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Sansa Stark 11-30-2010 09:11 PM

Slaughterhouse-Five is the worst Vonnegut I've read

The Great Gatsby is reading really nicely though, his descriptive language is beautiful

SATCHMO 11-30-2010 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 963063)
Slaughterhouse-Five is the worst Vonnegut I've read

Yeah, I've always thought that as well.

storymilo 11-30-2010 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 963063)
Slaughterhouse-Five is the worst Vonnegut I've read

Haha, I think he ranked it as one of his best. I haven't read it though.

edit: here's the list, according to him:
* Player Piano: B
* The Sirens of Titan: A
* Mother Night: A
* Cat's Cradle: A-plus
* God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: A
* Slaughterhouse-Five: A-plus
* Welcome to the Monkey House: B-minus
* Happy Birthday, Wanda June: D
* Breakfast of Champions: C
* Slapstick: D
* Jailbird: A
* Palm Sunday: C

Interesting. Especially because it was in Palm Sunday.

Sansa Stark 11-30-2010 10:01 PM

Bluebeard doesn't get a ****ing mention?! My fave. I couldn't get trhough Player Piano.

There's no Dead Eye **** or Galapagos on there either????

SATCHMO 11-30-2010 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 963089)
Bluebeard doesn't get a ****ing mention?! My fave. I couldn't get trhough Player Piano.

There's no Dead Eye **** or Galapagos on there either????

I loved Player Piano.

I think we talked about that.

Bluebeard was really good though. It should definitely be on that list.

Sansa Stark 11-30-2010 10:06 PM

Something about it bothered me. Maybe because it wasn't split all up

I'll have to read it after I finish the other four books i'm reading

cardboard adolescent 11-30-2010 10:39 PM

I read this quite recently and it was really really really good:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwq6n4dK9A...ooh+Corner.jpg

adidasss 12-01-2010 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 963089)
Bluebeard doesn't get a ****ing mention?! My fave. I couldn't get trhough Player Piano.

There's no Dead Eye **** or Galapagos on there either????

Quote:

Originally Posted by SATCHMO (Post 963091)
I loved Player Piano.

I think we talked about that.

Bluebeard was really good though. It should definitely be on that list.

The list was made by Vonnegut before he wrote Dead Eye Dick, Bluebeard or Galapagos.

Apart from Breakfast of champions, which I'd grade an A-, I tend to agree with his self-appraisal.

Fruitonica 12-01-2010 01:01 AM

Mother Night is probably my favourite Vonnegut.

Right now I'm digging into

http://42scifi-fantasy.com/wp-conten...ptonomicon.jpg

Which is a really engaging, historical novel/cyber thriller that focuses on cryptology and code breaking.

Seltzer 12-01-2010 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by James (Post 962607)
http://routeduvin.typepad.com/photos...ers/img005.jpg
Love them both SO much so far. As much to say that so far they're both 5 stars in my book.

I almost picked that out in the library today, but instead of adding to my already huge backlog I went for the light option and grabbed this:



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