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2263340 No.2263340 [Reply] [Original]

What's your favourite Vonnegut book?

>> No.2263347

Cat's Cradle

>> No.2263373

>>2263347

>> No.2263379

>>2263347
>>2263373

>> No.2263386

1. Breakfast of Champions.
2. Galapagos.
3. Cat's Cradle.
4. Mother Night.
5. Timequake.

Player Piano is interesting in a "see the origins of the author's thinking and style" sort of way. As a book on its own, it's somewhat of a snooze.

>> No.2263397

Official rankings:
Player Piano: B
The Sirens of Titan: A
Mother Night: A
Cat's Cradle: A+
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: A
Slaughterhouse-Five: A+
Welcome to the Monkey House: B-
Happy Birthday, Wanda June: D
Breakfast of Champions: C
Slapstick: D
Jailbird: A
Palm Sunday: C

>> No.2263430

>>2263397
Slapstick was fun in its own "lol so random" way.

>> No.2263431

>>2263397

Using the term "Official" as if it actually means anything tells me that you're a prick.

>> No.2263432

God Bless You Mr. Rosewater...

now it's not what I think is his best....but it's my favorite.

>> No.2263435

>>2263431
They're Vonnegut's own ratings. Whether or not that makes the list official is another thing, of course.

>> No.2263439

>>2263431
They're Vonnegut's rankings from Palm Sunday.

I don't get why he doesn't give BOC an A+. :(

>> No.2263480

>>2263439
Maybe he got self-conscious about his drawings.

>> No.2263491

>>2263439
Have you ever read Breakfast of Champions more than once. The first time, when I was a teenager, it was a wonderfully fresh and exhilarating book to read. But, when I read it again, I found its style began to grate on me. So, I can see why.