Yeah, he shows up in "God Bless You Mr. Rosewater", "Breakfast of Champions", "Jailbird" (I think), and "Cat's Cradle" (which I haven't read). I dig 'im.
Yeah, he shows up in "God Bless You Mr. Rosewater", "Breakfast of Champions", "Jailbird" (I think), and "Cat's Cradle" (which I haven't read). I dig 'im.
and somehow a dog
has taken itself & its tail considerably away
into the mountains or sea or sky, leaving
behind: me, wag.
- John Berryman
to see that one, i'll help by doing the windows, virge!Originally Posted by Virgil
Hey, I would clean your house for a month to see that.
"He was nauseous with regret when he saw her face again, and when, as of yore, he pleaded and begged at her knees for the joy of her being. She understood Neal; she stroked his hair; she knew he was mad."
---Jack Kerouac, On The Road: The Original Scroll
Trout is the central character in Timequake.
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
Ok, I'm about 1/2way through and this is one of the best things I've read in a while. I really should've picked this up before.
There once was a scotsman named Drew
Who put too much wine in his stew
He felt a bit drunk
And fell off his bunk
And landed smack into his shoe ~(C) Ms Niamh Anne King
Agree with Kilted that it is one of the best things I have read... Especially after the third chapter, it is proving hard to put down for me.
It is interesting that even though Vonnegut does not make use of any gory descriptions or explicit violence, some of the passages are chilling to read, letting the reader feel exactly how horrendous wars can be. Eg the description of soldiers' transportation to the camps (the very end of Chapter 3 and beginning of Chapter 4, I think?). Everytime Vonnegut says 'humanbeings', one knows that these people are not treated as humanbeings or reduced to something less by the other 'humanbeings' and by the war. They are transported like cattles, they don't have the privacy (and luxury) to use a toilet...
I think it was Riesa who mentioned above that it is a slow read and I agree. Even though I enjoy it very much, I find myself re-reading some passages.
~
"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Hmpf, I still don't have my copy ...
"Where mind meets matter, both should woo!"Currently reading:
* Paradise Lost by John Milton
I finished it this morning, as I said earlier I enjoyed it immensely. He dealt with such serious subjects but at no point was I sad reading it (in fact the majority of the time I was trying to stifle myself from laughing)
There once was a scotsman named Drew
Who put too much wine in his stew
He felt a bit drunk
And fell off his bunk
And landed smack into his shoe ~(C) Ms Niamh Anne King
So I was catching up on a recent copy of sports illustrated & I found this (written shortly after his death):
From April 23rd, 2007 edition of Sports Illustrated, page 20In 1954, Vonnegut - a talented young writer who confessed to knowing nothing about sports - was hired to write for SI, which had yet to begin publishing. One of his first assignments was to write a caption about a race horse who had jumped the rail at Aqueduct and galloped across the infield. Vonnegut pondered the task, typed one sentence and then walked out of the office, never to return. His caption: The horse jumped over the bleeping fence. SI's loss was literatures gain
There once was a scotsman named Drew
Who put too much wine in his stew
He felt a bit drunk
And fell off his bunk
And landed smack into his shoe ~(C) Ms Niamh Anne King
Looks I'll pick it up in my library.
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
If you need me urgent, send me a PM
well what is there to say about this book..
I read it a long time ago.. i think around 5-6 years.. i loved it alot..
although it was not the first i read by him.. its actually a wierd story..
The first book by Mr Vonnegut i recived from a friend during my army service.. and it was in my bag.
I was hypnotized by it and was half way thorought when someone stole my bag and the book with it..
Needless to say i was really sad but the worst part was that it turned up to be that it was not possible to buy this book again since it was out of print..
i fet crap and thought i would never have my chance to read it again.
But luck would have and around 3 years later i was in another friend house
when suddnly i looked on his book shelf and there it was!
My lost book (another copy of course)
of course he gave it tome (or more likely i took it) and finelly was able to finish this amazing book..
so defintly recommended auther..
other good book - the cats cradle
After my library finally had sent it to me, I read it in two days. It really was hard to put down. I especially liked the way it opened, with Vonnegut introducing his situation as a writer. The alien parts were also very interesting, it reminded me a bit of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, though of more philosophical depth.
However, I wouldn't say I was overwhelmed by it. The many many decided "So it goes." were somewhat disturbing to me. I believe they would have been more effective if they had been less numerous.
I wouldn't mind reading it again, though. Probably I should.
"Where mind meets matter, both should woo!"Currently reading:
* Paradise Lost by John Milton
Picked up my copy the other day. Either I am going to eat major crow or never sway my critical thoughts.
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