What makes Colonel Urchagin so compelling as a character is that this is not a cynical rant. Victor Pelevin portrays him as a kind of true believer, saying this in absolute sincerity to justify a comically ridiculous fraud (in the novel even Laika the dogo is still alive)
December 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
What makes Colonel Urchagin so compelling as a character is that this is not a cynical rant. Victor Pelevin portrays him as a kind of true believer, saying this in absolute sincerity to justify a comically ridiculous fraud (in the novel even Laika the dogo is still alive)
#Booksky #Booktube My latest Friday Reads includes books by Solvej Balle, Layla Erbil, Viktor Pelevin, Ilse Aichinger, Paul West, Gary Amdahl and some Plaestinian poetry
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December 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
#Booksky #Booktube My latest Friday Reads includes books by Solvej Balle, Layla Erbil, Viktor Pelevin, Ilse Aichinger, Paul West, Gary Amdahl and some Plaestinian poetry
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Homo Zapiens by Victor Pelevin
December 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Homo Zapiens by Victor Pelevin
Victor Pelevin - BOTD
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November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Victor Pelevin - BOTD
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Victor Pelevin sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pelevi... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (couldn't identify the artists):
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Victor Pelevin sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pelevi... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (couldn't identify the artists):
I was going to make a joke about the very similar Russian surrealist novel but it turns out the French comic the movie was based on came out a decade before that book.
Anyways, The Yellow Arrow by Pelevin, pretty good.
Anyways, The Yellow Arrow by Pelevin, pretty good.
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I was going to make a joke about the very similar Russian surrealist novel but it turns out the French comic the movie was based on came out a decade before that book.
Anyways, The Yellow Arrow by Pelevin, pretty good.
Anyways, The Yellow Arrow by Pelevin, pretty good.
Alexander Pelevin (#24) makes his first KHL appearance of the season as the 7th D
Nikita Artamonov is the 13th forward
Nikita Artamonov is the 13th forward
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Alexander Pelevin (#24) makes his first KHL appearance of the season as the 7th D
Nikita Artamonov is the 13th forward
Nikita Artamonov is the 13th forward
Pelevin messed with my head
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So I finally read Generation P by Victor Pelevin and wow. It's this crazy, brilliant trip through 90s Russia where ancient gods work in advertising and nothing is quite what it seems. Finished it last night and I'm still thinking about …
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So I finally read Generation P by Victor Pelevin and wow. It's this crazy, brilliant trip through 90s Russia where ancient gods work in advertising and nothing is quite what it seems. Finished it last night and I'm still thinking about …
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So I finally read Generation P by Victor Pelevin and wow. It's this crazy, brilliant trip through 90s Russia where ancient gods work in advertising and
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October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Pelevin messed with my head
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So I finally read Generation P by Victor Pelevin and wow. It's this crazy, brilliant trip through 90s Russia where ancient gods work in advertising and nothing is quite what it seems. Finished it last night and I'm still thinking about …
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So I finally read Generation P by Victor Pelevin and wow. It's this crazy, brilliant trip through 90s Russia where ancient gods work in advertising and nothing is quite what it seems. Finished it last night and I'm still thinking about …
four books to get to know me
October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
four books to get to know me
Tempos atrás li A metralhadora de argila, do russo Victor Pelevin, e não consigo deixar de notar um paralelo entre o Tchapaiev deste livro e o Tchitcherine do Arco íris da gravidade
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Tempos atrás li A metralhadora de argila, do russo Victor Pelevin, e não consigo deixar de notar um paralelo entre o Tchapaiev deste livro e o Tchitcherine do Arco íris da gravidade
Folks mentioned this week also include:
@vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social Victor Pelevin, C. L. Werner, @dkbooks.bsky.social @jmreynolds.bsky.social @aconytebooks.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social Marvel Comics, @cavan.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
@vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social Victor Pelevin, C. L. Werner, @dkbooks.bsky.social @jmreynolds.bsky.social @aconytebooks.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social Marvel Comics, @cavan.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
The Black Library Weekly is here with Jay looking at the upcoming schedule from GW fiction and also sharing a six-pack this week with Noah Van Nguyen.
Black Library Weekly: Release the Kraken
The Black Library Weekly is here with Jay looking at the upcoming schedule from GW fiction and also sharing a six-pack this week with Noah Van Nguyen.
