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3074925 No.3074925 [Reply] [Original]

Discuss Kurt Vonnegut. My favorite author but with flaws certainly. So... Discuss.

>> No.3074931

fuck you, OP. if you want to talk about Vonnegut, say something to get the conversation going. fuck.

>> No.3074932
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3074932

Pic kinda related.

I don't really like him: I enjoy his books while I read them but they never leave any lasting impression once I have finished. They're like Pringles: you enjoy them while you are eating them but they never leave you full or satisfied.

Only book which breaks that pattern for me is Mother Night which is pretty good.

>> No.3074933

He got a porno 'stache.

>> No.3074944

>>3074932
I am reading Mother NIght right now. Is good but feels more conventional than his others. No?

>> No.3074947

>>3074931
you are much too angry. lol

>> No.3074952

>>3074944

I feel it's the only one where the characters actually have some substance and it isn't 'here's some interesting if meaningless concepts to look at.'

>> No.3074954

I think he tried to be Mark Twain v2.0 and kinda failed.

Just a slightly amusing hipster. Nothing wrong with that.

>> No.3074967

>>3074954
definately agree he wanted to be mark twain but i think he went deeper. or maybe im just swayed by his relative modernity. still i know what you are saying.

>> No.3074972

>>3074967
When I was a kid, I loved the attitude of Slaughterhouse and Galapagos. Slaughterhouse was almost sci-fi to me but Galapagos was just pessimistic dystopia.

I think he is a failed sci-fi author. Much like Margaret Atwood.

>> No.3074976

>>3074972
hmm, failed sci-fi author? see i thought he was not really trying to be a sci-fi author. just pretending to be as a disguise. lol, i don't know but your opinions seem interesting. ty

>> No.3074978

>>3074976
I think that's cool to give authors more credit than they objectively demonstrate worthiness for. I think you must be a nice person.

>> No.3074983
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3074983

sirens of titan was his best deal with it.

>> No.3074986

>>3074978
lol, i am but apparently you aren't. but still his accolades suggest that some others think he was better than average.

>> No.3074990

>>3074983
still haven't red sirens. heard some good things though.

>> No.3074993

>>3074976
he was a science fiction author who was pretending not to be

that was his whole deal

>> No.3074998

>>3074986
I am a horrible person. Luckily I have a self-effacing sense of humor.

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>>3074978
his books are good I know he's popular and that must really irk you but id say he does scifiish pretty well. I havent ready any of them since I was like 17 so maybe i dont remember, but I do remember him seeming over rated but the books were still real good reads.

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>> No.3075006

>>3074998
i guess its good to have a horrible person with sense of humor in on discussion since k.v. seemed to be obsessed with horrible people. and he certainly had a sense of humor.

>> No.3075005

>>3074990
you should it's by far my fav from him.

>> No.3075007

>>3075006
I want someone, like him, to be obsessed with me.

>> No.3075013

>>3074999
I'm all for popularity. It gives me something to shoot down.

>> No.3075015

>>3075013
you funny guy i kill you last