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| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Very late to start... | | 67 | alcottacre, December 9 | |
| All the World's a Stage : Drama on 3 | | 37 | antimuzak, November 29 | |
| BBC Radio 3 Listeners : Drama | | 81 | antimuzak, November 29 | |
| Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 34 | | 385 | AHS-Wolfy, November 22 | |
| Historical Fiction : with Fantasy or Sci-Fi Elements | | 76 | cnposner, November 19 | |
| Humor : Favorite Vonnegut? | | 23 | markarayner, November 2 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Lemonwalrus' 50 Books in 2009 | | 23 | Lemonwalrus, October 13 | |
| Art is Life : What are you currently reading? | | 262 | Naren559, August 21 | |
| Science Fiction Fans : Top 100 Sci Fi Recommendations for New Readers of the Genre: Post Your List | | 362 | RobertDay, August 17 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What are you reading the week of July 25, 2009? | | 226 | Arten60, August 8 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : The Chronicles of Wunderkind, Episode II: Attack of the Tomes | | 258 | wunderkind, June 19 | |
| Book talk : Another Silly Game - Part 21 | | 525 | moibibliomaniac, June 16 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Aeroette's 52 books for 2008-2009 | | 58 | billiejean, May 5 | |
| Book talk : Stupid game to play | | 437 | careyi, May 4 | |
| Science Fiction Fans : Science Fiction versus 'Proper Literature' | | 566 | kevmalone, April 8 | |
| The Green Dragon : February Reads 2009 | | 159 | RitaFaye, February 27 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : The gathering place grows again | | 110 | koalamom, January 20 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : blackdogbooks year 2008 | | 399 | Whisper1, January 3 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Feed me, Seymore!! | | 23 | mamalaz, January 2 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Hair in all its glory | | 16 | varielle, December 2008 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Best 1001 Books Alphabetically | | 199 | Nickelini, November 2008 | |
| Hogwarts Express : More good news, more bad news... | | 284 | kirbyowns, October 2008 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Hairballsrus's Nifty Fifty and Beyond....Starting Oct. 1rst. | | 119 | Medellia, October 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 5 July 2008 | | 264 | Whicker, July 2008 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : scribblingDesdemona. 7.15.07-7.15.08 | | 31 | scribblingDesdemona, July 2008 | |
| Book talk : Tao Lin? | | 4 | annaaa, July 2008 | |
| Book talk : A silly book game (Part 2) | | 322 | ChocolateMuse, June 2008 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : The 1001 "I've Read That" chain game | | 300 | BKieras, June 2008 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : mcglocklin's 2008 | | 23 | mcglocklin, June 2008 | |
| Happy Heathens : Atheism deemed depressing | | 112 | imayb1, May 2008 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : poplin's 2008 Challenge | | 6 | poplin, May 2008 | |
| Dormant: 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading on the list for January 2008 | | 106 | notenoughbookshelves, February 2008 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : So, just what are you reading there, Missy/Mister? [Part 4] | | 216 | aviddiva, January 2008 | |
| Dormant: PinoyThing! : Favorite line? | | 6 | dancerinthedark, December 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : looking for fiction books to read | | 18 | reading_fox, November 2007 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : fuzzy_patters' 50 book challenge | | 20 | fuzzy_patters, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 September 2007 | | 170 | woodbear, October 2007 | |
| Dormant: Science Fiction Fans : RIP Kurt Vonnegut | | 7 | ellevee, August 2007 | |
| Dormant: Progressive & Liberal! : Hypothetical questions about religion and politics in the US | | 13 | Enraptured, June 2007 | |
| Dormant: The Green Dragon : RIP Kurt Vonnegut | | 20 | clamairy, April 2007 | |
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut ... 20th September 2009 (starting this evening)
Time: 20:00 to 21:30 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)
Slaughterhouse 5, By Kurt Vonnegut.
Dave Sheasby's adaptation of arguably one of the greatest anti-war novels of all time. The story centres on Billy Pilgrim, who hops back and forth in time, ... ... 20th September 2009 (starting this evening)
Time: 20:00 to 21:30 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)
Slaughterhouse 5, By Kurt Vonnegut.
