tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post112912018864080774..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: Vonnegut Without A Countryyellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1129313269145254142005-10-14T14:07:00.000-04:002005-10-14T14:07:00.000-04:00I enjoyed Slapstick a great deal, and think it get...I enjoyed Slapstick a great deal, and think it gets a bad rap. At the time I first read it, the idea of artificial families spoke to the lonely outsider in me quite strongly. I even attempted to watch the movie version, though that will put the fear of literature into anyone.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631880473883172303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1129312231689293172005-10-14T13:50:00.000-04:002005-10-14T13:50:00.000-04:00Vonnegut is wildly uneven but even his D- efforts,...Vonnegut is wildly uneven but even his D- efforts, in my head, are better than a lot of the other stuff that's out there. <I>Slapstick,</I> was pretty weird and all, and may even have gone for some unnecessary shock value, but it's still an interesting tale and comment on the human condition. I could have done without the "hi ho"s, since they are just a pale echo of "So it goes", but they didn't really detract from the story itself and do occasionally offer a visual full stop for the reader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1129173355686537612005-10-12T23:15:00.000-04:002005-10-12T23:15:00.000-04:00I have never read any of Kurt Vonnegut's work... b...I have never read any of Kurt Vonnegut's work... but after reading your post I think I'll trot up the road to the library and the secondhand bookshop and see what I can find. :o)Olyalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860232339207196108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1129131923251979562005-10-12T11:45:00.000-04:002005-10-12T11:45:00.000-04:00Lucinda, unless you break out in hives from scienc...Lucinda, unless you break out in hives from science fiction, I really recommend <I>Sirens of Titan</I>--that's my favorite Vonnegut book, and I love them all.<BR/><BR/>Vonnegut's "yard sales" are better than most writers' "new" stuff. His ideas are worth repeating and need to be put out there however and whenever they can be.Read/Think/Livehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946730359021209276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1129127782033353062005-10-12T10:36:00.000-04:002005-10-12T10:36:00.000-04:00I read Cat's Cradle on my own in high school and l...I read Cat's Cradle on my own in high school and loved it. I keep meaning to read more...<BR/><BR/>I'm glad I learned here about Slapstick. I bought a remaindered copy a few years ago and haven't gotten around to reading it. Now I thinkk I never will!Suburban Turmoilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788867412080827567noreply@blogger.com