This is the second time I've read The Sirens of Titan. The first time was in the early 70s. On this second read, it became obvious to me how much Vonnegut was an major influence on Douglas Adams. Both revel in illustrating through fiction the absurdity of life and the universe. Yet while Adams is co...
Jam-packed with Vonnegutian goodness, fellow wanderers. KV serves up bite-sized and bitter truths with the soothing balm of laughter. This book is about mind control and loneliness, and why we should love each other anyway.Upped my review, which was based on my high school recollection of this boo...
I've never met a Vonnegut book I didn't like. This is one of his early works, if I recall correctly. It was satirical, absurd and trippy -- everything you'd expect from Vonnegut. I particularly enjoyed how the main character made his fortune on the stock market. I've always meant to try that techniq...
Science Fiction doesn't get much more philisophical than this, or funnier. Read this book if you often wonder what it's all about. You won't know by the end of it but at least you'll feel less of a need to ask the question.
Kurt Vonnegut at his best.I've bought this book at Shakespeare & Co. in Vienna. Actually I was looking for "Cat's cradle" but there the bookseller -I guess he was Canadian, by the way- has suggested me to take this one. It has been a bit difficult to find this novel among the highest shelves of that...
I'll start with a roundabout introduction. Garry Kasparov was not just one of the best chessplayers of all time, he was also one of the best analysts. Even as a teenager, he was always coming up with the most amazing ideas. Chessplayers often prefer to hoard their ideas; it can be worth a lot to sur...
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