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Huge fan.
Grew up on his stuff.
Favorite was the first one I read, SlaughterHouse-Five, but I read 'em all.
"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."
Hail and farewell.
I was listening to NPR this morning when they were discussing how Slaughter House Five was considered a great anti-war novel of the Vietnam era and how it was embraced by the young as a way of truly understanding the horrors of war. And I think to the present moment how we lack such a voice for the young and others of us who are sorely disappointed at our nation's current state of affairs.
I saw him on Bill Maher a few months back and thinking that he didn't seem so good. It's too bad to hear of his passing, I'm sure he's rabble rousing somehwhere with the other literary greats.
Though, it's been years since this thread has been updated, I'll still comment.
I have found Vonnegut a strange writer and even a stranger personality but still likeable. His book about the bombing in Germany is to me the most memorable. But Catch 22, was undoubtedly his all time classic.
I've read, and own, all of his books. I love the characters that pop up over and over in different books, like Kilgore Trout, Eliot Rosewater, and Kazak the dog.
Apart from Slaughterhouse Five, which is still my favorite (and most people's favorite), my next favorite book of his was Galapagos. His best short story, in my opinion, was Harrison Bergeron, which frighteningly shows where our politically-correct, equality-over-merit society is heading.
But my favorite bits of Vonnegut's writing are not actual books or stories at all, but his "ideas" or "sketches" of stories, usually of the sci-fi genre, that he makes brief mentions of in all his books. These little sketches of stories were never actually fleshed out into stories or books, but just their summaries are profound in a really witty way.
Best Vonnegut moment ever: "And another thing, Vonnegut. I’m going to stop payment on the check....Next time, I'll call Robert Ludlum!"
Yes! His little role in "Back to School" was great!
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