I don't like Kurt Vonnegut

[concernedparent]

at all. His books bore me so much. I don't understand what makes him so great. I can't even see it. It's not even one of those "I can tell it's good, I just don't enjoy it" kind of things.

[gilatron5000]

So it goes.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion though. Slaughterhouse V is on of my favorite books. I cant say I've read much of his other stuff, though.

[concernedparent]

Hated that book, but I let my friend talk me into reading Cat's Cradle now, and I can't stand that either. I hate his writing style, I just hate it. I can't even explain it, it just bores the shit out of me.

[Bob Payne]

Too bad, I love his prose. I can understand, though, I feel the same way about Catcher In The Rye. I have no idea how such a self indulgent, mediocre novel has become one of the hallmarks of the 20th century.

[TeachBirds2Fly]

Too bad, I love his prose. I can understand, though, I feel the same way about Catcher In The Rye. I have no idea how such a self indulgent, mediocre novel has become one of the hallmarks of the 20th century.


Isn't there like some myth that people have went out and killed after reading The Catcher in the Rhy, like Mark David Chapman (guy who killed John Lennon), Lee-Harvey Oswald etc...

I liked it very existential...thinks needs a second read a few years later, if you read it when you are young. Also liked Slaughter-house V one of my fav. books but I can see how some might dislike these books, just depends what you're into, what your views are on life etc...

I also think the idea of these books becoming legends of the 20th centuary is a bit bias, as journalist/writer types who create the lists that these books top will mayaby have a more existentail outlook on life than other proffessions and therefore these books will always do well

[AShannon04]

I still need to read KV.

[LansingGaddis]

I read Harrison Bergeron (kv short story) in school. Then I tried to read SH V but I never made it... I've been meaning to pick it back up though.

[IAmNietzche]

Who cares?

[popdisaster00]

Haha.

I've never read any of his books..

What's his style like?

[thursday727]

Slaughterhouse Five is my favorite book of all time
Sirens Of Titan was great also. I'm reading Cat's Cradle right now.

[WakingTheMisery]

No biggie.

[Brianfarg]

Slaughterhouse Five is my favorite book of all time
Sirens Of Titan was great also. I'm reading Cat's Cradle right now.


I feel like Sirens of Titan and Timequake are very overlooked. Awesome reads.

[Adeniz19]

So it goes.best response

[cantnokdahustle]

Sirens of Titan is one of my top 5. Hooray for unsolicited bitching.

[open mind]

i feel the same way about melville......his style enrages me for some reason.

[eMart]

I have Sirens of Titan on my bookshelf waiting to be read.

[pshh]

ice nine kills yo! (i'm not a fan of the band)

[doyouhas?]

im in the middle of cats cradle. its incredible so far. and the only other one ive rad is slaughter-house five which is one of the best books ive ever read. im sure ill be reading more from him in the near future.

[chronomic]

my mom has nearly all of his books. i'm waiting till i'm like 40 to read them.

[chronomic]

no scratch that...i love kurt


for some reason i thought this was about faulkner...

[doyouhas?]

no scratch that...i love kurt


for some reason i thought this was about faulkner...


haha. close enough


faulkner is awesome too though.

[SockMonkeyRiot]

I love me some vonnegut

I've read Sirens of the Titan, Cat's Cradle, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, Galapagos, Slapstick and Timequake

[gilatron5000]

Hated that book, but I let my friend talk me into reading Cat's Cradle now, and I can't stand that either. I hate his writing style, I just hate it. I can't even explain it, it just bores the shit out of me.Fair enough. I read it when I was your age for class, but I would up really digging it. The dark comedy killed me. haha. I guess he's not for everyone.

best response:bow:

[Dan CiTi]

Books are waste of time. You should be active instead.

[Broken Parachute]

I really like him.

Change this thread title to "Chuck Palahniuk" and there's my thread.

[gilatron5000]

I really like him.

Change this thread title to "Chuck Palahniuk" and there's my thread.Yeah, same. I read Invisible Monsters, but it took me FOREVER. And I tried reading Diary, but I just gave up.

[Broken Parachute]

I didn't even finish Invisible Monsters. Book sucked.

[chokeychicken]

im not surprised. you have bad taste in just about everything.

[gilatron5000]

I didn't even finish Invisible Monsters. Book sucked.
Heh. I agree. I think it took me close to a year to read it. I just didn't want to subject myself to it. At all.

I liked Fight Club, though. The movie, anyway. Don't want to read the book, for obvious reasons.

[open mind]

Yeah, same. I read Invisible Monsters, but it took me FOREVER. And I tried reading Diary, but I just gave up.

diary is probably my favorite book of his, you have to be patient with it because it doesn't really come together until the latter part of the book though.
speaking of vonnegut and palahniuk, rant reminded me of slaughterhouse v alot.

[dichotomous]

i feel the same way about melville......his style enrages me for some reason.

you must possess no working knowledge of what it is to love!

[Gedarov]

love his writing a lot, and was profoundly saddened upon hearing of his death last year.

[pshh]

Books are a waste of time. You should be active instead.

hahahahahahahahaahahhahaah

i guess you didn't like grammar that much either? fixed

[Dan CiTi]

hahahahahahahahaahahhahaah

i guess you didn't like grammar that much either? fixedBook are waste of time. Just like the rest of the internet.

[thespearkid]

Reeding iz pour. But yeah, I really like Kurt Vonnegut. Brian Warren from Weatherbox told all the Weatherfans to read his books in preparation for the Cosmic Drama.

[pshh]

Book are waste of time. Just like the rest of the internet.

And spending so much time on a message board isn't?

Knowledge is power!!

[Ailite]

I loved Sirens of Titan

[notoaststereo]

so stop complaining and pick up a different book.

[dichotomous]

And spending so much time on a message board isn't?

Knowledge is power!!

Define power. I know people with multiple PhDs who can't even control their pets, much less anything else.

[pshh]

Define power. I know people with multiple PhDs who can't even control their pets, much less anything else.

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[dichotomous]

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the internet!!

[allhourcymbals]

I liked Slaughterhouse Five, but it did take me a while to get through it because some parts were terriblyyy boring for me. Haven't read anything else from him yet though.