unFaith Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 hey, just wondering if anyone else enjoys these writers, and if you'd like to have a discussion about their works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 heh, just mentioned kurt vonnegut in another thread (evolution one). i have seven of his books: bluebeard, breakfast of champions, cats cradle, deadeye [bleep], galapagos, slapstick, slaughterhouse five. id have to say my favorite so far is slapstick, but they are all pretty much just as good as each other. breakfast of champions was probably my least favourite, but not by much. and by satre do you mean john paul satre? i think he is more of a philisophical writer, me and my friends always refered to him as "star trek" or john paul star trek. just klind of sounds the same :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unFaith Posted April 8, 2006 Author Share Posted April 8, 2006 yea i meant sartre, typo. yea, vonnegut tends to repeat himself a lot, but i always thought it's pretty amazing he could go on national television and call the human race a "disease" on the earth and escape any vehement criticism. ever read Age of Reason by Sartre though? really good read. "Being and Nothingness" is a bit too complex for me unfortunately, but I do hear some good commentary concerning that book every so often that I can understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerocool11 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 I've read Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five for school but never really got into him. I did like the book and his themes and symbols were pretty good too but something just didn't click the way things do when I read something truly spectacular. I guess I'm more of a Hemingway man. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lusy Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Are you serious? Ugh. I'm not big fan of Vonnegut (although I do like John Irving, who's often compared to Vonnegut) but I'd take him over Hemingway any day of the week. Hemingway was so sexist I find it hard to understand how anyone could enjoy him. Women were simply objects to Hemingway. Their only real purpose was to bring the men slippers and drinks and light their cigars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak722 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Ive read Cat's Craddle and frankly, I thought the man is brilliant! The Enrichment Center reminds you that the weighted companion cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak. In the event that the weighted companion cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 i just bought mother night, palm sunday, and jailbird, putting my whole collection up to 10. takes me a while to read them though, i only read books when im on lunch break at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1216 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Mother Night and Timequake are amazing. Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Hyde1218 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 i just finished reading Slaughter house-five, and i must say, nothing like i've ever read before. i liked it though, it was loaded with commentary and symbolism, which was great for the test i had to take on it. but i did like the book, i didn't just read it to do the test. it was only partly for the test. i could've read red badge of courage, but, no. no, and i don't thank you for the offer either. proud quest cape ownerhere's my first post on the TIF (scroll to the bottom)feel free to pm me, but do make sure that i know you're a Tip.It user (in other words, give me a HYT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerocool11 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Are you serious? Ugh. I'm not big fan of Vonnegut (although I do like John Irving, who's often compared to Vonnegut) but I'd take him over Hemingway any day of the week. Hemingway was so sexist I find it hard to understand how anyone could enjoy him. Women were simply objects to Hemingway. Their only real purpose was to bring the men slippers and drinks and light their cigars. Well, except for his character flaws, Hemingway is an incredible writer. If you see past the actual plot lines in his stories like The Old Man and the Sea and of course A Farewell to Arms, it's incredible literature. Vonnegut isn't exactly all that flattering to women either. Cat's Cradle where the women are either extrememly ugly or die early on; and in Slaughterhouse where women are trophy wives or fat. So, since both writers are sexist, I think Hemingway's writing is better than Vonnegut's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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