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I know that there are fans of classic Sci- fi here and I have just finished what I believe is the best robot book since Isaac Asimov. It's Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguru. Ishiguru is a brilliant writer and takes Klara to a level beyond what Asimov did in his robot novels.
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plenty of brilliant writing
plenty of brilliant writing coming out of Japan with good translation
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He's a British writer
while he was born in Japan he grew up in Britain and writes in English.
not only that
He has a Nobel Prize for Literature (2017) and was knighted in 2018.
Samantha
WOW! Great Book!!!
WOW! Great Book!!!! I found the main character, Klara, fascinating!
(but the ending was quite sad). I really felt for her.
charlie
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/missing-without-a-trace-cha...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/832524
That ending
I spent a long time that night after reading the book thinking about it and what it said about that society and possibly about ours. That ability to be thought provoking while telling a compelling story may be what seperates a good writer from a great one. One more book in that catagory you might enjoy if you haven't already read it is my favorite ghost story; Beloved by Toni Morrison