Kazuo Ishiguro

I know that one, Klára and the Sun, but my real favourite is Never let me Go. There was a movie made about it too. It starts off as a school story where three children end up in a painful triangle. The story devolves into a pretty grim dystopia, as the children are special. They were created for a special purpose, one that they don't benefit from. 

Brilliant tale! 

Fantastic  I've got the book for Never Let Me Go and read it once so far. I haven't watched the film and am looking forward to that (here is the trailer https://youtu.be/sXiRZhDEo8A ,this is the first time I've even seen that)

Both book and movie are excellent!

Very sad of course and what makes  this book and movie so special is that it is SF, but with so much more. They are already classics. 

Both book and movie are excellent!

Very sad of course and what makes  this book and movie so special is that it is SF, but with so much more. They are already classics. 

Very good I've never done any official reviewing. A couple of years ago I was chatting with a local librarian trying to perhaps get some inspiration on reading material and she suggested a couple of crime thriller type authors I could try for a change (I've rarely read that kind of thing) Clare Mackintosh and T.M.Logan. I gave them both a try and I found them a bit irritating but fine overall so that was good. I did like reading The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins a few years ago and the film was okay too imo (I preferred the book as is usually the case)A bloke I've got to know a bit around here called Lee Francis co-wrote a science fiction crime thriller in 2018 called Playing With Death with writer Simon Scarrow. He says they might write a sequel. I've read it once and especially liked the artificial intelligence theme of not only potentially artificial consciousness but also artificial unconsciousness.

I couldn't name any classics yo have read recently. I get a lot of stuff to read for free via Net Galley in exchange for reviews. At the moment these tend to be crime thrillers, as said. These are mainly good, not encountered anything that really stands out though. 

Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger stands out as a novel I have liked over my lifetime so far. I've read quite a lot of novels but none stand out particularly (which says something in itself). Off the top of my head I could list more non-fiction books I'm glad to have read especially related to mental health, life philosophy and that kind of thing that I've read particularly in the last decade or so (I've just now added my list of favourite quotes from all sorts of sources to my profile on here). I'm reading some Gervase Phinn novels lately which is a refreshing change as they are light, bright and breezy. I'm glad to be reading them especially during this summertime period. Do you have any other favourites so far especially?

Triffids is ok but I don't think it's his best.

The original novel Planet of the Apes was deeper and more interesting than the movies. Especially when you consider how intelligent the great apes really are, at our level of evolution maybe millions of years ago.

Invasion of the  Body Snatchers was fun as well as having horror too.

Not read Remains of the Day, though I heard Anthony Hopkins produced a very credible Stevens. 

One thing Ishiguro is also good on is focusing on the many instances of micro cruelty his characters focus on, always. You see that in Klára too. In Never Let me Go the clones mainly tend to be horrible to each other rather than deciding collectively that maybe they would rather not just Alli their bodies to be harvested of all their vital organs until they die. 

Anyway I am meandering. Do you have any other favourite novels? 

I remember reading The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham when I was very young and seeing the TV series (and maybe an old film too). I prefer things that have some humour in too e.g. Breaking Bad has a blend in it. I have also especially liked Curb Your Enthusiasm TV comedy in recent years.

Someone shared a Bla k Mirror story with me, and I did like it. 

I am not on Netflix currently though, and I don't live in the UK.

Do you like John Wyndham? He may seem a little dated now,  but if you enjoyed Never Let me Go, then you might enjoy the novel The Chrysalids, as well as The Midwich Cuckoos. Village of the Damned, the earlier version, can be downloaded from Internet Archive. 

My brother got me Black Mirror https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/70264888 DVDs last year but I found I didn't get into them. I've given him them back for him and his family to watch if they want. Perhaps I'll try them again sometime. Have you seen them and if so what did you make of them so far? In my life so far I especially liked the Breaking Bad series at the time and have watched it a few times although perhaps I might have had enough of it now, time will tell