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The thing was: One million years ago, back in 1986 A.D., Guayaquil was the chief seaport of the little South American democracy of Ecuador.

Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut

February 14, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I was one of those teenage boys who read the crap out of Kurt Vonnegut (along with Stephen King, William Sleator, and a few others). This one is one my brother owned, and I recall trying to read it at some point and it just not taking. I’ve read it now, and from Vonnegut’s weird (but still good) 80s output, I think this one really stands out for its richness and inventiveness. We are told in the first […]

“Among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, the present, and the future.”

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

September 19, 2019 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr11bingo Banned Book, bingo #10 & 11 A frequently challenged classic according to ALA Slaughterhouse-Five propelled Kurt Vonnegut to fame when it was published in 1969. It has been banned in a number of school districts over the decades for language, sex and religious references. Slaughterhouse-Five is Vonnegut’s attempt to write about his experience as a POW in Dresden during WWII, where he witnessed the firebombing that destroyed the city and caused the deaths of 135,000 people. Slaughterhouse-Five is an anti-war classic that shows through […]

The Great Pretender

Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

May 10, 2019 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

The first Vonnegut book I read was Slaughterhouse Five. I was 14 and a friend of mine was reading it and back then I couldn’t stand the idea that any of my friends might be better read than I was so I had to run out and get a copy. I read it faster than seems possible now, and within a few years I had read everything else Vonnegut published, all the novels, the short story collections, his essays, everything. He’s the only author for […]

So I guess I panicked from the word go.

October 25, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Bus on Thursday – 4/5 Stars This was an audiobook and I hadn’t heard of it before I looked a little into and downloaded it from Overdrive. Also, had this not been Australian I might not have listened to it, and had I read the back I wouldn’t either. I also almost turned it off early on because of a kind of off-key line that I didn’t like. But something clicked in my experience at some point and I ended up really liking it. […]

In which I parody Kurt Vonnegut to stick it to cancer

September 23, 2018 by KimMiE" 2 Comments

CBR 10 Bingo: Birthday – Kurt Vonnegut born November 11, 1922 This is Kim Pendergest, Cannonball Read 10’s reporter on the Afterlife. During yesterday’s controlled near-death experience, I interviewed Kurt Vonnegut and asked him to explain why he decided to write God Bless Dr. Kevorikian. “So what’s the deal?” I asked. “Was this just a cash-grab?” “Not at all,” he said, “I started writing these as 90-second spots for WNYC, the public radio station for New York City.” “Thanks for the exposition, but I know […]

Not With a Bang but an Ice Nine Whimper

August 28, 2018 by melanir Leave a Comment

I have a rather large back log of books to review and, I’m not gonna lie, I’ve been trying to squeeze them into as many bingo slots as possible. So when I went looking for author birthdays I was completely delighted when I found Kurt Vonnegut had been born on November 11th. This places him within the required time line and Cat’s Cradle fills the Birthday slot on my bingo card (and guys, I’m so close to Bingo). So this book, like a lot of […]

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