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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
and call me a biscuit. I stand corrected and humble. Now I have to go back and read them ALL to refresh my memory..........I could sworn it was the same family.......grrrr......chalk it up to being 60. God thats such a great excuse!!!  |
I could be wrong, and will sit corrected if so. But Shogun took place in 1600. Tai-pan is set in 1841.
Shogun does use themes and setting Clavell used in other books. He thought of himself in part as helping to explain Japanese culture to westerners, though not all Japanese were pleased by his explanations.
The late SF grandmaster SF artist Kelly Freas once recommended Shogun as a superb "first contact with an alien civilization" novel, and he made a good case for it.
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Dennis