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My favourites in English language fiction, part 2:
A Madman Dreams... is technically two stories, about Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing, two eccentric geniuses who never met, but whose lives are sometimes parallel, sometimes opposite. I love this one mainly because of the absolutely beautiful language, and for how Levin gives a glimpse into how a genius' thought pattern may work, without trying to lay bare the whole thing (you can't, and ⬇️

Oookay. A day late. Because I was dead at the time.
1) need to reread this. It's about the parallels in the fictionalized lives of two geniuses who never met
2) that's the question! Ish. Details in comment
3) yes please. more so when I could still eat pineapple
4) 7.5 ish. Sometimes 7. In Euro sizes, a solid 37.
5) tagging friend @silentrequiem bc I have no idea how to figure out if someone is new or not
@howjessreads #friyayintro

Spoken by Olga in the book, I'm wondering if she is quoting her because it seems familiar.

This book is being discussed in a few weeks in one of the first-year writing seminars I librarian for, so I'm reading it too. It laces Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing together, interesting so far!