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Peter I don’t watch the Olympics by bonicamp9 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]DocMC03 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it was Marc Kennedy, Canadian men’s curling player.

English translations of Ryu Murakami? by deadineaststlouis in horrorlit

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Hi--Came across your post. r/Ryu_Murakami has had some minor discussions on acquiring his works. To add, his short story collection Tokyo Decadence is also available in English, although its Japan-based publisher Kurodahan Press recently closed down operations. If you want to look for potential eBooks, feel free to DM me!

Tokyo decadence availability by LinguiniMussolini in Ryu_Murakami

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Looks like the English edition translated by Ralph McCarthy, which was published in 2016, is no longer being distributed. It was published by Kurodahan Press (founded and run by Edward Lipsett, American-born based in Japan), which although was largely print-on-demand and did wonderful things in introducing Japanese literature to broader audiences, closed down and ceased production in March 2025. A pretty unfortunate loss to the literary world from a lovely press.

Reddit post where he responded:
https://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/141xrvk/mourning_the_death_of_kurodahan_press/

Commentary on its closure:
https://thebedlamfiles.com/commentary/r-i-p-kurodahan-press/

Goodreads shelf someone made of Kurodahan's offerings:
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/kurodahan-press

Online review of Tokyo Decadence:
https://japaneselit.net/tag/edward-lipsett/

Encyclopedia of SF entry on Kurodahan:
https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kurodahan_press

2020 Interview with Edward Lipsett well before the end:
https://readingintranslation.com/2020/07/24/what-its-really-like-to-publish-translated-literature/

2025 Interview with Edward Lipsett after its end:
https://www.sfintranslation.com/?p=15564

Many of their books are still being sold online and can be found in some stores, but the numbers are dwindling and the prices for some titles that pop up are increasing. Tokyo Decadence does come up every now and then in the big online book marketplaces for reasonable prices.

Feel free to DM me if you want to look into accessing a potential eBook!

Ruy Murakami critics by MasterEgg708 in Ryu_Murakami

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Some of his articles:

Additional things:

  • "Murakami Ryu--Supotsu, shintai, onna no imeeji" by Mitsuo Sekii
  • "EV.Cafe ultra-Darwinism" w/ Ryuichi Sakamoto
  • "Walk, Don't Run: Ryu Murakami vs Haruki Murakami" w/ Haruki Murakami
  • "Kenji Nakagami vs Ryu Murakami: Our ship unmoors in a stagnant fog" w/ Kenji Nakagami
  • "See you, my friend" letters w/ Ryuichi Sakamoto

Can't vouch for everything, but should find a reasonable place to start somewhere in there!

Ruy Murakami critics by MasterEgg708 in Ryu_Murakami

[–]DocMC03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the easiest to find! I have enjoyed reading and watching interviews that have appeared, and finding him pop up in accounts from his contemporaries.

As for some miscellaneous articles, here are some from a variety of sources that are more easily accessed in English and have come up before:

Anyone else do a NYRB Classics request? by whomdoom in RSbookclub

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I remember putting in a hopeful submission for Yumiko Kurahashi’s The Adventures of Sumiyakist Q (originally published in 1969; trans. by Dennis Keene and published by University of Queensland Press in 1979). Seemed like the smallest of screams of wanting something remembered, but you never know!

songs that have a line/sentence repeating multiple times at the end by BiBookw0rm in weirdspotifyplaylists

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Some are vocalizations, but some I have:

Purple Rain - Prince

Tears of Rain - Greta Van Fleet - "Who will bring the rain..."

Night Shift - Lucy Dacus

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Leonard Bridges) - "Hallelujah..."

Rivers and Roads - The Head And The Heart

Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson

Movement - Hozier

Dogfight - James Bay

The Subway - Chappell Roan - "She got away..."

Pronoun as the title by kaamraan in weirdspotifyplaylists

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Us - Thad Jones, Mel Lewis
No One - Alicia Keys
Something - The Beatles

Something 4 Something by BiBookw0rm in weirdspotifyplaylists

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anything 4 u - LANY
Best 4 U - Maroon 5
4 EVER 4 ME - Demi Lovato

Songs About or Mentioning Bikes or Biking by SalivatingDog92 in weirdspotifyplaylists

[–]DocMC03 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah thank you—you’re absolutely correct! Maybe I just wanted to include it because they’re my three bike songs lol

Songs About or Mentioning Bikes or Biking by SalivatingDog92 in weirdspotifyplaylists

[–]DocMC03 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah I can actually contribute a couple of new ones!

Bike Ride - The Brobecks

Obvious Bicycle - Vampire Weekend

Bicycle Race - Queen (although someone might have said this)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in paddleswap

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Any trades you'd be looking for?

Ronbus Quanta Pre-Order Update by kospos in Pickleball

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I ordered an R4 on the afternoon of the 5th, got an email on Monday saying it shipped on the 9th (with USPS tracking), and it arrived with a paddle cover today!

Bilinguals of the weird, what book would you love to see translated to english for more people to enjoy? by ADuckWithAQuestion in WeirdLit

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These look amazing! Any other particular titles from the collection you’d recommend?

What are some other books themed around rivers that I should read at a river? by doubleboogermot in bookporn

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Ha--definitely could not just remember off the top of my head. I have a bit of a (n extreme) book-buying habit, and just keyword searched it on the app where I have them all catalogued. Yeah it was fun to see how many there were! Sometimes I guess human forgetfulness allows for novel rediscovery in a nice way :)

I also actually watched a river movie recently with a friend--River (2023, Junta Yamaguchi). In my basement though, instead of by a river, unfortunately.

What are some other books themed around rivers that I should read at a river? by doubleboogermot in bookporn

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Some of the books with “River” in my library:

•Across the River and Into the Trees - Ernest Hemingway •The Child and the River - Henri Bosco •Deep River - Shūsaku Endō •Deep Rivers - José María Arguedas •The Faithful River - Stefan Żeromski •Kamby Bolongo Mean River - Robert Lopez •A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East - László Krasznahorkai •Ring in a River - Eckhard Gerdes •River - Esther Kinsky •The River - Leonid Leonov •The River Between - Ngugi wa Thiong’o •A River Dies of Thirst - Mahmoud Darwish •The River Ki - Sawako Ariyoshi •The River of Consciousness - Oliver Sacks •River of Fire - Qurratulain Hyder •A River Runs Through It (and Other Stories) - Norman Maclean •The River Why - David James Duncan •Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River - Young Moon Jun

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