I'll post a comment snarkily mentioning how tedious Russian Literature is, then you flag my comment to attract dang's attention, and hopefully he will manifest and reply with some excellent Russian Literature recommendations and links to relevent hn discussions! It's one of his many special interests.

Not only that, dang is also a proud card carrying member of the Klaus Nomi Fan Club. (I shit you not!)

The Nomi Song (Documentary):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0PszBID3Lk

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44100981

>Page Wood, Nomi's Art Director:

>"I remember Pat Gibbons, who was Bowie's manager at the time. He comes up and he goes, 'Well you're going to have to have something. You're going to have some costumes.'"

>"And he whips out a big wad of cash, and he goes, 'How much do you need?', and he starts peeling off bills. And Joey and Klaus look at him, and their eyes widen, and they look at each other, and they go, 'We're going to need shoes, too.'"