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October 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Folks mentioned this week also include:
@vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social Victor Pelevin, C. L. Werner, @dkbooks.bsky.social @jmreynolds.bsky.social @aconytebooks.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social Marvel Comics, @cavan.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
@vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social Victor Pelevin, C. L. Werner, @dkbooks.bsky.social @jmreynolds.bsky.social @aconytebooks.bsky.social @johnfrench.bsky.social Marvel Comics, @cavan.bsky.social @mariahaskins.com
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
Alexander Pelevin was named the VHL defenseman of the week!
He had 2 assists, 4 hits, and 4 blocked shots in an average ice time of 23:06 per game
He had 2 assists, 4 hits, and 4 blocked shots in an average ice time of 23:06 per game
October 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Alexander Pelevin was named the VHL defenseman of the week!
He had 2 assists, 4 hits, and 4 blocked shots in an average ice time of 23:06 per game
He had 2 assists, 4 hits, and 4 blocked shots in an average ice time of 23:06 per game
It was a better game for Velmakin than Krutov and Pelevin for sure. He made some great saves, killed a good bit of penalty time while only giving up the one goal. He’s had a solid start to his season so far. And I dig the powder blue kit even if it doesn’t really match the new team colors
September 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It was a better game for Velmakin than Krutov and Pelevin for sure. He made some great saves, killed a good bit of penalty time while only giving up the one goal. He’s had a solid start to his season so far. And I dig the powder blue kit even if it doesn’t really match the new team colors
Yegor Velmakin gets the start for Dinamo St. Petersburg today
Andrei Krutov (4LW) and Alexander Pelevin (1RHD) for Torpedo-Gorky
Andrei Krutov (4LW) and Alexander Pelevin (1RHD) for Torpedo-Gorky
September 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Yegor Velmakin gets the start for Dinamo St. Petersburg today
Andrei Krutov (4LW) and Alexander Pelevin (1RHD) for Torpedo-Gorky
Andrei Krutov (4LW) and Alexander Pelevin (1RHD) for Torpedo-Gorky
Andrei Krutov picked up a secondary assist while Alexander Pelevin picked up 2 assists (a primary and secondary) in Torpedo-Gorky’s win today
September 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Andrei Krutov picked up a secondary assist while Alexander Pelevin picked up 2 assists (a primary and secondary) in Torpedo-Gorky’s win today
(You’ll even see lines from “The Riddle” used as an epigraph in Krut’.)
If you had a different Pelevin scene in mind, tell me which one and I’ll pin that down too."
And it gave me also some further internet references to its answer
I have to say I was dumbstruck. Wow! From this very vague […]
If you had a different Pelevin scene in mind, tell me which one and I’ll pin that down too."
And it gave me also some further internet references to its answer
I have to say I was dumbstruck. Wow! From this very vague […]
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September 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
(You’ll even see lines from “The Riddle” used as an epigraph in Krut’.)
If you had a different Pelevin scene in mind, tell me which one and I’ll pin that down too."
And it gave me also some further internet references to its answer
I have to say I was dumbstruck. Wow! From this very vague […]
If you had a different Pelevin scene in mind, tell me which one and I’ll pin that down too."
And it gave me also some further internet references to its answer
I have to say I was dumbstruck. Wow! From this very vague […]
The answer:
"The song is “The Riddle.”
Originally by Nik Kershaw (1984), later a big club hit in Gigi D’Agostino’s 1999 cover. In Krut’ (2024) Pelevin quotes and riffs on this track specifically because its words are famously “placeholder” lyrics with no intended meaning.
Kershaw himself has […]
"The song is “The Riddle.”
Originally by Nik Kershaw (1984), later a big club hit in Gigi D’Agostino’s 1999 cover. In Krut’ (2024) Pelevin quotes and riffs on this track specifically because its words are famously “placeholder” lyrics with no intended meaning.
Kershaw himself has […]
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September 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The answer:
"The song is “The Riddle.”
Originally by Nik Kershaw (1984), later a big club hit in Gigi D’Agostino’s 1999 cover. In Krut’ (2024) Pelevin quotes and riffs on this track specifically because its words are famously “placeholder” lyrics with no intended meaning.
Kershaw himself has […]
"The song is “The Riddle.”
Originally by Nik Kershaw (1984), later a big club hit in Gigi D’Agostino’s 1999 cover. In Krut’ (2024) Pelevin quotes and riffs on this track specifically because its words are famously “placeholder” lyrics with no intended meaning.
Kershaw himself has […]
So turned to chagpt with one prompt, exactly like this:
"In one of his books Viktor Pelevin refers to a song which has lyrics without any apparent meaning. It is a real song, quite popular. Can you find which song it is?"
