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damosaxxx3:
I recommend Minna no Nihongo I (english version), it has all the basic japanese lessons in it
SirSkyRider:
I recommend The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll, it is not a novel, but I loved it. I consider it to be more suspenseful than any Dan Brown or Grisham novel.
agbaba:
--- Quote from: Morgia on January 29, 2009, 06:15:23 PM ---I'm a little surprised that nobody mentioned "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov so far... if you've seen the movie... never mind - the book is completely different. It's a collection of short stories that evolve around the three laws of robotics and about how they can be bent or what problems they can cause.
Ah... I forgot... I don't know whether it was translated in english, but "das Parfum" by Patrick Süskind is very good stuff as well
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I have to second that. Asimov short stories are excellent science fiction. But yeah, I,Robot is very, very different from the movie. I'm not to sure if anyone else has mentioned it but the Foundation Trilogy by Asimov is excellent. If your planning to read it make sure you read the original trilogy, which starts with Foundation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_(novel)
forevr:
I think I'm the only one that reads Mo Hayder's books but she's got a new one out called "Skin".
I can't wait to read it.
As I mentioned earlier I got into her books after I read "Tokyo" (The Devil of Nanking) and bought all of her books shortly after :)
Vorvadoss:
Lolita By Vladmir Nabokov; possibly the greatest piece of English prose in existence.
Mushashi by Eiji Yoshikawa; Translation is quite good and at 1000 pages it'll take you a while.
Also I would like to second the Foundation trilogy, someone mentioned it earlier and it is just a sci-fi nerd's wetdream.
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