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I cherish this book, as well at the PBS special it's based on. I'll bet I watched the latter at least two dozen times.
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An experimental television play composed of excerpts from Vonnegut's novels and stories, with photographs by Jill Krementz.
304 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1972
This edition
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304 pages, Paperback
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July 15, 1972 by Delta
- ISBN
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9780385280792
- ASIN
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0385280793
- Language
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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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Except for Vonnegut's introduction, this is pretty bad. I saw the teleplay with my father on Chicago's public television station, WTTW, in 1972 or thereabouts, then read the published screenplay while travelling by rail from Chicago to Michigan City, Indiana just over a week ago. The show worked at the time, the transcript of it doesn't except as a reminder of the original program and that only "worked" because it is virtually all taken, hodge-podge, from Vonnegut's beloved novels.
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Bizarre and unsatisfactory – but I’m keen to read more of Vonnegut’s work.
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A very quick read given that it was a script. An interesting compilation of Vonnegut characters and fun to see familiar faces and stories, but I’m not sure it would translate to an audience not familiar with Vonnegut.
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A screenplay for a 1972 US TV production with copious stills from the show, hence the speed at which I read this (less than 24 hours)
Although Vonnegut's name is on this he wasn't the scriptwriter and it shows. Its a cobbling together of characters and scenarios from various of his novels without any common theme. Disappointing
Although Vonnegut's name is on this he wasn't the scriptwriter and it shows. Its a cobbling together of characters and scenarios from various of his novels without any common theme. Disappointing
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KV picture book, fun
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The show may be better. I don't think they captured the humor in the book.
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"The only way you can feel the least bit important is to think of all the mud that didn't even get to sit up and look around."
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