Versuche, mir ein möglichst weites Feld an Literatur zu erschließen. Alle Epochen, alle Genres, mit besonderer Vorliebe für die Postmoderne und Science-Fiction.
Trying to explore a wide range of literature, especially fiction. All periods and genres, with a preference for postmodern literature and science fiction.
My Favorite Books/Lieblingsbücher
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«Ein Roman, der grundsätzlich den richtigen Ton trifft, zwischen spöttischer Distanz, Analyse und Einfühlung, sodass sich …
When pioneering marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen is offered the chance to travel to the …
Not great in a literary sense, but a very intriguing story. Also some interesting facts about cephalopods and thoughts about AI.
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange …
This novel leaves me a bit ambivalent. On one hand, its language is of outstanding beauty, though a little hard to read; you should have a thesaurus at hand. The text also has an enormous information density, so it’s important to read it very thoroughly. It is elaborately constructed like a good detective story, and from a purely aesthetic point of view, it’s a great piece of art. On the other hand I found the two time traveling agents quite unendearing, and their conniving attitude didn’t help to conjure up the romantic feelings advertised in the blurb. The killing of a pinniped (which is used as a pun and/or metaphor for “breaking the seal”) and other grim deeds made it difficult for me to find a connection to them. I don’t think a protagonist has to be likable, there are lots of counterexamples throughout literature, but I’m not sure if …
This novel leaves me a bit ambivalent. On one hand, its language is of outstanding beauty, though a little hard to read; you should have a thesaurus at hand. The text also has an enormous information density, so it’s important to read it very thoroughly. It is elaborately constructed like a good detective story, and from a purely aesthetic point of view, it’s a great piece of art. On the other hand I found the two time traveling agents quite unendearing, and their conniving attitude didn’t help to conjure up the romantic feelings advertised in the blurb. The killing of a pinniped (which is used as a pun and/or metaphor for “breaking the seal”) and other grim deeds made it difficult for me to find a connection to them. I don’t think a protagonist has to be likable, there are lots of counterexamples throughout literature, but I’m not sure if the authors did this intentionally here. The book is entertaining and well composed, but it didn’t evoke any compassion. Despite all criticism, I can still recommend „This Is How You Lose the Time War“, because the story is brilliantly told and excellently crafted.
(written without AI by a non-native speaker, any awkward formulations are all mine)
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange …
Inhaltswarnung Some information about how one of the letters was sent
These two agents behave strange, I don't like them. The idea of placing secret messages in living animals freaks me out. If "to break the seal" means clubbing a pinniped to death, just for the pun of it, I'm out
Habe ich schon mal gelesen, wird heute Abend vorgelesen. Die Ausgabe der Insel-Bücherei mit Zeichnungen von Egon Schiele ist eines der schönsten Bücher in meinen Regalen.
Jimmy Winslow hat zwei Mütter. Honor, die ihn aufgezogen hat, schickt ihn als Studenten von New Hampshire nach Wien, wo …
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange …
This is confusing. I usually read rather old-school science fiction. It's interesting, though.
Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar …
I don't even know where to begin to describe this novel. Is it satiric? Is it a thriller? Or is it a dark comedy? It's one of these book that let's you take a look into to the abyss of human existence, but it's not really serious either. There's this guy who is bored with life, and then he meets Tyler Durban. They do some really weird shit, one of it is founding the Fight Club, where ordinary people fight 'til they're bleeding, just for the fun of it, or to feel they are alive. But Tyler also has some really mad ideas. If you don't mind some gory scenes, I can absolutely recommend this little novel.
Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar …
It's dark and it's violent and it's immensely funny. What a great little novel.
Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take …
New York am 11. September. Eine Stadt in Asche und Rauch. In eindringlichen Bildern zeichnet …
Mit knapper Not entkommt Keith aus den brennenden Twin Towers. Seine Wohnung liegt in der Sperrzone, deshalb zieht er wieder bei seiner getrennt lebenden Familie ein. Seine Frau Lianne und er kommen sich nach und nach wieder näher, jedoch ist das Ereignis an beiden nicht spurlos vorüber gegangen. Keith durchlebt immer wieder seine Flucht aus dem Gebäude. Als eine Nachbarin orientalische Musik hört, fühlt Lianne sich provoziert und rastet aus. Und der Sohn der beiden sucht immer wieder den Himmel nach weiteren Flugzeugen ab. Mir gefällt der Ansatz, wie die Folgen eines kaum in Worte zu fassenden Ereignisses am Mikrokosmos dieser einen Familie auf sehr persönliche und konkrete Weise aufgezeigt werden. Besonderen Eindruck haben auf mich auch die kurzen Rückblenden gemacht, die aus der Perspektive und dem ebenfalls sehr persönlichen Mikrokosmos eines der Flugzeugentführer geschrieben sind.
Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar …
That's even funnier than I thought.
New York am 11. September. Eine Stadt in Asche und Rauch. In eindringlichen Bildern zeichnet …
Heftig, besonders der Schluss.
New York am 11. September. Eine Stadt in Asche und Rauch. In eindringlichen Bildern zeichnet Don DeLillo den Ablauf der …