On Choe In-ho, I totally concur with you, Bill. His is suitably explicit, circumstantially honest, properly covered, never heavy but always floating. Entertaining: movies based on his usually were big hits. Ever read Choe In-hun's? For the spiritual-enlightening try his; _Gwang-jang_ and _Hoe-saek-in_. Read his when I was in high school, and I'm still keeping the "trembling wave" I felt from his. By the way, your (William) Korean must be good. Listening to Clapton's ... -------------------------------------------- 혹시라도 어쩌다가 아픔같은 것이 저며올 때는 그럴 땐 바다를 생각해 바다 ... ----- 김민기의 <봉우리> 중에서 ----------- J jhan@ucsd.edu