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truizm Donating Member (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 07:38 PM
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For what Kurt Vonnegut novels are you a whore for?
And by that I mean, what are your favorite Kurt Vonnegut novels?

For me it would be:

Cat's Cradle

Slaughterhouse Five
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 07:39 PM
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1. Deadeye Dick
I read it as a senior in high school, and thought it was really good.

Unfortunately, it's the only Vonnegut novel I've read.
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Lautremont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 07:40 PM
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2. I've always liked Mother Night quite a bit.
An oldie but a goodie.
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 07:40 PM
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3. I think that "Slaughterhouse Five" is one of the most important American
novels ever written.

That it didn't win a Nobel says more about the Nobel than the novel.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 09:02 PM
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9. The literature Nobel is awarded based on an author's total body of work...
not for one novel. If it were for one novel, I'm sure Steinbeck, Hemingway and Faulkner all would have won earlier than they did (by the time they got the Nobel their best work was pretty much behind them).
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sybylla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 07:50 PM
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4. The only one I've ever read was Galapagos
I loved it and it has inspired me to read others. I just haven't had time.
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 07:57 PM
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5. all of them
the man's a true genius
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Lefty_the_Right Donating Member (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 08:08 PM
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6. Siren's of Titan
It has always been my favorite.

And now, for some reason that I can't put my finger on, GW Shrub reminds me of the protaganist, Malachi Constant.

But everything by Kurt is awesome.
Including his appearance in Rodney Dangerfield's Back to School.
"And whoever wrote your paper on Vonnegut doesn't know the first thing about him." LOL
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achtung_circus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 08:51 PM
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7. Timequake
the universe gets tired of expanding, decides to contract for a year, time goes back 1 year, the universe gets all rested up and everyone gets to live that year all over again.
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Mara Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 08:54 PM
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8. Cat's Cradle is my favorite...

Breakfast of Champions is beautiful in its obscenity,

They are all EXCELLENT!!! :loveya: :loveya:
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 09:04 PM
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10. "Cat's Cradle"...
"Slaughterhouse-Five", "God Bless You, Mr Rosewater", "Jailbird"...probably all of them that I've read, really...
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 09:05 PM
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11. All of them...
...they are all connected. I view them as one big master-novel.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 09:06 PM
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12. Slaughter house V here
Edited on Mon Jul-26-04 09:34 PM by ChavezSpeakstheTruth
one of my all time faves - I read it in succession with All Quiet on the Western Front - depressing as fuck!

what the hell is the matter with me? Slaughterhouse IV - revisionist history!
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LSU_Subversive Donating Member (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 09:07 PM
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13. Welcome to the Monkeyhouse!
In particular, Harrison Bergeron
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PittPoliSci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 09:23 PM
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14. SAME TWO for me.
yahoo! :yourock:
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 09:28 PM
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15. It's a play, but I always loved
Edited on Mon Jul-26-04 09:30 PM by PassingFair
Happy Birthday Wanda June...
Next would have to be Slaughterhouse 5.

Mr. Vonnegut's last two essays on *co and the Iraq War have been masterpieces. The best stuff he's ever opined.

http://www.inthesetimes.com/comments.php?id=38_0_4_0_C
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 09:31 PM
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16. God Bless You Mr. Rosewater
Bluebeard (an unsung masterpiece, along with Deadeye Dick)

Slapstick

Mother Night
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-26-04 09:31 PM
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17. Cat's Cradle, Breakfast of Champions
Slaughterhouse Five. Everything - Vonnegut's one of my all-time favorite authors.
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