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What the FUCK is the deal with this book? It is so strange. Is the rest of Vonnegut's writing this weird?

>> No.535787

melody? is this you? because you were reading this today.

>> No.535791

Melody must have been the only person reading Slaughterhouse Five all day!

>> No.535797

>>535791
Yeah. It's me. lol. Want to make-out?

>> No.535915

I'm reading "Cats cradle" at the moment and it's a little strange.
I'm not sure whether i like it or not.

>> No.535921

I read it yesterday. I wasn't very strange.

>> No.535936

>>535915
i thought cats cradle was too arbitrary and boring, though its quirks saved it a little, whereas you could definately see the didactic purpose of SH5, and i thought it was really fun.

>> No.535947

yeah, his stuff is really trippy.
Read Breakfast of Champions if you like Slaughterhouse 5, it's similarly crazy.

>> No.536009

wtf???? Vonnegut is not strange.

>> No.536030

>>535947
or Catch-22.
that's one tier below SL-5 crazy.

>> No.536036

>>535690
I didn't Mother Night was that far out, and it was really good too. Check that one out, OP. It's all about American Nazis.

>> No.536038

That book saved my life. I was gonna kill myself the day I read that.
It stopped me.
For that, I worship Vonnegut, and I have bought every one of his books.

>> No.536131

>>536038
More or less happened to me with Norwegian Wood by Murakami

>> No.536870

uhhhhhhhm one of the greatest books ever.
what the fuck's wrong with you?

>> No.536883

Yes, Vonnegut's shit is weird, however if you're not enjoying his stuff I suggest trying a different book (SH5 wasn't my favorite). 'Slapstick' and 'Sirens of Titan' were really good. Also "Welcome to the Monkey House" if you like short stories.

>> No.536892

SO IT GOES N SHIT

>> No.536898

It's not eccentric at all. He uses science fiction to portray his philosophies on death, time, pacifism, ect...

>> No.536901

>>536892
Hi ho.

>> No.536905

Vonnegut was insane as HELL

Good writer, but the man was just cr-azy

>> No.536924

Vonnegut's stuff is weird? You poor, square soul.

>> No.538432

Vonnegut writes in such dry melancholy way, and in such a depressed tone, it makes my own depression seem silly and overblown. Other people being depressed (or crazy) in an over-the-top way makes me feel less depressed.

>> No.538448

Slaughterhouse Five is pretty cool as a war book, but my heart will always belong to The Things They Carried.

>> No.538449

This book was awesome and now I am going to reread it

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538452

ITT: Philistines.

>> No.538460

>>538452
im not palenstine or owt so dnt say tat
i dnt get buks like dis dunt make sense
it like time travellers wife innit

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538464

>>538460

>> No.538500

I just finished this book round midnight yesterday. I loved it. There's weirder prose out there. I don't know why you're complaining.

>> No.538522

>>535690
yes, everything from Vonnegut is genius.

>> No.538647

>>538522
you best be trollan, bro. vonnegut isn't bad but i always thought he was overrated. but then again other anons say some of the stuff i like is overrated. :|

>> No.538659

>>538647
the rules he gave for short story writing are genius.


1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
4. Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.
5. Start as close to the end as possible.
6. Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them—in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.
8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.

also, in breakfast, when he ripped himself in the story - pure genius.