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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:06 PM Original message |
Kurt Vonnegut is an odd duck... |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. IF Stone said the same thing about Jesus |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. yeah he very much is a revolutionary |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Link? n/t |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. try these links out |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. I envy you your first readings of Vonnegut's work` |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. yes, it's one of those things that |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Going on a Vonnegut binge will be a blast |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Read Jailbird. |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. you know |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yeah. Hold out for a book junky like I did. Best |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. My wife must have lucked out |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. She must have, indeed. |
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Uncle Roy (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 01:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Book lovers have more fun in bed... (nfm) |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. My favorites are |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I have " A Man Without A Country" |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. It's excellent. |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I'd like to |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I got Doug AMWAC for Christmas. It's all I can do not to read it |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. It's a quick read...go for it. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. You Lucky Devil |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. I read them in order accidentally. I think you're right. n/t |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. Try "Breakfast of Champions", "Mother Night", 'Slaughterhouse Five". |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. He is the uncle of a neighbor of ours. |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. it's so worth it to talk to writers |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. A good friend of mine is a writer and publisher. |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 12:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I am relatively gifted |
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BigMcLargehuge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. God Bless You Mr. Rosewater is my favorite |
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secretmouse (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. Wish there were more "Odd Ducks" like him! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. What secretmouse said. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. I need to go back and re-read a bunch of his stuff. |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. Oh you're going to have fun. I first read Mother Night in 8th or 9th grade |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
31. I think of Vonnegut's style as a slalom instead of a |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 12:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I have too many books to read anyway |
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Uncle Roy (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
34. He was a POW in Dresden when it was firebombed in WWII. More people died |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 01:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Reading this thread made me realize how much Douglas |
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La_Fourmi_Rouge (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
35. This is not news... |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
37. Vonnegut is my all time favorite author and I concur with those |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 02:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. yes those were among the first things I read of his |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 02:44 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. this has got to be my favorite part... |
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Uncle Roy (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
39. Here's a list of his books... |
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secretmouse (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 11:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Oh...I have to go back.. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. He's good, but he's no Kilgore Trout. |
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