My review of Wings For The Rising Sun: A Transnational History of Japanese Aviation by Jürgen P. Melzer (2020, Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center) has been published in the Journal of Japanese Studies. Unfortunately the review is behind a pay-wall for some people.
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Book Review: “The Unfinished Atomic Bomb: Shadows and Reflections” edited by David Lowe, Cassandra Atherton, and Alyson Miller
As I have written about before (see for example, In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud: 75 years since the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Book Review: “The World Set Free” by HG Wells, Mushroom Cloud Art, and Book Review: Hiroshima-75 edited by Aya Fujiwara and David R. Marples), I have had an interest…
Book Review: “The Lucky Ones” by Mark Edwards
As I noted in my review of The Retreat by Mark Edwards, reading that book and my comments on social media, I realised that I needed to re-read The Lucky Ones. This is what I have recently done. The timing actually worked out well as I was visiting Shropshire (‘the rural environs of Shropshire, one…
Book Review: “Yellow & Black Fever” by James McKnight
As a Hanshin Tigers fan, as I have discussed elsewhere, when it came to my most recent birthday and relations were asking what they could get me, I added James McKnight’s books about supporting the Hanshin Tigers to the list. I knew that these would be a very different experience to The Sportsworld of the…
“Liverpool” – A Tim’s Twitter Listening Party for One of the 80s Most Underrated Albums
On 4 June I took part (if that is the right word) in the #TimsTwitterListeningParty for Liverpool by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. This wasn’t my first Listening Party – having “been” to the ones for Welcome to the PleasureDome and Blast before. In fact, this wasn’t the first one for Liverpool, as there was a…
Book Review: “The Retreat” by Mark Edwards
I read a lot. But I rarely read novels more than once – unless, like Climber’s High (or Seventeen as it was translated into English) for example, it’s related to my research. Novels are, by definition, meant to be novel, new. Part of the reasoning for not reading a book more than once is that…
Book Review: “The Hollows” by Mark Edwards – a Confliction Novel
I have just finished reading a review copy of The Hollows, the latest book from Mark Edwards. This is definitely one of my favourites of his – possibly even my favourite. I tend to say The Retreat is my favourite – largely because that it was the first one of his that I read and…
EBooks of “Tokyo 20/20 Vision” and “FOUR” Free for a Limited Time
This weekend I turn 50 and although my Japan influence (amongst other reasons) says that 60 is a more significant milestone, 50 is (apparently) a ‘big one’. So you can join in with my celebrations, the eBooks of my novels Tokyo 20/20 Vision and FOUR are FREE from 30 April to 4 May (2021) (starting/ending…
Book Review: “Follow You Home” by Mark Edwards
If I were asked to provide a list of my favourite books, there would be quite a few in that list by Mark Edwards. Follow You Home would certainly make the list. Thanks to a Facebook video event that Mark hosted yesterday (24 March 2021) and that I was going to be given the opportunity…
フランキー・ゴーズ・トゥ・ハリウッドについての調査
フランキー・ゴーズ・トゥ・ハリウッドのファンやバンドやフランキーの音楽がについての本を書きます。私自身の経験やアイデアをもとに本を書くこともできますが、できるだけ多くのファンからアイデアやストーリーなどを集めたほうがずっと面白いと思います。 直接HoodCP@Outlook.comへのメールは結構です。Zoomなどの（日本語の）インタビューも可能ので、その倍も最初にメールで連絡してください。他に、私の本「Frankie Fans Say」は このページにあります。 Image source: https://991.com/Buy/ProductInformation.aspx?StockNumber=10757&PrinterFriendly=1
“FOUR” and its Swedish Links
In my third novel, FOUR, there are some Swedish links – this post says a bit more about this. If you look through the chapter listing you will see that one of the chapter titles is ‘Jag Älskar’. This, strictly speaking means ‘I love’ and is the title of a track on Bag of Trix…
Working Titles
Although when I start writing I have an overall idea for a book, I don’t always know exactly how the book will come together. This is true of both my academic books and novels. While with academic books there will be a more formal book proposal that will include a planned contents list and structure,…
Christopher P. Hood 