If you were going to reread all of Vonnegut, how would you do it and why?

[EFerrari]

[terrya]

1. Start with "Slaughter-House Five" and go from there.

[EFerrari]

4. Why?

:)

[terrya]

6. That's the first Vonnegut novel I read.

In high school.

:-)

[EFerrari]

8. I think I saw the film first -- with all that great music.

Can't remember if I read that one first or BOC.

[terrya]

13. I remember the film.

With Valerie Perrine as Montana Wildhack. :-)

It was a reasonably good adaptation.

[Fenris]

2. Start with the first one I read: Bluebeard.

[EFerrari]

5. I barely remember that one. Maybe too many rugrats at the time.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Last night, I turned on the computer, read DU...

found out that Kurt had left us, turned off the computer, went to bed, grabbed my copy of "Breakfast of Champions," read it from beginning to end, then went to a fitful sleep sometime around three.

That's how I did it.

Why?

Because Kurt Vonnegut was an unwavering band of light.

[EFerrari]

7. I agree. I couldn't find anything so when I can look at people again

off to the bookstore. No idea what they'll have.

[FloridaJudy]

29. The Bookstore

Been there. They were totally sold out of everything but A Man Without a Country. I bought the last copy. Odd: I think that's the only one I haven't read, so that might be the perfect place to start.

[EFerrari]

34. My copy has wandered out into the Universe. I really enjoyed that one.

:hi:

[EFerrari]

9. kick

I just ordered The Vonnegut Omnibus and Conversations on Writing. Never looked at those before.

[Hugin]

10. Obviously, I'd start with... "Welcome to the Monkey House".

It's my favorite...



Then I'd read "Cat's Cradle".

My being a devout Bokononist and all.

[Hugin]

14. "The Last Rites of the Bokononism"

God made mud.
God got lonesome.
So God said to some of the mud, "Sit up!"
"See all I've made," said God, "the hills, the sea, the sky, the stars."
And I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around.
Lucky me, lucky mud.
I, mud, sat up and saw what a nice job God had done.
Nice going, God.
Nobody but you could have done it, God! I certainly couldn't have.
I feel very unimportant compared to You.
The only way I can feel the least bit important is to think of all the mud that didn't even get to sit up and look around.
I got so much, and most mud got so little.
Thank you for the honor!
Now mud lies down again and goes to sleep.
What memories for mud to have!
What interesting other kinds of sitting-up mud I met!
I loved everything I saw!
Good night.
I will go to heaven now.
I can hardly wait...
To find out for certain what my wampeter was...
And who was in my karass...
And all the good things our karass did for you.
Amen.

http://cns2.uni.edu/~wallingf/personal/bokonon.html

That is all I have to say about this...

[EFerrari]

15. I just changed my sig to "No damn cat and no damn cradle."

:)

[Hugin]

18. I will look forward to seeing it... A vin-dit?

I've been looking all over for someone to boko-maru, but, with very little luck.

It's all foma.

:)

[El Fuego]

25. I think we are in the same karass.

;)

[Hugin]

44. I'd like to think so El Fuego.

:)

What do you suppose our wampeter is? :scared:

Maybe it's to do something about this duffle we find ourselves in, maybe?

[MonkeyFunk]

11. I would start with

Cat's Cradle, then Slaugherhouse-Five, then everything else in any order.

[EFerrari]

16. It's funny because this morning I realized that apart from S5

and Jailbird, I remember so little. It may be early Alzheimer's but I want to read it all again.

[bridgit]

12. i would start with: Happy Birthday, Wanda June...

cause i suppose i'm keyed theatrically:

http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/Happy_Birthday_Wanda_JUne.html

http://www.curtainup.com/happybirthdaywandajune.html

[EFerrari]

17. Has anyone put on Jailbird? Gawd, that would be awesome.

(Me, too.)

[bridgit]

20. i'm dropping bugs into receptive ears over near union square...

the time is now, and Kurt's audience has always been here ;) :hi: :hug:

[EFerrari]

21. That's so cool. Do it! I'm not sure I won't approach someone

myself. His audience is probably bigger now than in the last 15 years.

:hug:

:hi:

[bridgit]

22. sad in one sense, while indicative of a great artist; his works are flying...

off the shelves as we key these things to each other :bounce: safe passage Kurt O8)

[JitterbugPerfume]

19. I will start tonight

I will go to the whole shelf of Vonnegut on my book case and start in no particular order

[EFerrari]

23. I'm starting with Jailbird tomorrow. Local shops sold out

and have to rely on Amazon.

That's probably a good thing. :)

[El Fuego]

24. I recently re-read "Cat's Cradle."

Next I want to re-visit Slaughterhouse-Five, which I've already read at least three times. Then Sirens of Titan. Then Breakfast of Champions!!

I probably won't bother with the ones I didn't like that much in the first place, like "Player Piano."

[Gen. Jack D. Ripper]

26. I started Breakfast of Champions today

It sat on my shelf for months. Sadly, it took Vonnegut's death for me to finally pick it up.

[EFerrari]

31. Salud! I hope you enjoy it.

:)

[Phillycat]

27. Funny, I'm doing it right now!

SH5, then Cat's Cradle, then the rest. Just the way it occurred to me. :shrug:

[EFerrari]

35. I seem to be going for the nonfiction first.

:shrug:

[Zookeeper]

28. I've been thinking of re-reading his books for quite a while now.

However, all of my copies are in storage and smelling pretty musty.

I should hit the used bookstore.

[EFerrari]

32. I snagged some at Amazon today to beat the rush.

Darn, I still can't believe he's gone.

[last_texas_dem]

30. I'd go with chronological

That just seems like it would be a logical way to approach tackling reading all of his books. You'd be able to see how his style changed- writing style, content, etc. over the course of his career.

I've read a half-dozen or so his books so far, in a totally haphazard order, but I've still had a great time reading most of them. (The only one that has disappointed me a bit was Breakfast of Champions. It's not that it was a bad book; I'm just surprised at its reputation when I've found several of his lesser-known works to be much more satisfying.) The order I've been reading his books so far has been: Palm Sunday (autobiography/ story collection), Jailbird, Mother Night, Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, and I'm currently working on The Sirens of Titan.

[EFerrari]

33. While I was shopping at Amazon, I saw they have tape of

some of his interviews. Those would be cool. :)

[SmokingJacket]

36. I read a lot of it long, long ago, so I'd go chronological.

It would be really interesting to see how he grew and changed, and where my faves fit in.

Wonderful long life, wonderful career!

[EFerrari]

37. I think his was the first real voice I heard while I read.

:toast: Absent friends and present company.

[KamaAina]

38. In the original Tralfamadorian

you lose so many of the subtle nuances in translation. :-)

[EFerrari]

40. Best under the Night Canopy.

:)

[wildhorses]

39. if i could i would like to do it in chronological order

just be interesting to me to see how he grew as a writer...

edited for a steenken typox(

[EFerrari]

41. I have a suspicion that he got more compassionate but also more

direct as his body of work grew. It's an amazing combo.

[wildhorses]

42. yes, it would be nice to see the evolution

kinda sad, tonight...

:hug:

[EFerrari]

43. Yeah, me, too. I slept with all my favorite boyfriends when I started

reading Vonnegut. He seemed angry and outrageous and hilarious and just what I needed at the time. And, he stayed that way when nobody else did.

:hug: