what's your favorite(s) Vonnegut book(s)? and why?
me:
1) cats cradle
2)breakfast of champions
3)god bless you mr. rosewater
cats cradle introduces bokonism, my favorite religion
breakfast of champions has kilgore trout as a lead character
mr rosewater is a great look at common decency
I really liked Slaughterhouse 5. I think it was the escapism that the protagonist used or developed. I also loved the essay collection 'Fates Worse Than Death'.
"I am glad to learn my friend that you had not yet submitted yourself to any of the mouldy laws of Literature."
-John Muir
"My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light"
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
I've only read Slaughterhouse-5 and Player Piano, i think i prefer Player Piano which is his first novel i think.
I've only read Cat's Cradle, and I wasn't very impressed.
Timequake has always been my personal favorite. It was such a unique idea done in a very interesting way. That book changed my life. As you can see I even quote the book in my signature.
When the tupelo
Goes poop-a-lo
I'll come back to youp-a-lo
- Kilgore Trout
the last few pages of timequake were kilgore trout's finest moments--and certainly life altering for me as well. the rest of timequake didnt do it for me.
I've only read Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle- I need to read breakfast of champions and welcome to the monkey house, soley because the title is superb.
galapagos (indescribable?), breakfast of champions (my introduction to vonnegut), and welcome to the monkey house (has some really poignant short stories- harrison bergeron, et al)
i love vonnegut's ability to blend the depressing reality of humanity and bittersweet hope.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote