Cats Cradle--Vonnegut
Maybe this has been passed over a thousand times, i apologize, im new. But i think i may like it alot around here, and i wanted to post this, cuz i think the book is great.
what struck me most is the modernism of it all, even though it was written in the 1960's(im young :rolleyes: ). i read through it again, and nowhere did it mention anything time related, and i thought wow, this book really feels timeless, it applies to actual human culture that has continued throughout, rather than modern technology, etc
did anyone else read it?
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mrh. oh, man.. it's been a while. my first--or one of my first--vonney books
i finally located it on the shelf in the vanity room. still holds the receipt too, wedged between the last page and the back cover. from jan of oh-four. i read it in a day and went on with several of his others
i remember back just prior to that time, a member here, tuffy, he read through all of vonnegut's works--short stories, papers and novels. i made it through half of his novels, deciding to save some and hit other authors for a while. there are so many books to read. didnt get to moby dick, for instance, until early last year
as for cats cradle: ive been reading through it for approx ten minutes and remember nothing about it. ive read easily four hundred novels since then, including several of his, and im not the most astute reader in the world by far. unfortunately. then again, ive read [i]kiss, me judas[/i] twice entirely and have read through it twenty times easily and i still can pick it up and find whole sections i remember nothing about. but that's cool by me: i read for the experience in the moment and not so much for recognizance
but then again,
im half a pint into ninety proof whiskey and my memory may likely prove a little more lucid in the morrow
great thread
and welcome to the cult
kabol
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play hard, like it's work to be done.
First Vonnegut book I ever read, back in high school. Read it again about a year or so ago. Still one of my favorite Vonnegut books, and I've read a lot of his stuff. Excellent, excellent book.
Welcome to the cult!
thanks for the welcomes guys, appreciate it.
yeah, i had heard alot about vonnegut, and i had read his short story, the name escapes me, about Harrison and the sort of equalizing of the entire world, in radical manner. insane.
cats cradle was my first vonnegut, and i read it sophomore year in high school as well.
thanks for the reccomendation, happy, ill be sure to check that out
oh yeah.. i remember that chuck assigned breakfast of champions in one of his first essays on writing, the essay on themes, or "horses", i think
yeah, vonnegut's work definitely has a following here
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play hard, like it's work to be done.
hahaha found it.. my first intro to vonney, when i wanted to know how to pronounce his name properly..
[URL=http://chuckpalahniuk.net/community/showthread.php?t=8195]here[/URL]
a little trade history
kabol
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read it and loved it, but i am a vonnegut nut.
try player piano. its ridiculous how "modern" it feels.