Rob like Vonnegut

noisereductions · 11.13.2008, 12:12 PM

and so do I.

Rob Instigator · 11.13.2008, 12:35 PM

hell yeah. I re-read Fates Worse Than Death last week. insane thoughts crossed my mind. deep depression followed by deep joy at being alive and then sadness at having lost my hero...

I am going to read timequake again, to feel his bitterness and hilarity again.

(in timequake, the entire world is moved back in time one year and everone re-lives the entire year again without realizing it except for one man.)

noisereductions · 11.13.2008, 12:45 PM

havent read TIMEQUAKE yet, though I own it.

I've read a big stack of his books, though. My favorites are probably Breakfast of Champions, and Cat's Cradle.

afterthefact · 11.13.2008, 12:48 PM

I've never read any of his stuff, but I've heard a lot about it. Also, it just so happens that I just finished a book and haven't started a new one.

If I were to, say, start a Vonnegut book, where should I start? What book would you say is the quintessential Vonnegut?

Rob Instigator · 11.13.2008, 12:58 PM

Slaughterhouse 5

Cat's Cradle

Galapagos

but they are all good.

mangajunky · 11.13.2008, 01:12 PM

Good stuff - and he helped Dangerfield out in Back to School!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQnAhSzb4gY

noisereductions · 11.13.2008, 01:48 PM

hahaha, yes he did.

Silent Dan Speaks · 11.13.2008, 07:26 PM

Timequake is one of his best books. It's a shame it's not read more.

Everyneurotic · 11.13.2008, 08:11 PM

i've only read breakfast of champions, it's really good.

Alex's Trip · 11.13.2008, 09:17 PM

I intend to read him soon. I read a short story. Harrison Bergeron.

Didn't like it that much. It was alright.

wellcharge · 11.13.2008, 11:45 PM

i found a couple of his at a thrift store and i've been looking for more but most places want too much money for them or don't have them

never listen to reviews people write about vonnegut, if you like one of his books you'll probably like all of them, everyone on the internet says "deadeye dick" sucks, but me,my mom, and the guy at the local bookstore all loved it

candymoan · 11.14.2008, 07:27 AM

not a big fan of "deadeye dick" or "bluebeard" - but i love:

cat's cradle
breakfast of champions
timequake

the latest read was "a man without a country" - which flowed like a lazy sunday afternoon chat with your semi-deranged tipsy great uncle - the one that your mom probably tells you to spend less time with..

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Rob Instigator · 11.14.2008, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Silent Dan Speaks

Timequake is one of his best books. It's a shame it's not read more.

I agree.
There is some REAL sharp bitterness in that book hough, as if vonnegut was so far beyond thinking humanity was going to ever do the right thing by itself and the earth we live in...Maybe that bleakness gets to some people.

Rob Instigator · 11.14.2008, 10:31 AM

some of his books are more "fantastical" and some are more about life in midwestern america, like deadeye dick, of god bless you mr rosewater.

I am a painter and bluebeard always has struck a deep chord with me.

mangajunky · 11.14.2008, 10:34 AM

Has anyone ever read Venus on the Halfshell? Philip Jose Farmer pretended to be Kilgore Trout and actually wrote it.

noisereductions · 11.14.2008, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mangajunky

Has anyone ever read Venus on the Halfshell? Philip Jose Farmer pretended to be Kilgore Trout and actually wrote it.

Yes. I have a very awesome old paperback of it. It's OK.

SIRENS OF TITAN is a good one, too. For fantastical. And MOTHER NIGHT is another excellent "realistic" one.

Rob Instigator · 11.14.2008, 10:46 AM

mother night may be the single most fatalistic pessimistic of the bunch! the movie they made with Nick Nolte was amazingly well-done,a nd very good stuff.

noisereductions · 11.14.2008, 10:48 AM

Yes, the movie was incredible, I thought. It was a perfect transcription of the pages. Great.

The Slaughterhouse-5 film was meh. Breakfast of Champions film was pretty good, but the book is sooooooooo much better.

I think that's it for Vonnegut films. Right?

Rob Instigator · 11.14.2008, 11:05 AM

they did a really lame version of Harrison bergeron with sean astin

the slaughterhouse 5 film was so-so. It skipped over a lot of stuff to concentrate on the sci-fi aspects of the story.

noisereductions · 11.14.2008, 11:08 AM

I think the book of Slaughterhouse-5 is too multi-dimensional to be a 90 film.

I think there was a teleplay of HAPPY BIRHTDAY WANDA JUNE. Maybe?

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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	and so do I.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	hell yeah. I re-read Fates Worse Than Death last week. insane thoughts crossed my mind. deep depression followed by deep joy at being alive and then sadness at having lost my hero... I am going to read timequake again, to feel his bitterness and hilarity again. (in timequake, the entire world is moved back in time one year and everone re-lives the entire year again without realizing it except for one man.) __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	havent read TIMEQUAKE yet, though I own it. I've read a big stack of his books, though. My favorites are probably Breakfast of Champions, and Cat's Cradle.
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afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	I've never read any of his stuff, but I've heard a lot about it. Also, it just so happens that I just finished a book and haven't started a new one. If I were to, say, start a Vonnegut book, where should I start? What book would you say is the quintessential Vonnegut? __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	Slaughterhouse 5 Cat's Cradle Galapagos but they are all good. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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mangajunky expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Englewood, NJ Posts: 1,247	Good stuff - and he helped Dangerfield out in Back to School! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQnAhSzb4gY __________________ -Franky Don't let yer meat loaf.
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	hahaha, yes he did.
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Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	Timequake is one of his best books. It's a shame it's not read more.
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Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	I intend to read him soon. I read a short story. Harrison Bergeron. Didn't like it that much. It was alright. __________________ KALOPSIA
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wellcharge expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cold and boring kanada Posts: 1,297	i found a couple of his at a thrift store and i've been looking for more but most places want too much money for them or don't have them never listen to reviews people write about vonnegut, if you like one of his books you'll probably like all of them, everyone on the internet says "deadeye dick" sucks, but me,my mom, and the guy at the local bookstore all loved it
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11.14.2008, 07:27 AM	#12
candymoan the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: istanbul Posts: 855	not a big fan of "deadeye dick" or "bluebeard" - but i love: cat's cradle breakfast of champions timequake the latest read was "a man without a country" - which flowed like a lazy sunday afternoon chat with your semi-deranged tipsy great uncle - the one that your mom probably tells you to spend less time with.. . __________________ /* nothing here...
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	some of his books are more "fantastical" and some are more about life in midwestern america, like deadeye dick, of god bless you mr rosewater. I am a painter and bluebeard always has struck a deep chord with me. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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mangajunky expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Englewood, NJ Posts: 1,247	Has anyone ever read Venus on the Halfshell? Philip Jose Farmer pretended to be Kilgore Trout and actually wrote it. __________________ -Franky Don't let yer meat loaf.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	mother night may be the single most fatalistic pessimistic of the bunch! the movie they made with Nick Nolte was amazingly well-done,a nd very good stuff. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	Yes, the movie was incredible, I thought. It was a perfect transcription of the pages. Great. The Slaughterhouse-5 film was meh. Breakfast of Champions film was pretty good, but the book is sooooooooo much better. I think that's it for Vonnegut films. Right?
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	they did a really lame version of Harrison bergeron with sean astin the slaughterhouse 5 film was so-so. It skipped over a lot of stuff to concentrate on the sci-fi aspects of the story. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	I think the book of Slaughterhouse-5 is too multi-dimensional to be a 90 film. I think there was a teleplay of HAPPY BIRHTDAY WANDA JUNE. Maybe?
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