"In one of his books Viktor Pelevin refers to a song which has lyrics without any apparent meaning. It is a real song, quite popular. Can you find which song it is?"
September 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
So turned to chagpt with one prompt, exactly like this:
"In one of his books Viktor Pelevin refers to a song which has lyrics without any apparent meaning. It is a real song, quite popular. Can you find which song it is?"
"In one of his books Viktor Pelevin refers to a song which has lyrics without any apparent meaning. It is a real song, quite popular. Can you find which song it is?"
Great list.
If not already, you might consider We by Zamyatin.
Plus Omon Ra by Pelevin and War With the Newts by Capek.
They seem compatible with your already keen eye.
If not already, you might consider We by Zamyatin.
Plus Omon Ra by Pelevin and War With the Newts by Capek.
They seem compatible with your already keen eye.
September 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Great list.
If not already, you might consider We by Zamyatin.
Plus Omon Ra by Pelevin and War With the Newts by Capek.
They seem compatible with your already keen eye.
If not already, you might consider We by Zamyatin.
Plus Omon Ra by Pelevin and War With the Newts by Capek.
They seem compatible with your already keen eye.
I should read more Pelevin - only experienced Babylon/Generation P (which I loved) and S.N.U.F.F. (which was only okay)
September 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I should read more Pelevin - only experienced Babylon/Generation P (which I loved) and S.N.U.F.F. (which was only okay)
نيو رومان بيليفين: سر السماء “أغابا”
أحد خيارات ترجمة Opus of Pelevin الجديدة هو "معيبة". الصورة: مقدمة من خدمة كتاب Yandex مثل هذه المقدمة الطويلة (اعتذر ، بالمناسبة ، مرة أخرى عبر رواية موضوع الصخرة - هذه المرة هي الدرج إلى السماء) من أجل القول أن فيكتور بيليفين ، بالطبع ، كان ولا يزال ما بعد…
أحد خيارات ترجمة Opus of Pelevin الجديدة هو "معيبة". الصورة: مقدمة من خدمة كتاب Yandex مثل هذه المقدمة الطويلة (اعتذر ، بالمناسبة ، مرة أخرى عبر رواية موضوع الصخرة - هذه المرة هي الدرج إلى السماء) من أجل القول أن فيكتور بيليفين ، بالطبع ، كان ولا يزال ما بعد…
نيو رومان بيليفين: سر السماء “أغابا”
أحد خيارات ترجمة Opus of Pelevin الجديدة هو "معيبة". الصورة: مقدمة من خدمة كتاب Yandex مثل هذه المقدمة الطويلة (اعتذر ، بالمناسبة ، مرة أخرى عبر رواية موضوع الصخرة - هذه المرة هي الدرج إلى السماء) من أجل القول أن فيكتور بيليفين ، بالطبع ، كان ولا يزال ما بعد الحداثة المؤمنين. ما لا يعني فقط الاقتباس وما يسمى الآن Easterrs ، ولكن موقف خاص للواقع ، حيث يتم استبدال التباين الواضح "الحقيقة/الخيال" المتأصل في الرواية الكلاسيكية بالتعشيش تجاه بعضها البعض ، كما في دمية التعشيش ، كل منها حقيقي وليس حقيقيًا تمامًا.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
نيو رومان بيليفين: سر السماء “أغابا”
أحد خيارات ترجمة Opus of Pelevin الجديدة هو "معيبة". الصورة: مقدمة من خدمة كتاب Yandex مثل هذه المقدمة الطويلة (اعتذر ، بالمناسبة ، مرة أخرى عبر رواية موضوع الصخرة - هذه المرة هي الدرج إلى السماء) من أجل القول أن فيكتور بيليفين ، بالطبع ، كان ولا يزال ما بعد…
أحد خيارات ترجمة Opus of Pelevin الجديدة هو "معيبة". الصورة: مقدمة من خدمة كتاب Yandex مثل هذه المقدمة الطويلة (اعتذر ، بالمناسبة ، مرة أخرى عبر رواية موضوع الصخرة - هذه المرة هي الدرج إلى السماء) من أجل القول أن فيكتور بيليفين ، بالطبع ، كان ولا يزال ما بعد…
Andrei Krutov and Alexander Pelevin are on the top line and top pair today for Torpedo-Gorky
September 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Andrei Krutov and Alexander Pelevin are on the top line and top pair today for Torpedo-Gorky
Alexander Pelevin (3LHD) will make his season debut while Andrei Krutov remains the 2RW
September 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Alexander Pelevin (3LHD) will make his season debut while Andrei Krutov remains the 2RW