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“The politically incorrect advice I would (of course never) give is this: go to the pub for a drink in the morning. That way, the alcohol will be out of your system before sleep.”

“As the actor and comedian Billy Crystal has said when describing his own battles with insomnia, “I sleep like a baby—I wake up every hour.””

Already a favorite of mine.

“Each and every night, REM sleep ushers you into a preposterous theater wherein you are treated to a bizarre, highly associative carnival of autobiographical themes.”

“ a key function of deep NREM sleep, which predominates early in the night, is to do the work of weeding out and removing unnecessary neural connections. In contrast, the dreaming stage of REM sleep, which prevails later in the night, plays a role in strengthening those connections.”

“In closing, I offer a disclaimer. Should you feel drowsy and fall asleep while reading the book, unlike most authors, I will not be disheartened. Indeed, based on the topic and content of this book, I am actively going to encourage that kind of behavior from you.”

A lot of overlap but interesting to see what the author has extracted to create "her" formula.

Jetzt kommt langsam Schwung in die Rahmenhandlung.

Bis jetzt ein extrem gutes Buch. Hätte nicht gedacht dass man eine sinnvolle Geschichte aus der Idee machen kann (ich schaue auf dich, "Replay").

Das Tempo hat mittlerweile gehörig angezogen - ein echter Pageturner!

It looks like all the players are in the right places and the fun is about to start.

Weniger Sex wäre besser aber der SF Teil ist wirklich gut.

Awesome SF

Kurze Durststrecke im Mittelteil aber jetzt ist es wieder ein echter Pageturner.

Nach dem recht enttäuschenden "Blaue Blumen" ist es Zeit für etwas leichte Lektüre. Bis jetzt überraschend unterhaltsam mit guten Ideen!

I seriously consider to stop reading. So many people liked it but why? There are creepy moments but the world isn't plausible. I think I will finish it just to be able to write a proper review.

After 8 years I finally picked up vol 2 of one of my all-time favorites. All the hesitation seems to be justified, there is too much action and less of the elements that made the predecessor so mind blowing.

Awesome book, lots of advises and exercises to get a better memory.