http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind-Up_Bird_Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (ねじまき鳥クロニクル ,Nejimaki-dori Kuronikuru?) is a novel by Haruki Murakami. The first published translation was by Alfred Birnbaum. The American translation and its British adaptation, dubbed the "only official translations" (English) are by Jay Rubin and were first published in 1997.
Two chapters were originally published in The New Yorker under the titles The Zoo Attack on July 31, 1995, and Another Way to Die on January 20, 1997. A slightly different version of the first chapter translated by Alfred Birnbaum was published in the collection The Elephant Vanishes under the title The Wind-up Bird and Tuesday's Women. In addition, the character name Noboru Wataya is used in Family Affair of The Elephant Vanishes, while having a similar personality and background, the character is not related to the one in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle of the same name. Noboru Wataya is also used in Jay Rubin's translation of The Elephant Vanishes in The Elephant Vanishes.
The original Japanese edition was released in three parts, which make up the three "books" of the single volume English language version.
1. Dorobō kasasagi hen (泥棒かささぎ編 ?)
2. Yogen suru tori hen (予言する鳥編 ?)
3. Torisashi otoko hen (鳥刺し男編 ?)
For this novel, Murakami received the Yomiuri Literary Award, which was awarded to him by one of his harshest former critics, Oe Kenzaburo.
Enjoying this very much. Now understanding the comparisons to early Camus.
That was me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Most_Wanted_Man
A Most Wanted Man is a thriller/espionage novel by John le Carré published in October 2008 by Scribner in the United States and Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom.[1]
The novel is based on the themes of the war on terror, extraordinary rendition, and the political imperatives which are involved with these issues.
Finished the book today. Great ideas but I wonder about the author's connection with online culture. I think it's difficult to write about the underground while still keeping the narrative accessible to non-technical readers.
The title looks to be taken from the terms for computing.
Does the story handle vulnerability with OpenBSD against specific SNMP command?
We can actually access to various kind of online resources to know about vulnerability and its exploit. I think such kind of information should be handled carefully, especially when it’s picked up for something that’s connected to the entertainment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Webb
Gary Webb (August 31, 1955 – December 10, 2004) was a prize-winning American investigative journalist.
Webb was best known for his 1996 "Dark Alliance" series of articles written for the San Jose Mercury News and later published as a book. In the three-part series, Webb investigated Nicaraguans linked to the CIA-backed Contras who had allegedly smuggled cocaine into the U.S. which was then distributed as crack cocaine into Los Angeles and funneled profits to the Contras. Webb also alleged that this influx of Nicaraguan supplied cocaine sparked and significantly fueled the widespread crack epidemic that swept through urban areas. According to Webb, the CIA was aware of the cocaine transactions and the large shipments of drugs into the U.S. by the Contra personnel and directly aided drug dealers to raise money for the Contras.
Webb's reporting generated a large controversy and the Mercury News backed away from the story, effectively ending Webb's career as a mainstream media journalist. In 2004, Webb was found dead from two gunshot wounds to the head, which the coroner's office judged a suicide.