Did anyone else think this? I felt like themeta treatmenthad a lot of Vonnegut energy, plus the themes of the film and dialogues also seemed influenced by Vonneguts dry humour and his humanity. Of course a lot of other cinematic influences were there, but i remember thinking a lot about Cat’s Cradle and Breakfast of Champions after the film, and was wondering if anyone else felt the same​

Books are ordered within ranks too (mostly).

The lower ranks are not bad books by any means, I’m just comparing them to my experience with the top tier ones

Edit: I forgot God Bless You Mr Rosewater! That would be first in B tier

Sound familiar?

I just finished reading cats cradle, its almost 11pm and i just can’t believe it. That was sooo good!! Everytime I pick up another one of his books i think “oh well this one won’t be as good” but he just keeps outdoing himself. I’ve never read anyone else who writes like him and i don’t think i ever will. I can’t believe everyone’s not just talking and thinking about Vonneguts books constantly, hes so great.

From Back to School..,."Hello here to see Thorton Mellon my name is Kurt Vonnegut"..

Reposter: anybody find the full version? This is great

Hi fellow readers! Feel like you would love the new Iñárritu film DIGGER. Really reminded of something Vonnegut / Kilgore Trout-esque. For those who did watch let me know your thoughts on this take (:

This song came on the radio on my way home today. As I listened and contemplated the lyrics, it hit me that they could easily fit into a Vonnegut work. A girl’s balloons in the air mistaken for enemy aircraft, sparking nuclear annihilation…so it goes.

I read Mother Night and Slaughter house 5 a while ago and absolutely loved them and a bunch of people told me Cats Cradle is his best so here we are. I really don’t like this cover but the prettier one was a lot more expensive. So it goes. From what I’ve heard this seems like it’ll be pretty good too, better be worth it because I’m reading this instead of revising for my test tomorrow 😓

idk if this is a stupid question or not but is the cage on this cover of Cats Cradle drawn by vonnegut or another artist?

I think it's become an addiction. 😁

"This new explosive was regarded as a great boon to big- brained military scientists. As long as they killed people with conventional rather than nuclear weapons, they were praised as humanitarian statesmen."

It finally happened. I’ve been banned from teaching my favorite novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. No one has complained, but new state regulations are vague enough to scare the district. My favorite part is they used Google Gemini to determine that it did not pass some bullshit test:

“Because Slaughterhouse-Five includes explicit descriptions of sexual conduct, nudity, and adult content, it falls within the statutory restrictions outlined in Fla. Stat. § 1006.28 and Fla. Stat. § 847.001(19).”

I’m so mad. These asshats making the laws have never read any of the things they legislate.

UPDATE: I have contacted the ACLU, who responded within 12 hours with some good information. They’ve also directed me to the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). I have reported the censorship issue to them as the ACLU deals more with libraries than curriculum.

UPDATE: In kind of surprising move, they have reversed their decision and are allowing us to teach the novel. Pretty sure it came down to money. We already bought the S5 novels, the distributor won’t take them back, and they would have to provide a new novel.

I’m really hoping it’s worth the wait and that I like it. Also, with numbers like that, you’d think my library could pick up a second copy…

I really want to find a painting for my house of the little girls on swings that Circe argues with Rabo about being serious art. Any ideas? I don’t want anything ai!

Collected over many decades.