About the Author: Presentation

Today I presented my research to a small group of peers in which I explained why I chose Aldous Huxley over Haruki Murakami and Guy Browning. Primarily it was because I enjoy the theme of dystopian futures but it was also because Browning and Murakami failed to grab me with their writing and their lives in general.

The feedback was positive and people seemed to agree that the theme of dystopia is worth going further with. I feel this theme will open many avenues and potential for further research from different areas.

About the Author: Further Research

I've been feeling quite ill lately due to a reoccurring health issue that is causing me to feel tired and drained 90% of the day. Over this time the level of investment in my research has plummeted. However I have still done some secondary research, albeit very little.

Here are the links to some of the articles/sites I've visited recently concerning my subjects.

Guy Browning talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUIYlDMOuWw

Murikami discusses the three qualities every novelist needs:
http://www.openculture.com/2014/09/haruki-murakami-describes-the-essential-qualities-for-novelists.html

How Huxley's vision of the future is coming to pass:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/22/aldous-huxley-prophet-dystopia-cs-lewis

Murikami's new book - The Strange Library:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2014/sep/18/haruki-murakami-illustrated-the-strange-library-exclusive-preview

How Browning made Tortoise in Love:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/shortcuts/2012/may/20/village-that-made-a-movie

About the Author: Who Are These People?!

I realise, having decided a week ago to research these specific authors, that I haven't actually looked at their backgrounds. This is probably the first thing I should have done. So using their books and Wikipedia I have made some notes on their histories.

About the Author: Tortoise in Love

I've been thinking about primary research for this brief; apart from reading books by authors what other primary sources can I find? I discovered yesterday that Browning has directed a film called Tortoise in Love which can help answer that question. Luckily the DVD was in my local library so I gave it a watch, or rather tried. Although full of the Browning humour and wit I experienced in his book, the film itself is so slow and poorly, poorly acted. It was like watching a primary school performance of what it should have been. Just terrible. I gave up after half an hour. 1 out of 5 stars.

About the Author: Books

Yesterday I visited the library and withdrew a book by both Murikami and Huxley - I was lucky enough to already own a book by Browning (that I've never read, whoops).

Brave New World - Huxley

Norwegian Woods - Murikami

Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade - Browning

I read the first few chapters of each and recorded what I visualised/ thought about whilst reading these pages. Largely I thought Huxley's writing was very dialogue heavy and somewhat cold, Murikami is clearly a romantic this is both evident in the story and his style of writing, whilst Browning is just plain silly.

About the Author: Haruki Murakami, Aldous Huxley, Guy Browning

After doing a quick bit of Google/Wikipedia research I've settled on researching Haruki Murikami, Aldous Huxley and Guy Browning.

I don't really know much about any of these authors so began by finding images of them from the all powerful internet from which I drew.