James Clavell

I am just about to start Shogun. I noticed this was the third Asian saga novel he wrote after King Rat and Tai-Pan. Should i start with King Rat?
 
I can vouch for Shogun as a great novel, I plan to be starting Tai Pan soon and, if it's anywhere near as good, probably the rest of his works also.
 
Wondermutt said:
I am just about to start Shogun. I noticed this was the third Asian saga novel he wrote after King Rat and Tai-Pan. Should i start with King Rat?
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The "Asian" novels, in chronological order of setting, are as follows:

Shōgun (1975): Feudal Japan, 1600
Tai-Pan (1966): Hong Kong, 1841
Gai-Jin (1993): Japan, 1862
King Rat (1962): Japanese POW camp, 1945
Noble House (1981): Hong Kong, 1963
Whirlwind (1986): Iran, 1979

You don't have to read them in any set order, however...
 
Well have just started Shogun so quite happy with the above list!
 
Wow finished it! Not a short but by any means but i loved it. I'll definitely be picking up more by Clavell, and im also quite fascinated by the Japanese culture too...
 
Lord! I'd forgotten all about these books - I read Shogun ages ago, just after the TV series (having been suitably impressed by that). I then went on to read one or two of his others but can no longer remember which. Now thinking I must go back and read them all again. This forum is turning my TBR pile into an unscalable mountain :eek:
 
AE35Unit said:
Yes, an all to common side effect of Chronning unfortunately! ;)
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Uh-uh - stands at 187 books at the moment (not like I'm counting or anything, but you can hardly avoid the count when it is done on a computer :()

But Hey ho I'm not going to get bored anytime soon:D

And back on thread I know I have read Shogun and fairly sure I have read Noble House but not the others so I guess the list goes up to 193 :eek:
 
If you have to read one James Clavell book, let it be Shogun. And loose yourself in Japan at the end of the 16th century.

One of the very few non-scifi/fantasy novels I really love.

The first novel I've completed. And it still hasn't grown old on me.

A gem of a book.
 
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