The Kurt Vonnegut Thread

[BAYLOR]

I heard someone was filming Sirens of Titan.Maybe Netflix or Amazon.

Back 2017 Dan Harmon .

 

[Allegra]

in fact, I think all of his writing gives off a lonely feeling. Even God Bless you Mr Rosewater.

It is so true!

 

[Allegra]

After Timequake , he stopped writing.

He wrote a few non-fiction books on later years. I only read A Man Without A Country which I thought was great.

 

[Vince W]

I seem to recall that he had a cameo in the The Rodney Dangerfield film Back to School.

Yes, he did.

 

[BAYLOR]

Yes, he did.

I do remember him in television commercial a long time ago .I wish I could remember what it was about.

 

[Guttersnipe]

I've only read Slaughterhouse 5 out of all of them, but thought it was great. It had an impact on my philosophy about time and death.

 

[Mon0Zer0]

Back 2017 Dan Harmon .

I hadn't heard that. As much as I find Harmon's schtick a bit tiresome, I think he could really pull off an adaption of Sirens as they both seem to come from a place of deep tragedy and comedy.

I really, really like Vonnegut. Harrison Bergeron makes me genuinely laugh out loud. The low budget movie of that seemed to rob it of all its absurdist humour, though.

I went through a real Vonnegut / PKD jag in the early 00's, although I missed out on Breakfast of Champions.

 

[Rodders]

Funnily enough, I watched a MediaDeathCult review of this book and i was thinking of getting it on my next book haul.

I've not read any of his books, but i have heard that he has a wicked sense of humour.

I vaguely remember seeing the Slaughter House 5 movie when in my early teens, but i don't think i understood it.

 

[Vince W]

Vonnegut is required reading for me. Slaughterhouse 5 is a great place to start, Rodders, and if you like that you'll probably end up down the Vonnegut rabbit hole.

 

[Harpo]

 

[AllanR]

For me, he was an author to binge read. Back in university, I read probably five of his books in a few months. Numerous friends did as well. (Another binge read author for my group of friends was Tom Robbins, so I often associate the two.)