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Our Man in Abiko

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Our Man in Abiko is a British blogger living in Abiko, a commuter town on the edge of Tokyo. He still blogs and such, but he writes books under his real name these days.

There's a new blog in town, specialising in old news. Gua...

There's a new blog in town, specialising in old news. Guaranteed to be at least a month out of date. It's called Letter from Abiko.
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Published on April 05, 2017 10:07
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“Tokyo Disneyland is an aspiring despot's wet dream.”
Our Man in Abiko, Chairman Mouse: A Tokyo Disneyland North Korea Fantasia

“In no sense are the robot dogs, automated vacuum cleaners and old-folks lifting machines just examples of yet another consumer society with nothing meaningful left to spend its disposable income on. No, robots are the future. They have been for generations.”
Our Man in Abiko, How to Write About Japan

“All religions are about men in frocks waving sticks around.”
Our Man in Abiko, Hana Walker's Half-Life 2:46

“Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.”
George Orwell

“There have been daring people in the world who claimed that Fenimore Cooper could write English, but they are all dead now.”
Mark Twain, Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences

“Tokyo Disneyland is an aspiring despot's wet dream.”
Our Man in Abiko, Chairman Mouse: A Tokyo Disneyland North Korea Fantasia

“All religions are about men in frocks waving sticks around.”
Our Man in Abiko, Hana Walker's Half-Life 2:46

“In no sense are the robot dogs, automated vacuum cleaners and old-folks lifting machines just examples of yet another consumer society with nothing meaningful left to spend its disposable income on. No, robots are the future. They have been for generations.”
Our Man in Abiko, How to Write About Japan

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Our Abiko No problem. I'm new to goodreads, so apologies if my newbie ways rankle. Seems like a good place to find out about new books, and of course, promote my own one of these days.


Katsura Katsura Thank you for the request, good sir!


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