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  <title><![CDATA[Ring (Book 1)]]></title>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">2003</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Koji Suzuki]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been waiting get my hands on an English translation this novel, since it's the one that launched Japan's Ringu and pretty much the entire 2005 onslaught of Asian horror movies. As expected, the book and movie is quite different, but this book is different enough for me not to know what to make ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42338938">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As I've posted before on this journal, the American film <em>The Ring</em> is perhaps the creepiest horror movie it has ever been my pleasure to watch. The only problem is, having seen it, I lose a critical element of surprise and suspense going into the reading of <em>Ring</em>, the novel on which that movie is base...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40655404">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed May 06 05:57:08 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa further investigates the mysterious, simultaneous deaths of four teenagers — the name of one of them happens to be Hyuji, or Ryuji, depending on who is investigating the murder with Asakawa. Discovered is a videotape that the four schoolfriends watched together exactly on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55122766">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As a start, I'd like to believe that almost everyone is familiar with the infamous horror film titled The Ring. Be it either the original Japanese version or the adapted Hollywood version (featuring Naomi Watts), which was approximately half as scary as the original.<br/><br/>So now, I'm going bac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52073677">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kalau saja malam itu, Asakawa, wartawan surat kabar Daily News, Tokyo, tidak pulang dengan taksi, mungkin hidupnya akan tenang-tenang saja sampai hari ini. Atau andai saja supir taksi yang dinaikinya itu tidak bercerita ihwal peristiwa kematian seorang remaja pria pada malam 5 September 1990, tentu ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54587440">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book in the trilogy that includes &quot;Loop&quot;. It was made into two movies, one in English the other in Japanese. &quot;Ring&quot; is the nerve-racking beginning of an epic story. Asakawa is intrigued by a case in which 4 teenagers die mysteriously at the exact same time. Foll...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37833628">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having being scared to death by the Japanese film, I figured it was necessary for me to read the book upon which the film was based. Sadly, the book did not have the same scary quality as the film. The book excels in building suspense, and was enjoyable enough to read, but I felt it lacked the certa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76706263">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the book that the numerous horror films are based on.  Given how fundamentally &quot;cinematic&quot; the story seemed in the film(s), it's hard to imagine how it could have originated in book form.  However, had I read this book first, I would be hard pressed to imagine how it could have eas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76932934">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ga akan ngomongin isi bukunya, karena udah ngetop banget kan, filemnya juga sampe diremake sama bule ..<br/><br/>Gw masih inget banget baca buku ini di pesawat garuda jakarta-hongkong [secara garuda ga punya inflight entertainment kaya' di sq haha:], duuh merinding ga karu2an..<br/><br/>Emang ud...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63135904">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40088751">
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    <body><![CDATA[A rare example of a book that works equally well as the various film versions (or at least the Japanese original), despite being quite different.  Creepy and thought- (or is that nightmare-) provoking, in that existential way the best horror writing conveys.  I saw the film first, which is probably ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40088751">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best way to enjoy Ring by Koji Suzuki is to not watch the movie (the Japanese one or the American remake) and not know anything about it.  I’m jealous of people who can come to the novel with a fresh mind like that.   For the rest of us, the novel is still good, but there’s no sense of “ah...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69774215">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Siapa sangka keinginan yang mendadak dari Kazuyuki Asakawa untuk menaiki taksi di suatu pagi membuatnya harus berpacu dengan waktu untuk meyelamatkan bukan saja nyawanya, tetapi juga nyawa istri dan anaknya. Percakapan Asakawa dengan si supir taksi memancing rasa ingin tahunya akan kasus kematian em...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40649390">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[After being given a tip by a cabbie, reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to further investigate the mysterious, simultaneous deaths of four teenagers — one of whom was his niece. What he discovers is a videotape that the four of them watched together exactly one week before their deaths. This brief ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18641019">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Koji Suzuki, Ring (Vertical, 1991)<br/><br/>So you've seen The Ring. Or, better yet, the Japanese film Ringu. Or both. (You should watch both. See Ringu first.) Or you haven't. It doesn't matter. You must read Ring.<br/><br/>The story is relatively similar, but both Nakata and Verbinski took very la...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12938104">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="34094789">
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book after seeing the Japanese film.  From what I heard about the American version of the film, I didn't bother.  The book is better than any film of it could ever be, except perhaps if it were directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.  <br/><br/>Suzuki is brilliant at creating atmosphere.  The bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34094789">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very suspenseful and engaging. This is nothing like any version of the film, American or Japanese. The author is not out to scare you, and Sadako will not climb out of a television set to mangle you to death. The book concentrates on more scientific apsects, the flaws of human nature, and immortalit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42181305">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am a big fan of japanese horror movies, and I really liked the American remake of this movie (I didn't like the japanese movie version, though perhaps my taste has changed and I should watch it again), so I picked up this book eagerly. I was rather surprised that a lot of the details in the book w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8117760">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was blown away by the American version of the movie &quot;The Ring&quot; and upon seeing the original Japanese version, I started renting all the Asian horror I could find, which became more accessible because of the success of the movie.  When I saw they had begun translating the works of Koji Su...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13135648">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the movie &quot;The Ring&quot;. When I found out it was a book I couldn't wait to read it. I was sadly disappointed. It was nowhere near as scary as the movie, and I thought a lot of the changes made to the movie were for the better. <br/><br/>I almost always prefer books to the movies, but...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36197061">more...</a>]]></body>
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