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Jeffries, Stuart (8 February 2013). "David Mitchell: 'I don't want to project myself as this great experimenter'". The Guardian.

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Untitled

"Eda" should be "Edo".

Untitled novel - titled?

I recently got an email from Amazon, telling me I might be interested in this novel by David Mitchell called To Chase the Wind: EsTaPeR. I can't seem to find anything on Google, and the Amazon page provides no details (although it does seem to be this particular David Mitchell - clicking on the author link brings up a list of his other books). Could this be the untitled Japanese novel? --Gwern (contribs) 17:34, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately this is a book by an american evangelical writer also called David Mitchell. Nothing like the real thing I'm afraid. Feer 15:29, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aww. --Gwern (contribs) 20:09 24 January 2007 (GMT)

Too much information

Just curious as to why the fact this man has a wife and two kids is considered encylopedic. Any ideas? ShizuokaSensei 04:34, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Because, well, isn't the fact he has a family encyclopedic? --Gwern (contribs) 05:14 24 May 2007 (GMT)

Yeah, that seems like pretty typical basic biographical information (Binerman (talk) 17:21, 24 September 2016 (UTC))[reply]

@Binerman: Dang, that's from nine and a half years ago, yo. RunnyAmiga ※ talk 17:23, 24 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Date of birth?

I've noticed there are two different dates of birth on here, but I don't know what his real one is. Can someone update this? Thanks Difficultjigsaw (talk) 21:04, 22 February 2009 (UTC) Difficultjigsaw[reply]

David Mitchell on the BBC's World Book Club

A chance to ask questions to improve this article! David Mitchell will be talking about Cloud Atlas on the BBC radio programme World Book Club. You can submit a question by emailing worldbookclub@bbc.co.uk or using the form on the World Book Club homepage. If you wish to be part of the audience for the programme, recording takes place at 15.15 on Tuesday May 4th, 2010 at Bush House, London. EdQuine (talk) 21:08, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Recording of David Mitchell talking about his book ‘Cloud Atlas’ will now take place tomorrow, Wednesday, 5th May, 2010 at 10:15am at BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, WIA 1AA. BBC Broadcasting House is about five minutes walk from Oxford Circus tube. If anyone is in London tomorrow morning and would like to come, could you email us to let us know as soon as possible please on worldbookclub@bbc.co.uk. Many thanks. EdQuine (talk) 17:11, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Next Project(s)?

Anyone can give an update on what he's next (current?) project is? 84.174.96.16 (talk) 09:35, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The Bone Clocks

This page claims that Mitchell's sixth novel is called The Bone Clocks, but I can't find any proof of this. It links to an interview on The Spectator, but there's nothing about the book's title on there. The only website I can find about David Mitchell and The Bone Clocks is this wiki article. So, does anybody know where this title came from? Otherwise it should probably be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.205.54.186 (talk) 10:42, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with citation

Reference 7 does not have the right reference. It leads to a New Yorker article with no relevance to Mitchell's being included in the list of most influential people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.112.10.39 (talk) 06:27, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why the Naoki Higashida article should be merged here.

Most of the Naoki Higashida article is about the controversy over whether David Mitchell or him actually wrote The Reason I Jump. Many of the facts in his article are unsourced and constitute a serious WP:BLP violation, such as seen in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amy Sequenzia (2nd nomination), Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tito Mukhopadhyay, and so on. Ylevental (talk) 20:49, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I decided to go ahead and merge. We will see what happens Ylevental (talk) 00:24, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I agree Sgerbic (talk) 01:13, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Since Naoki Higashida was merged here, we should do the same with his book. Per WP:NFRINGE, its notability has not been established among skeptics, so it lacks the notability to stand alone. --Wikiman2718 (talk) 21:42, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I didn't realize there was a book also. Can you please link to it here so we can have a look? Sgerbic (talk) 23:43, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8. Alternatively, this book could be merged into The Reason I Jump. --Wikiman2718 (talk) 22:01, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keeping the two books together sounds like a better idea, as Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 is a followup to The Reason I Jump. They share similar contested/controversial issues. Klbrain (talk) 20:21, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 05:08, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the wikilinks for Naoki Higashida should be removed as well (I am talking about the ones in this article "David Mitchell" and in the article "The Reason I Jump".). As it stands, the links Naoki Higashida only redirect to the article about "David Mitchell". 2A02:908:4B14:9BC0:4140:511B:3B9E:6A8F (talk) 22:19, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]