The Year of Kurt Vonnegut how has it affected you life?
#2
Posted 13 September 2007 - 10:27 PM
You mean if he hadn't died?
This is the dumbest thread ever.
This is the dumbest thread ever.
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#5
Posted 22 September 2007 - 09:56 AM
Yes. I have read Kurt Vonnegut. I think civ2 is just confused as to the purpose of the discussion.
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#6
Posted 25 September 2007 - 06:18 AM
Sure am. But not curious enough to ask.
Hi, Jordan!
Hi, Jordan!
"I had a lot of different ideas. At one point, Luke, Leia and Ben were all going to be little people, and we did screen tests to see if we could do that." -George Lucas, in STAR WARS: the Annotated Screenplays (p197).
#7
Posted 25 September 2007 - 12:01 PM
To answer your questions directly:
What are some kurt vonnegutish things that have happened so far?
I don't understand what that means at all.
has any one read any of his books?
Yes. Every last one of them.
or does anyone here hate his guts?
Absolutely not.
Its truly a shame that he died, so it goes, but what would the world have been like otherwise?
Less general knowledge of the atrocities at Dresden? Ice-9 would not exist. No one would say "So it goes." when someone dies. There would have been a different author in that scene from Back to School.
What are some kurt vonnegutish things that have happened so far?
I don't understand what that means at all.
has any one read any of his books?
Yes. Every last one of them.
or does anyone here hate his guts?
Absolutely not.
Its truly a shame that he died, so it goes, but what would the world have been like otherwise?
Less general knowledge of the atrocities at Dresden? Ice-9 would not exist. No one would say "So it goes." when someone dies. There would have been a different author in that scene from Back to School.
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#9
Posted 12 October 2007 - 02:50 PM
Cat's Cradle is the best. For a while I was "Bokonon" on any forum I joined. Then I saw that some other people were doing that, so I dropped it. I wasn't gonna have more than one handle, and I didn't want to be like "Bokonon2" or something.
"I had a lot of different ideas. At one point, Luke, Leia and Ben were all going to be little people, and we did screen tests to see if we could do that." -George Lucas, in STAR WARS: the Annotated Screenplays (p197).
#11
Posted 12 October 2007 - 09:33 PM
QUOTE (civilian_number_two @ Oct 12 2007, 07:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I wasn't gonna have more than one handle, and I didn't want to be like "Bokonon2" or something.
Bokonon2 is entirely unacceptable, but Civilian2 is perfectly okay.
I so "So it goes" just something Vonnegut says a lot in Slaughterhouse Five, or does it span most of his work? Because the former wouldn't really explain why "so it goes" is a knee-jerk reaction to Vonnegut, but the latter doesn't seem like it would be good to read.
Otal: That seems pretty cool and yet at the same time it seems pretty insignificant.
#13
Posted 23 October 2007 - 07:44 PM
Word, Jordan. High Five. Now: Pistols, -10 health, Caves!
"I had a lot of different ideas. At one point, Luke, Leia and Ben were all going to be little people, and we did screen tests to see if we could do that." -George Lucas, in STAR WARS: the Annotated Screenplays (p197).
#15
Posted 27 October 2007 - 01:41 AM
Yeah, well try calling it Slaughterhouse Five and we won't call you pretentious. Then read Galapagos and Cat's Cradle and Breakfast of Champions. After that try some of his nonfiction, and then you might be ready for Sirens of Titan.
Or heck, just read whatever you like. But don't call books by their subtitles. It'd be like call TWELFTH NIGHT "What You Will."
Or heck, just read whatever you like. But don't call books by their subtitles. It'd be like call TWELFTH NIGHT "What You Will."
"I had a lot of different ideas. At one point, Luke, Leia and Ben were all going to be little people, and we did screen tests to see if we could do that." -George Lucas, in STAR WARS: the Annotated Screenplays (p197).