but it's also artificial, in the sense that it is not his true style. Windup Bird Chronicle, mentioned in another comment, is good, but a bit more of an investment of time and energy. I really recommend starting with A Wild Sheep Chase.

lectrickonJuly 7, 2015

No True Scotsman fallacy. Pessimistic bitterness. Is insane enough to read Kafka fucking four times. Appeal to some ominous nameless oppressive judgmental force in order to discourage (perhaps this was informed by all that Kafka reading). Is obsessed with nihilism. Spreads negativity unnecessarily, which does not help anything. Senseless comparison to optimistic soldiers entering a warfront... Getting rejected by art directors until you're successful is not the same as killing "enemies" in cold blood, I'm sorry.

All of that and more in a mere 3 short paragraphs.

How did you NOT see why it was downvoted?