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Is "Kurt Vonnegut" a good writer?

>> No.4775906

no, he's annoying like the old losers who come to you at the bar and begin conversations and while they talk you think how you can get away from them as polite as possible, becasue they are annoying and fragile and you dont want to hurt their feels.

>> No.4775916

He's the worst of all the popular YA writers because people insist his books are for adults. I'd read The Hunger Games over his trash.

>> No.4775922

>>4775893
I like him.

>> No.4775955

i like kilgore trout's books better

>> No.4775959

>>4775916
Why do people on /lit/ insist on discrediting writers they don't like by calling them a YA writer?

>> No.4775960

You've made this thread, what, three times now?

>> No.4775989

>>4775960
lmao that means you've been on /lit/ every time

>> No.4775995

>>4775989

Yeah... it's been like three or four different days, lol. I visit at some point probably every day, so that's not surprising.

>> No.4775998

>>4775995
>I visit at some point probably every day
...damn

>> No.4776007

>>4775998
same. you got a problem.... bro?

Anyway in all seriousness Vonnegut is one of the better writers who gets picked apart and scrutinized more than he should because he happened to make it very far with his original yet tritely expressed ideas. I have only read and reread his more popular books, though, so what do i know.

>> No.4776010

>>4776007
What original ideas does he have?

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>>4775893
Why is his name in quotation marks, OP?

>> No.4776019

>>4775998

I'm also /fit/ and probably better than you anyway, so don't worry.

>> No.4776036

>>4776013
Because he's quoting the name?

>> No.4776080

>>4776076
From "Kurt Vonnegut"

>> No.4776076

>>4776036
Quoting his name from what?

Why doesn't he put the whole thing in quotes, since he's also quoting the dictionary?

>> No.4776109

>>4776080
That makes sense,"OP"

>> No.4776389

>>4776109
:)

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>>4776013
They're sarcastic quotes.

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>>4775893
Yes, he is. But /lit/ is full of deluded 17 year olds who think because they read one book of DFW or Pynchon that they are now above him.

>> No.4776666

When I was in high school and suicidal he gave me a few hours of joy and laughter.

As far as his technical skill in the craft of writing goes, I can't be sure. But I think he's a good person.

>> No.4776715

>>4776666
>this is what tumblr thinks

>> No.4776742

>>4776715
>if you're on 4chan you must be cold neo-edgster

>> No.4777145

He's been through some shit as a human being, and knows the elements of a good story without adding useless dribble. He deals with deep questions in life without seeming pretentious or overly-philosophical and adding a touch of comedy. As if George Carlin had been through a war and become an author. A good writer,in my opinion.

>> No.4777194

Vonnegut is dope and honestly if you think otherwise you're a pretentious wannabe who lubricates his fleshlight with the tears of frustration that must come from being so jelly of his writing.

Forreal doe, anything is good as long as it speaks to you as a person. I loved Vonnegut and despite how dark his writing can seem at times there is an overall positivity to it. For a real mindfuck on the nature of man, read the unlikely pair of Slaughterhouse Five and Henry Beston's Outermost House (understand that he wrote this disillusioned after WWI and it entirely changes the perspective). If any of you are in a funk and looking to find some meaning somewhere, read these and shit yo pants.

>> No.4777206

>>4777194
Get the fuck out thug notes

>> No.4777230

Vonnegut is my slump-buster. When I need something quick and entertaining on those all-to-frequent occasions where I've slacked off in my reading, Vonnegut is my first choice.

>> No.4777243

>>4777145
is "dribble" in place of "drivel" the new "for all intensive purposes"?

>> No.4777252

>>4777145
>>4777194

Agreed and nothing to add, just want to add a +1 for Vonnegut with all this hate

>> No.4777666

I feel that his style isn't for everybody, but if you like it/can get past it, he has interesting ideas.

Of the novels I've read of his, I took the most away from Slaughterhouse-Five. I have trouble suspending my disbelief when it comes to most science fiction, so at first Slaughterhouse-Five was a hard read (especially the time shifts). But in that novel, I was convinced that the science fiction elements served more important purposes than to just make the story more interesting.

Having said that, Cat's Cradle was funnier to me, and while the science fiction elements are necessary for the plot, it's not nearly as integral to the novel as it is in Slaughterhouse-Five.