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Re:Hikikomori: The Postmodern Hermits of Japan by roymurdock on Friday March 17, 2017 @04:21PM (#13897640)
Interesting...sounds very Russian. My favorite book of all time, Blood Meridian, tracks a 17 year-old adolescent known only as "the kid" and a motley band of cowboys he falls in with as they run across Texas/Mexico/California in 1850 killing indians, mexicans, and each other. Perhaps I'll enjoy what sounds like its polar opposite.

We used to have work and war to keep the youth busy. Now, in developed countries, we have...virtual work and war...video games. Part of me thinks that Japan got hit with this phenomenon earlier than the US because they were outlawed from having an army for the past 60 years.

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Re:Hikikomori: The Postmodern Hermits of Japan by graedus on Friday March 17, 2017 @04:30PM (#13897717)
> My favorite book of all time, Blood Meridian

I'm reading Blood Meridian for the second time now - I think I like it even more now than the first time.

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Re:Hikikomori: The Postmodern Hermits of Japan by JCDenton2052 on Friday March 17, 2017 @04:37PM (#13897766)
After reading Blood Meridian, I needed to read a book to explain to me what Blood Meridian was really all about.
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Re:Hikikomori: The Postmodern Hermits of Japan by fdsfsafasfdas on Friday March 17, 2017 @05:07PM (#13898015)
There are many trains of thought.

Personally, I think if you're looking for a strong argument about a single direction for such a thematically complicated novel, you might look at Mavericks at the Border: The Early Southwest in Historical Fiction and Film.

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Mavericks-Border-Southwest-Historical...

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