Thread 24843971

1. Slaughterhouse V
2. Sirens of Titan
3. Cat's Cradle
4. God bless you Mr. Rosewater
5. Breakfast of champions
6. Mother Night

Any questions?

>>24843971 (OP)
I havent read sirens yet but mother night, cats cradle and God bless you Mr. Rosewater were my favorites. Breakfast of champions is fucking overrated garbage though. Sorry kurt

>>24844394
No Slaughterhouse 5?

Vonnegut is based but lit isn't ready to accept that yet

Jailbird is widely underrated, belongs in the top 5

>>24843971 (OP)
why did this guy get so popular? he writes like the most basic bitch redditor and his work consists entirely of stale cliches

I found this while sifting through one of my parents' old bookshelves one day. Is it worth reading?
Also, sorry about the cumstain on my chair. I had nowhere better to take the picture.

>>24846320
I think because he can write about a lot of topics like war in a way that's more entertaining and whimsical while still being able to make his points well. It's always somewhat close to absurdist.

>>24843971 (OP)
What about blue beard? I seem to remember that being a favorite, but that's a long time ago.
Jailbird also great and as far as old man novels goes, timequake seems to have been pretty good.

>>24846320
I love Pynchon, DFW, Borges, Gogol, Chekhov, Joyce, Gaddis and Vonnegut. I respect Tolstoy and I despise Dosto.. so you know it's all a matter of preference. I think he's very entertaining and Slaughterhouse five really does have a lot depth to it.. I just don't think you ever read him but are regurgitating takes of others.

Looking for "objective good", "intellectual" etc is for fucking midwits, go read fun things, not everything has to be that fucking serious.

>>24846423
Your chair would be disgusting without the semen stain.

>>24846616
>don't think you ever read him
I've seen enough snippets to see he has terminal reddit brain. Same kind of heckin pickle rick style and humor. Of course I'm not going to subject myself to the whole.

>>24846423
It's the last thing he published before his death, basically just short ramblings about the state of Dubya's America. I can't actually remember too much of it, but as with any Vonnegut, if you like his voice then you'll find something to enjoy in there regardless.

>>24843971 (OP)
>Any questions?
Why don't you try reading real literature instead of YA?

>>24847964
Vonnegut falls squarely in the lower end of middlebrow, but your thinking and analysis of him shows that you have a terminal case of internet-brain retardation.