Dave Sheasby's adaptation of arguably one of the greatest anti-war novels of all time. The story centres on Billy Pilgrim, who hops back and forth in time, ... 89. Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut
What else to say about this book that hasn't already been said? Just amazing, humanity at its best and worst.
And some words to live by:
"I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news ... ... read this year, unless I spend my whole gap year with my nose in a book which I would love but can't justify :(
19 - Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
I've never read anything by Vonnegut before, and this perhaps wasn't the best place to start but I still really enjoyed it although I didn't ... ... Nest in the Wind by Martha C. Ward which is really interesting. I've just started reading Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut which is nothing at all what I had expected but am liking it so far and The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. 67. Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut ...and very interesting! I've been a bit put off Vonnegut by Timequake, which I just didn't get on with - and ended up giving up on (something I hate to do), but I've heard a lot of people say that it's not his best, so I'll try another one at some point - authors own recommendations ... ... Book by Connie Willis (my favorite of hers, although I did also like Say Nothing of the Dog), Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and Time and Again by Jack Finney.
I actually liked Timeline by Michael Crichton. I hadn't thought about the inadequate portrayal of medieval ... 51) Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
52) Bright Lights, Big Ass - Jen Lancaster
Now that 51 and 52 are done, I've met my challenge. I really doubted I'd be able to read this much in a year when I started this challenge. I've enjoyed reading more, and I've realized that I do ... ... by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Dragon's Egg by Robert Forward
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Maybe there should be a separate YA list? I agree with the comments about books like The Hunger Games and The Giver. Adults read and enjoy them, too, ... ... story is very engaging. I remember reading Bluebeard and Jailbird too, both of them were decent reads. I haven't read Timequake, but have heard of it being his weakest work... #50 PiyushChourasia, that's interesting - a couple of years ago, I attempted to read Timequake, and just found it utterly boring - unusually for me, I actually gave up on it half way through and it put me off Kurt Vonnegut in quite a major way.
I've since been told by many people that ... ... middle-school son was assigned Vonnegut for his author project this semester. Slaughterhouse 5 is required, and he chose Timequake for the other read. I
I was rather surprised--I've never thought of middle schoolers reading him. Of course, the other authors assigned include Jack Kerouac ... Reading Goals for this year: Read at least;
5 Books written by Female authors
(1/5)
1 Book written within the last year
(1/1)
1 Book written before 1900
(1/1)
15 Books by authors I have never read before
(9/15)
1 Book I have read before
(1/1)
5 Non-Fiction books
(3/5)
5 Books ... ... I still stick by my original prediction that Vonnegut will take up a large amount of my time this year, and I also acquired Timequake this afternoon. ... that's why?) I loved The Road by Cormac McCarthy, but it never occurred to me to think of it as science fiction. Kurt Vonnegut, William Gibson, Robert Louis Stevenson Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Neil Gaiman, Nicolai Gogol, Haruki Murakami - there are a lot of good or great ... ... by O. Henry
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Visions of Sugarplums by Janet Evanovich
Alright then, Nickelini, C it is ~ anyone for Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut? Slim book, fast read, quintessential laugh-out-loud Vonnegut, it changed my life and vocabulary forever: ice-nine, karass, gramfaloon, etc. Also changed the way I look at cannonballs stacked on courthouse steps. ... fiction reading background, but really, I read just about anything. I've just recently discovered (rediscovered?) Kurt Vonnegut and am having a great deal of fun with him.
I would say LT has definitely changed my reading habits. I used to read a lot of "half" books and now I feel ... ... tag for books that 'someone' might try to list and give away. Hmm that reminds me, I need to start using a 'where has my Vonnegut gone' tag. ... just associate it too much with Stephen Briggs' voice. Currently listening to Carpe Jugulum, The Green Glass Sea, and TimeQuake, the last being dreadful. :P Halfway through
Love Among the Walnuts and considering reading either The Water Room or Searoad next. Or about a hundred ... Blackbeard: The Real Pirate of the Carribbean by Dan Perry
Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
Trimming the Blue Hairs by Cristin Frank
Blondes Have More Felons by Alesia Holliday
Hair of the Dog by Laurien Berenson My favorites are still Cat's Cradle and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. I read Timequake a few years ago and would like to try it again. ... to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
Airman by Eoin Colfer
The Paper House by Carlos Maria Dominguez
Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
Summer in Baden-Baden by Leonid Tsypkin
(If anyone wants to know what any of these were like, post to my profile because I have ... I think someone said he was like Haruki Murakami but is that just because he is Asian? Someone said Kurt Vonnegut.
