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1156644 No.1156644 [Reply] [Original]

who the fuck is kurt vonnegut?

>> No.1156655

a writer who had good ideas and some really interesting things to say in his books but had no writing style to speak of what so ever. I read him and wonder how he got published

>> No.1156669

>>1156655

I've been hearing his name thrown around like confetti lately. any suggest reads of his?

>> No.1156672

A writer who is famous for purposely writing in an awful way. One of many.

>> No.1156677

It's just the publishing industry capitalizing on satire. So it goes, OP

>> No.1156696

you don't have to love his work, but if you don't read his books and at least like them, then you're probably just a jerk

anything he wrote is pretty good. i would start with Sirens of Titan

>> No.1156700

>>1156696
>if you don't read his books and at least like them, then you're probably just a jerk
glowing recommendation from a 15 year old

>> No.1156714

>>1156700
im 27, though i did read every vonnegut novel available at the time during high school.

so you're probably just a jerk.

>> No.1156719

what the fuck is the internet!?

>> No.1156728

>>1156714
>high school
there's your answer, OP

>> No.1156730

>>1156728
>this guy being a jerk
there's your answer OP

>> No.1156732

only one of the best writers in to 20th century.

>> No.1157127

>>1156728
>>1156730
>>1156714
>>1156696
>>1156700

>lol internet

>> No.1157142

That's not Kurt Vonnegut - that's Mark Twain!

>> No.1157165

That's not Kurt Vonnegut—that's Kilgore Trout!

>> No.1157173

Kurt Vonnegut isn't a very good writer on the whole. His work seems to appeal mostly to those of the high school demographic. If you want to read a Vonnegut book, I would recommend Slaughter-House Five.

>> No.1157178

Kurt Vonnegut is postmodernism for high schoolers.

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1157187

>>1156677

>So it goes, OP

>> No.1157513

Slaughterhouse Five is generally considered his masterpiece though Harold Bloom maintains that Cat's Cradle is his canonical work.

>> No.1157525 [DELETED] 

>>1157187
DERP ALIENS TIME TRAVEL WORLD WAR THOO NAZI ARE BAD GUIZE DRAMATIC IRONIC WAR NEVAR CHANGES

>> No.1157528

>>1157513
DERP ALIENS TIME TRAVEL WORLD WAR THOO NAZI ARE BAD GUIZE DRAMATIC IRONIC WAR NEVAR CHANGES

>> No.1157536

I liked the film adaptation of slaughter-house five

>> No.1157544

>>1157528

>NAZI ARE BAD GUIZE

Not really, that was almost but not quite the exact opposite

>> No.1157562

>>1157528
IF I TYPE SOMETHIN SARCASTICLY LIKE DIS IT SOUNDS LIKE I MUST BE RIGHT

>> No.1157569

>>1157528

HERP DERP I WRITE IN ALL CAPS AND POST ALL THE OUTRAGIOUS STEREOTYPES OF A CONCEPT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE ITS ACTUALLY THIS DUMB

>> No.1157603

>>1156732
this

>> No.1157621

One the best authors ever. In my opinion. Cat's Cradle is a freaking masterpiece, and pretty much all of his numerous novels are great.

>> No.1157624

A pretty good author

although, with most of his books I don't feel quite fulfilled upon finishing them if that makes sense. I think to myself 'wow, is that it?'. Only book I didn't feel that with is Mother Night

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1157948

Who the fuck is troll?