Frownland

Making the wife so salty is defo a divorced dad move.

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TheBig3

I just finished Slaughterhouse 5. Don't get the appeal at all. The writing style is great but the story. I don't know, maybe this was mind-blowing in 1969 but in 2021 I don't give a ****.

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rubber soul

I liked Slaughterhouse Five. I think Breakfast of Champions is better though if you're into Vonnegut.

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TheBig3

I said this to some co-workers and they recommended Cat's Cradle. I think I read "Welcome to the Monkey House" back in Middle school but had no idea wtf was going on. I guess I could try these again.

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Lisnaholic

That's interesting! I had the opposite reaction: I wanted to know more about the Dresden firestorm and got irritated with Vonnegut's intrusive style getting in the way.
One conclusion we both agree on, Big3: "Don't get the appeal." That was also my reaction to that other must-read book of the 60s with a number in its title: Catch-22.
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I'm probably enjoying this book because it confirms what I previously thought: how spurious conspiracy theories usually are.
Voodoo Histories begins with the First World War, which makes a bit of a dull start to the book, but it picks up as it advances through McCarthyism to JFK and the section I've just reached: the death of Lady Di.
Interesting statistic: there are "700 or so biographies of Marylin Monroe". And for us lot? Will any of us get even a single biography? I feel so depressed, I'm going to play The Staunton Lick to cheer myself up - or better still, every song so far in this thread:-

https://www.musicbanter.com/general-...teful-day.html ("songs to make you grateful for the day")

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Mucha na Dziko

Kurt Vonnegut is one of my Top 3 writers of all time actually.

His style is just over perfect and his imagination infinite
Rarely does the written word inspire such reactions from me

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adidasss

Yeah I like BoC a little better too but both are excellent works and the pinnacle of his oeuvre I think.

He's not for everyone I guess (who is?), although I would say he is quite easy to read and like, if you get his sense of humour.

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Marie Monday

I enjoyed Slaughterhouse Five too, as much as BoC I think. Vonnegut is funny, but the way he describes the realities of war (and PTSD?) is quite gripping and devastating I think.

I got a copy of a play by Racine with a translation next to the original French and I was happily surprised that I could read it with the translation's help (also is French grammar just richer than English grammar? It seems like English needs a lot of dead weight to say things for which there is a more elegant grammatical construction in French). So now I want to try reading some French, if jadis or anyone else has recommendations for easy books that'd be cool

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TheBig3

Can't seem to get to page 745. Making a post to see if it's me or the internet.

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