From: miles@gnu.org   
      
   Miles Bader  writes:   
   >> check my spelling, yes you are correct.  most use Otsuichi as one word,   
   >> I thought it is funny because his pen name simply means "B 1".   
   >   
   > Yeah it's a bit weird ... I always assumed it was a pen-name...   
      
   Come to think of it, since it's a funny (and maybe pen-) name, and my   
   instinct for Japanese names is less good that a Japanese, I was never   
   really sure whether it's supposed to be just family-name or family-name   
   + first name....   
      
   Another reason I like him is that not only are his stories lots of fun,   
   they're relatively easy to read -- he doesn't use lots of obscure kanji   
   like some authors -- but there's still some sort of "literary sense"   
   about his writing style, it doesn't feel like trash fiction.   
      
   -Miles   
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