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he comes across a touch like an asshole in bits of this, and the actual substance of the interview waxes and wanes but still definitely entertaining/interesting.
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Essential Vonnegut Interviews
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Over the course of Kurt Vonnegut's career as a writer, he sat down many times with radio host and interviewer Walter James Miller to conduct in-depth discussions of his work and the world. Now Caedmon has collected the best of these interviews on CD for the first time. This is the perfect audio collection for the Vonnegut fan who wants to understand the writer as he was, is, and will be.
0 pages, Audio CD
First published November 28,2006
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0 pages, Audio CD
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November 28, 2006 by Caedmon
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9780061153518
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0061153516
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English
About the author
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Kurt Vonnegut, Junior was an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist. He was recognized as New York State Author for 2001-2003.
He was born in Indianapolis, later the setting for many of his novels. He attended Cornell University from 1941 to 1943, where he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun. Vonnegut trained as a chemist and worked as a journalist before joining the U.S. Army and serving in World War II.
After the war, he attended University of Chicago as a graduate student in anthropology and also worked as a police reporter at the City News Bureau of Chicago. He left Chicago to work in Schenectady, New York in public relations for General Electric. He attributed his unadorned writing style to his reporting work.
His experiences as an advance scout in the Battle of the Bulge, and in particular his witnessing of the bombing of Dresden, Germany whilst a prisoner of war, would inform much of his work. This event would also form the core of his most famous work, Slaughterhouse-Five, the book which would make him a millionaire. This acerbic 200-page book is what most people mean when they describe a work as "Vonnegutian" in scope.
Vonnegut was a self-proclaimed humanist and socialist (influenced by the style of Indiana's own Eugene V. Debs) and a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
The novelist is known for works blending satire, black comedy and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Cat's Cradle (1963), and Breakfast of Champions (1973)
He was born in Indianapolis, later the setting for many of his novels. He attended Cornell University from 1941 to 1943, where he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun. Vonnegut trained as a chemist and worked as a journalist before joining the U.S. Army and serving in World War II.
After the war, he attended University of Chicago as a graduate student in anthropology and also worked as a police reporter at the City News Bureau of Chicago. He left Chicago to work in Schenectady, New York in public relations for General Electric. He attributed his unadorned writing style to his reporting work.
His experiences as an advance scout in the Battle of the Bulge, and in particular his witnessing of the bombing of Dresden, Germany whilst a prisoner of war, would inform much of his work. This event would also form the core of his most famous work, Slaughterhouse-Five, the book which would make him a millionaire. This acerbic 200-page book is what most people mean when they describe a work as "Vonnegutian" in scope.
Vonnegut was a self-proclaimed humanist and socialist (influenced by the style of Indiana's own Eugene V. Debs) and a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
The novelist is known for works blending satire, black comedy and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Cat's Cradle (1963), and Breakfast of Champions (1973)
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These interviews are an excellent image of who Kurt Vonnegut was. Even for those familiar with his writing, these interviews give a better image of who Vonnegut was, how he saw the world around him and what he thought of his own work. These interviews are excellent.
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Interviews? Yes. Vonnegut? Definitely. Essential? ...eh
Not a bad listen but it seemed like a hodgepodge
Not a bad listen but it seemed like a hodgepodge
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Sometimes, it's best not to know too much about your favorite authors.
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Nothing much to review here, for these are just a few interviews with Vonnegut overtime that have been compiled together. It’s pleasant and entertaining to say the least, but also a fascinating look backwards while he discusses upcoming books, some of which have now been published for almost 50 years. I have so much respect for this genius artist and listening to these interviews where they laugh and crack jokes was simply really great fun!
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3 half hour interviews spanning 3 decades! It is great if you love Vonnegut, but it is way too short to be life changing! Totally worth the time to hear him reflect on his work over the years as well as the current state of affairs in the world.
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Really short interviews. I love Vonnegut, but this wasn't a great interview. It seemed more about the interviewer than Vonnegut. Still, it was a cool opportunity to hear Vonnegut's voice, after having heard his writerly voice so much.
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Makes me want to go back and revisit some of my Vonnegut collection since I have all of his books
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