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| Apr 18th, 2007 02:25 PM | ||
| kahljorn |
I like to buy them from amazon because they are three dollars cheaper and you can get free shipping which can end up equalling like 9 dollars saved which is almost an entire book. of course freeshipping takes like a week 
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| Apr 18th, 2007 01:11 PM | ||
| Esuohlim |
There must be a bandwagon that a bunch of fags are jumping on because I went to the bookstore this morning hoping to buy some more Vonnegut and the usual shelf of 25 or so copies of books was all gone except for Slapstick, which I already own and is admittedly not that great either (but hey I liked it )
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| Apr 17th, 2007 12:32 PM | ||
| kahljorn |
besides being a mediocre writer
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| Apr 17th, 2007 10:45 AM | ||
| Womti |
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he's dead now. |
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| Apr 16th, 2007 09:17 PM | ||
| Black Flag |
really you would've been way better off saying tom wolfe than thomas pynchon or john mcphee that is where it is at man but guys don't forget the point of this thread and that's to be sad about kurt vonnegut being dead cause it's sad that he is dead |
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| Apr 16th, 2007 08:50 PM | ||
| kahljorn | I know, I was indirectly responding to McClain. | |
| Apr 16th, 2007 08:17 PM | ||
| JohnBoy | I was responding to McClain. No disrespect Kahl. | |
| Apr 16th, 2007 06:27 PM | ||
| kahljorn | I meant modern as in authors who are still alive and around today mostly I'm not really all that anal about time periods or whatever especially since 'modern' can also mean 'modern' and not just an era. | |
| Apr 16th, 2007 02:11 PM | ||
| JohnBoy | Why don't you explain the difference then you pretentious prick? Pynchon has written novels and authored short stories (See "Slow Learner"). As far as pidgeonholing his genre/writing style, I took Kahljorn's use of Modern to mean modern era writers. | |
| Apr 16th, 2007 02:10 PM | ||
| kahljorn |
SORRY I GUESS I CANT TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY AND MODERN. lol why the hell do people name time periods "Modern" and "Contemporary" didn't it occur to them that they are labeling a time period with a time label that won't be appropriate one hundred years later? |
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| Apr 16th, 2007 01:47 PM | ||
| McClain | STFU JohnBoy. Thomas Pynchon isn't modern. He's contemporary. And he's not even an author. He's a novelist. | |
| Apr 16th, 2007 12:22 PM | ||
| JohnBoy |
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| Apr 16th, 2007 12:53 AM | ||
| kahljorn | in the future we won't have jobs (except at medieval festivals, which will be voluntary). | |
| Apr 16th, 2007 12:35 AM | ||
| Jomb |
The Bard does have quite a large cult following for a guy from centuries ago, does he not? All I'm saying is that in the year 2354 there will be gatherings of people, similar to what we have today at a medieval festival, where people will be selling fake ice-9 and quoting lines from Vonnegut's books. Everyone else will probably think his work is too difficult to read because it uses that "old" English that sounds so archaic in 2354. |
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| Apr 15th, 2007 11:50 PM | ||
| kahljorn |
people who matter and have good taste are obsessed with Shakespeare? DO YOU THINK SHAKESPEARE WAS FRANCIS BACON? |
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| Apr 15th, 2007 11:37 PM | ||
| Jomb | I'd just like to add that in my opinion Vonnegut was the greatest author who ever existed. Hundreds of years from now people will be obsessed with him in the same way that some people are obsessed with Shakespeare today. | |
| Apr 15th, 2007 09:23 PM | ||
| Goat Cheese | Dean Koontz? | |
| Apr 15th, 2007 02:45 PM | ||
| kahljorn |
how many great modern authors are left? that's wht i thought when this happened
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| Apr 15th, 2007 10:44 AM | ||
| Supafly345 | I didn't deserve that! | |
| Apr 15th, 2007 02:09 AM | ||
| Sethomas |
Vonnegut was the ONLY modern writer to stir any motion in me. I think there's the possibility of making the point that his style might not appeal to everyone. But, to read his essays, short stories and different styles of writing within to novels speaks to the fact that he could write better than anyone else in any style of his liking. If Breakfast of Champions seems puerile, read Mother Night. If most of his writings bear a tone of pessimism, read God Bless You, Mr Rosewater. It's easy to thrash on Vonnegut because his voice is so conversational. While you cannot deny his fabulous vocabulary, you can say that its delivery lacks artistic structure. This would miss the point entirely. He wrote (fantastically, in my opinion) to express his thoughts on the world. He told us what we all know but desperately need to hear. He had no religion, yet he called suicide terrorists "brave". He deplores the war, but empathizes with the soldiers above all--because he saw them as being treated like "toys", in contrast to his own service in World War II. To read Vonnegut for his humor is to invoke the cliché that served as one of his alternate titles: Pearls before Swine. It served to tell us that although Pandora's box has been opened, it also housed hope. In one of his essays, I believe included in the compilation Wampeters, Granfaloons, and Foma, (Maybe in Timequake?) mentioned that when he replaced Isaac Asimov as the figurehead of The Secular Humanists Society, he told the audience "Isaac's in Heaven now." I believe he said he wished that the joke would be repeated for himself. I once wrote a letter to Vonnegut, not expecting to get a response (and I didn't). I didn't write because I wanted to be heard, but to have some tangible contact with what was among the greatest minds of our era. I will forever regret that I, unlike many whom I've met, never got the chance to at least shake his hand in profound thanks for his words. Mostly, I will miss that never again will he write a new story, that never again will he tell us what we all know but need to hear. God bless you, Mr Vonnegut. |
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| Apr 15th, 2007 01:22 AM | ||
| DeadKennedys |
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Dumbass. |
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| Apr 14th, 2007 11:49 PM | ||
| Supafly345 | Looks like deadkennedys has the inside scoop on great writing guys. | |
| Apr 14th, 2007 08:45 PM | ||
| Goat Cheese | wasn't he in a rodney dangerfeild movie? | |
| Apr 14th, 2007 08:29 PM | ||
| DeadKennedys | I thought he was a pretty mediocre writer, but a great guy. Sad to see him go | |
| Apr 14th, 2007 03:32 PM | ||
| DuFresne |
Dammit .
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