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The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan, #1)

by Robert Jackson Bennett (Goodreads Author)

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"Lektüre wieder aufgenommen! Hoffe ich komme gut voran. Fantasy-Romane sollte ich eigentlich in Englisch lesen können, habe "A Song of Ice and Fire" ja größenteils auch auf Englisch gelesen. Aber dort war die Welt nicht so fremdartig wie in diesem Roman." — Sep 12, 2026 01:08AM

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Das Flirren der Hoffnung: Ein phantastischer Almanach - Zweite Folge (Carcosa) (German Edition)

by Riffel. Hannes

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In Concert: Die 66 wichtigsten Live-Alben aller Zeiten und ihre Geschichte

by Manfred Prescher

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EmBe’s Quotes

“Nur die phantasielosen flüchten sich in die Realität.”
― Arno Schmidt

tags: fantasie

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“In the beginning was the Word. Then came the fucking word processor. Then came the thought processor. Then came the death of literature. And so it goes.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

tags: history, literature, writing

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“He didn’t just kill them. He owned them. He cleaned their bodies with lavender soap, dressed them in their own nightgowns, and arranged them so perfectly that coroners wrote ‘natural causes’ without a second thought.”
― Jack D. Ace, Death By The Salesman: A Tale Of True Crime

tags: true-crime-thriller

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