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"How awesome is Kurt Vonnegut" thread
sjbrot:
I read Slaughterhouse Five and Player Piano, and I didn't really find that they were all that similar. But maybe those two are the exceptions.
I found his use of absurdism in Slaughterhouse and Player Piano to be great, and fit right in with the tone of both books. I wouldn't say he's a master writer. But, he's still right up there.
Dr Jason:
--- Quote from: Chesire Cat ---Good or bad thing about him is if you've read one KV book, they are all pretty much the same.
Its like Tim Robbins, the first Tim Robbins book is etheral experience, then you read a second one and ask yourself... Is this a sequal with completely different characters in completely different settings somehow doing hte same thing. Its a little like Lost, except Lost is what happens to all the Tim Robbins chars.
--- End quote ---
That's one of the reasons I'd say I'm a fan. You could pick up one of his books without knowing the title or author or be able to tell it was him.
Borondir:
Inlander, you basically described one of the things I love so much about Vonnegut, or more particularly Slaughterhouse Five. We have become so used to violence, and through his absurdist brilliance, he constantly reminds us why we should not get used to violence.
soap:
i read slaughthouse 5 years ago when i was still at school, and remember thinking it was fantastic.
last time i looked for it to re-read i couldn't find it, i've got a horrible suspicion i lent it out to someone and they didn't give it back :(
Kai:
Kurt Vonnegut is pretty much one of my faovrite writers ever.
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