Kurt Vonnegut: God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian

[WoundedThorns]

i started reading this book last night and i absolutely love it. it's short, less than 80 pages, and i'm halfway through. i love the short chapters - it gets to the point. almost every sentence seems powerful. plus its one of the only few books that i actually laughed out loud while reading. Kurt Vonnegut goes through the "pearly gate" to interview dead people. i find this concept ironic since he's a humanist. he makes some sort of point about society through their words or his reflection. as i was reading this i was thinking how i need to recommend it to some friends of mine and my sister.

its my first Kurt Vonnegut novel and i'm definatly looking foward to reading more.

 

[White_Rabbit]

My favorites of his are Cat's Craddle, Slaughterhouse-five, and Jailbird.

 

[Mari]

I read that book when it first came out, so my memory is a little vague, but I think I got the impression that he had gotten a little dotty, and maybe a little more conservative politically. I felt that he had written one book too many.

His latest collection of essays, however, is somewhat back in form: A Man Without a Country.

 

[WoundedThorns]

the one thing i didn't like is that Hitler and other enemies to humanity still went to heaven.. it did make sense when the last line was something about people being hell.

 

[WoundedThorns]

I read that book when it first came out, so my memory is a little vague, but I think I got the impression that he had gotten a little dotty, and maybe a little more conservative politically. I felt that he had written one book too many.

His latest collection of essays, however, is somewhat back in form: A Man Without a Country.

ah yes, i've seen it in stores before. shame it was over $20

 

[Shade]

Probably not worth the $20 to be honest, as it took me about an hour to read, and it's hardly top-rank Vonnegut. More thoughts.