I read interviews with him and he doesn't talk about Haruki Murakami. He talked about Kobo Abe once. He talked about Lorrie Moore the most I think. "One of the true things was his first evening in the slaughterhouse."
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
"You see something terrible?" Hello everyone,
I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring! Here's my list of 2008 reads; I actually started the first one on March 1st (I had some issues before then that made personal reading impossible), but I'm still attempting to reach at least 50 by December 31st.
In case you couldn't ... ... people have distorted and misinterpreted him, and he's barely even recognizable in the hands of some sects....I'll quote Kurt Vonnegut: "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians." At last! One I've read.
Who has come unstuck in time with Billy Pilgrim and read Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5? ... blackdogbooks!
Can I ask your opinion of Slaughterhouse Five? I recently (well, last year) started trying to read Timequake, also by Kurt Vonnegut, but got absolutely nowhere with it (I just found it incredibly tedious). One of these days, I shall probably try it again (I hate not ... 2. Slaughterhouse Five- Kurt Vonnegut. Wow, back to back reads to start the year that have been off the charts good. It's very difficult to explain this novel to someone who has not already read it themselves. It centres around the life of Billy Pilgrim, a strange man that lives a strange ... ... think anything would be able to stand in comparison to this novel for a while at least, but the next novel I picked up was Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. Now, I had not read any of Vonnegut's work before this, and it was something I had been meaning to do for a while. I am very glad I ... ... Amy Hempel's work, particularly "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried." It's my favorite short story, followed by Vonnegut's "A Long Walk to Forever." Hempel's story "The Harvest" is also popular.
They are quick reads with a lot packed into them. Very beautiful and rather haunting, ... ... A History
Wuthering Heights
Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse Five, Galapagos, and Cat's Cradle all by Kurt Vonnegut
Hitler's Pope
Aloft
Picture of Dorian Gray
Beak of the Finch
Encountering Naturalism
Papal Sin
There's a few.
Best of that bunch, by a ... #17 Timequake by Kurt vonnegut
250 pages
total: 7,369 ... A.S. Byatt in Possession, A Romance
and
"Don't say shit in front of the b-a-b-y." Kurt Vonnegut in Timequake ... if it isn't a timequake dragging us through knothole after knothole, it's something else just as mean and powerful."
Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
(man that was long.) ... just to keep the creative juices flowing.
Next on the list Tod Wodicka and his book All's Well.
oh yeh, and Vonnegut deserves to be taken down off the shelf again.... of course! This is an old thread, but I wanted to share this story:
I was reading Timequake in an airport. I had almost decided to leave it behind, since I was nearly done and didn't want to carry a finished book across the country, but ultimately couldn't wait to find out what happened.
I finished it, ... ... language, amusing/compelling characters and boatloads of London atmosphere. I'm also almost done with Kurt Vonnegut's Timequake, which is thought-provoking and good but somehow not quite what I'm in the mood for. Maybe too postmodern, although I can get deeply into that when the urge ... ... forum I participate in. She's very vocal about her Christian beliefs, yet believes in social justice. Vonnegut, in Timequake (iirc), tells of one of the trials of Eugene Debs where the judge asks Debs why he believes in socialism. "The Sermon on the Mount," Debs replies.
You might ... 9: I'll second clamairy's suggestion of timequake. It's probably one of Vonnegut's more obscure and less significant works, but it has the advantage of being a later mature work, after his attempted suicide and before the Bush presidency. It's not angry, but instead it's reflective and asks an ... ... I fell in love with his wit. My other favorites of his are Slaughter-House Five, Palm Sunday which is non-fiction, and Timequake. But all his books have something to offer.
Vonnegut had a reappearing character in his books named Kilgore Trout, who wrote really wonderfully cheesy S ... ... by Ernest Hemingway
9. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
10. The Nick Adams Stories by Ernest Hemingway
11. Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
12. True at First Light by Ernest Hemingway
13. Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
14. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
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