La Lioness Priyanka
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Thu Apr-01-04 08:49 PM
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Does anyone LOVE Kurt Vonnegut? |
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Thu Apr-01-04 08:50 PM
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SEE the Cat ? ...
SEE the Cradle ? ...
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Thu Apr-01-04 08:51 PM
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Thu Apr-01-04 08:55 PM
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"Slaughterhouse 5", "Cat's Cradle", and "Player Piano"... just to name a few great ones. :-)
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Thu Apr-01-04 08:55 PM
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Extra points to the first person to explain his "signature".
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Thu Apr-01-04 09:04 PM
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5. From the Books of Bokonon ... |
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Edited on Thu Apr-01-04 09:05 PM by Trajan
The Final Sentence
If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I would climb to the top of Mount McCabe and lie down on my back with my history for a pillow; and I would take from the ground some of the blue-white poison that makes statues of men; and I would make a statue of myself, lying on my back, grinning horribly, and thumbing my nose at You Know Who.
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Thu Apr-01-04 09:15 PM
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when we had our cool DU book club we did a thead about him
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Thu Apr-01-04 09:18 PM
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7. but we quit diong the book club |
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because no body wanted to play <sigh>
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Thu Apr-01-04 09:22 PM
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his father was partners with my grandfather in their architectural office in Indianapolis. I like his books very much, too.
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Thu Apr-01-04 09:47 PM
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9. Yes, he made some very important observations, with humour - |
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One of the ones I remember the most, and should be remembered today - - ______________________________________________________________________
"We teach our children a wee poem:
"In 1492,
Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue"
And the story goes that he discovered America, and civilized the Continent.
Actually, they just murdered the civilizations that were already here and stole their land." _______________________________________________________________________
Hmmm
Haven't changed much have we
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Thu Apr-01-04 10:08 PM
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funny...a little depressing
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Thu Apr-01-04 11:02 PM
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I can't read enough of his stuff!
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Thu Apr-01-04 11:07 PM
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and Billy Pilgrim posts here when he come unstuck in time in our vicinity.
I think that Deadeye Dick and Bluebeard are underrated.
I am currently in a bidding war with someone on ebay for an HC copy of Welcome to the Monkeyhouse.
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Thu Apr-01-04 11:36 PM
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Haven't read Deadeye Dick, but I'll make a point to now.
Palm Sunday is a particular favorite of mine.
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Thu Apr-01-04 11:40 PM
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14. Deadeye Dick concerns |
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how people can do things for merely symbolic purposes which then have horrendous results.
If you really liked Bluebeard, you might like "What's Bred in the Bone" by Robertson Davies.
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Thu Apr-01-04 11:40 PM
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Thu Apr-01-04 11:41 PM
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16. He is absolutely brilliant! Surely one of my heroes! |
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Got a chance to hear him speak -- and even shake his hand -- in St. Paul a couple of years ago.
there's a pretty good story there, too.,
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Thu Apr-01-04 11:42 PM
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17. I keep running across his quotes in books I read |
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but don't know his works personally.
I must like him if the stuff I read refers to him all the time.
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Fri Apr-02-04 12:11 AM
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22. ****HIGHLY**** recommended. |
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you've gotta read a few of his books to get a feel for his brand of cinicism. Start with Slaughterhouse-5, then move onto Breakfast of Champions, or The Sirens of Titan, or Hocus Pocus...you'll have to read them all by that point.
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Fri Apr-02-04 12:43 AM
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24. I will check out Amazon and put them on my order list |
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I have so many on my list to read now ...
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Thu Apr-01-04 11:53 PM
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18. I've been a fan ever since Montana and I read him on Tralfamadore... |
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A great place to vacation.
Seriously, his writing works on whatever level you choose to read. An open mind and warped sense of reality are prerequisites though.
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Thu Apr-01-04 11:55 PM
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Fri Apr-02-04 12:06 AM
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21. he was my college commencement speaker . . . |
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along with R. Buckminster Fuller . . . one of my funnier memories is walking into the men's room of the Student Union before the ceremonies, only to see both of them -- along with the college president -- at the urinals with their gowns lifted up, doing their business . . . now Fuller was very short, Vonnegut is average height, and the president was quite tall . . . and they were lined up in order of height . . . had to make a quick exit to avoid busting out laughing and embarassing all of us . . . :)
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Fri Apr-02-04 12:14 AM
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He published one of his commencement speeches in Palm Sunday...one of my very favorite pieces by him. It wasn't that commencement speech was it? It was in the sometime in the '70s.
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Fri Apr-02-04 02:38 AM
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25. actually, I don't know . . . but it was in 1974 . . . so maybe . . . n/t |
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Fri Apr-02-04 03:18 AM
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Breakfast of Champions because it is just fucking hilaroious.
God Bless You Mr. Rosewater because it has the best message against conservatism that I have ever heard.
Cat's Cradle because it manages to work in everything I love about a book, and has a great philosophy behind it.
Welcome to the Monkey House, because I love every story in there, and also because one of my favorite bands took their name from a story, and called themselves "Bockman's Euphio"
I have also read:
Slaughterhouse Five Galapagos Deadeye Dick Slapstick The Sirens of Titan Player Piano
All are great books
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