Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2007 It won't get the exposure it deserves there. This sucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravenbomb 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2007 damn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darthtiki 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2007 So it goes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted April 12, 2007 Wow, that's terrible. Although I'd thought he'd long since died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2007 A very important writer. According to Fox News he wrote 'Catcher in the Rye'. Yeesh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EL BRUJ0 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2007 According to Fox News he wrote 'Catcher in the Rye'. Yeesh. It won't get the exposure it deserves there. god bless you, mr. Vonnegut Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2007 I totally thought he was dead already. Oh well. He was a favorite of mine in 8th grade or so, but I got tired of the formula after that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2007 He was still writing for the Cornell Daily Sun as recently as a few months ago. One of the greatest Cornellians. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2007 First "serious" writer I ever got into. I haven't read him in years, though; I should read a couple of 'em soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Eagle Man Report post Posted April 12, 2007 I was gonna buy Slaughterhouse-Five on Saturday, but I didn't, because I have so much other stuff to read. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2007 Slaughterhouse-Five is my least favorite of the Vonnegut I've read. I've always felt that it pales in comparison to the thematically very similar Catch-22. It's got a little too much whimsy in it to be a really effective anti-war novel, I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2007 Slaughterhouse 5 eclipses most all anti-war books due the autobiographical back-story Vonnegut brought to it. How anyone could find it to have more 'whimsy' than Catch-22 is really beyond me. Is that one of those examples of saying two books are very similar when really they're not at all, like Catcher/Rye and Separate Peace? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2007 Not to turn this into a literature thread, but Slaughterhouse-Five is my second favorite war novel, right behind anything by Tim O'Brien, but I'm a big Tim O'Brien fanboy anyway. I think to look at the whimsical elements of the book as detractors from the story and the strength of the story is to diminish the style of Vonnegut, as all of his novels have that whimsical element. I think that element is what makes him the first 'serious' author read by so many young bibliophiles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2007 Catch 22 and Slaughterhouse Five are really nothing alike, it's true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Ol' Smitty 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2007 Vonnegut was awesome, I am going to go buy his latest (Man Without a Country) in honor of his death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Eagle Man Report post Posted April 13, 2007 Not to turn this into a literature thread, But it's about Kurt Vonnegut. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2007 Edwin and Inc are right. I just happen to love the formula. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2007 Vonnegut was awesome, I am going to go buy his latest (Man Without a Country) in honor of his death. You'd be better off buying one of his older books. Unless you already have them, then go ahead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2007 I forgot to mention that the last thing I clearly remember reading that Vonnegut wrote (it was either in the aforementioned book or something I was linked to online) consisted of him saying "I'm 82 and still have my driver's license!" He probably had to wipe the drool from his keyboard after typing that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Ol' Smitty 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2007 Vonnegut was awesome, I am going to go buy his latest (Man Without a Country) in honor of his death. You'd be better off buying one of his older books. Unless you already have them, then go ahead. I think I have all of the others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2007 Then knock yourself out! Vonnegut got really bad late in his life, though, albeit almost amusingly so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murmuring Beast 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2007 Breakfast of Champions - a work of fucking genius. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
