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19 Sept 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #481 – Norman Ohler: Hitler, Nazis, Drugs, WW2, Blitzkrieg, LSD, MKUltra & CIA
“Who wrote Gravity’s Rainbow, which I think is one of the best novels of the 20th century.”
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- Norman Ohler
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- 19 Sept 2025
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…Yeah, true. But for the… I just like these writers, these two. So the ones I mentioned, and also then Thomas Pynchon. Who wrote Gravity’s Rainbow, which I think is one of the best novels of the 20th century. And I read that in Berlin in the late ’90s, and it really blew my mind. I think it’s an absolute masterpiece. The intensity of this novel, Gravity’s Rainbow, is unparalleled, and I’m still puzzled by how he did it. And it’s not known how he did it because he lives a completely obscure life. No one knows basically who he is. So he’s also a very interesting colleague. It’s widely regarded as one of the most challenging and significant works of postmodern literature.…
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