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Paranoid Fish

Paranoid-Fish@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 3 months ago

I read books in German and English. I try to explore a wide range of literature, especially fiction, and I also like challenging texts. In general, all periods and genres, with a preference for postmodern literature. I also like magical realism, sci-fi, and sometimes fantasy.

Lese auf deutsch und auf englisch. Ich versuche, mir ein möglichst weites Feld an Literatur, vor allem der Belletristik, zu erschließen; es darf gerne auch mal herausfordernd sein. Grundsätzlich alle Epochen, alle Genres, mit besonderer Vorliebe für die Postmoderne. Magischer Realismus und Sci-Fi gerne, phantastisches manchmal.

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14% complete! Paranoid Fish has read 7 of 50 books.

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Verratet es nicht weiter, aber ich glaube, mein Lesezeichen färbt auf mein Buch ab. In meiner Ausgabe von Thomas Pynchons „Gravity’s Rainbow“ steckt nun schon seit Wochen ein Ticket des Joachim-Ringelnatz-Museums in Cuxhaven. Und nun, seit etwa Seite 600, finden auf einmal einige Handlungsstränge in Cuxhaven statt. Ein Zufall? Es kommt noch seltsamer: von Anfang an fanden sich lustige, kurze Gedichte in meiner Ausgabe. Ein Thema des Romans ist übrigens Paranoia 🤪

Thomas Pynchon: Gravity's Rainbow (Paperback, 2006, Penguin Classics) 4 stars

Tyrone Slothrop, a GI in London in 1944, has a big problem. Whenever he gets …

Don’t tell anyone, but I’m starting to believe that my bookmark rubs off on the novel I’m reading. I’ve had a ticket of the „Joachim Ringelnatz Museum Cuxhaven“, which I visited on my last summer vacation, in my copy of Pynchon’s „Gravity’s Rainbow“ for a few weeks, and now, about 600 pages into the text, some of the action takes place in Cuxhaven. A coincidence? It gets even stranger: from the beginning there were some funny little poems in it, too. By the way, one of the main themes of the novel is paranoia... 🤔

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Kazuo Ishiguro: Klara and the Sun (Hardcover, 2021, Faber & Faber) 4 stars

From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches …

Klara and the Sun

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Matias Faldbakken: Armes Ding (Hardcover, German language, 2024, btb) 4 stars

»Eines Tages, es ist noch nicht lange her, kam ein Kind aus dem Wald gekrochen. …

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Thomas Pynchon: Gravity's Rainbow (Paperback, 2006, Penguin Classics) 4 stars

Tyrone Slothrop, a GI in London in 1944, has a big problem. Whenever he gets …

Ah, they do bother him, these free women in their teens, their spirits are so contagious,

I’ll tell you it’s just —out, —ray, —juss, Spirit is so —con, —tay, —juss, Nobody knows their a-ges…

[Where did the swing band come from? She’s bouncing up an down, she wants to be jitterbugged, he sees she wants to lose her gravity—]

Walkin’ through bees of hon —ney, Throwin’ away —that —mon, —ney, Laughin’ at things so —fun —ny, Spirit’s comin’ through —to, —you!

Ne —ver, —mind, watcha hear from you car, Take a lookit just —how —keen—they are, Nev —ver, —mind, —what, your calender say, Ev’rybody’s nine months old today! Hey,

Pages are turnin’ pages, Nobody’s in —their, —ca, —ges, Spirit’s just so —con, —ta, —gious— Just let the Spirit —move, —for, —you!

Gravity's Rainbow by  (Page 547 - 548)

Does this remind you of "Smells like teen Spirit?" Or is it just a few random words that remind me of it? Does anyone know if Kurt even knew the book?