These Are the Books That Made Hideo Kojima

As part of a promotion for Metal Gear Solid 4, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima shared his film picks with retailer Tsutaya. For Peace Walker, Konami is holding a similar promotion, only with a different media.

As detailed at the Kojima Productions blog, publisher Hayakawa Shobou will hold the "The Hayawaka Books That Made Hideo Kojima Fair" from April 30. Six Hayakawa-published books that Hideo Kojima has selected will be fitted with a Peace Walker slip cover. These will be sold at book shops nationwide, providing some potential exposure for this week's big PSP release.

The six books are:

• Shadow 81 (Lucien Nahum)
• High Citadel (Desmond Bagley)
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (John le Carre)
• Duck Call (Inami Itsuva)
• The Door into Summer (Robert A. Heinlein)
• Hothouse (Brian Aldiss)

Aside from Duck Call, these books were all originally in English, so even non-Japanese-readers can get some insight into the man behind Metal Gear.