Vonnegut

[captain_slinky]

Crystal made sure that I got to the Library last night so I could get something new to read, since I worked so hard to find something for her to read recently. She loves to read, and I need to remind her of that sometimes I guess :) Unfortunately, there wasn't anything I was really interested in reading!

The last thing(s) I read for myself were the Hunger Games trilogy and Ready Player One, because YA Sci-Fi is where it's at - light but engaging. After that I've been all about reading the various comics I picked up at last year's Emerald City Comic Con, which included giant amounts of Rogue Trooper and vintage Fantastic Four, but I finished all of that abut two months ago. I've been bookless ever since :(

You *need* something awesome to read or else you go slightly mad, don't you? Without that promise of an escape, without being able to say "Ugh I just wish I were reading my book right now", things start to atrophy. My mind needs the stimulus!

And so there I was in the Library, trying to think of what I wanted to read; nothing had been suggested or reccomended to me in quite a while that I could remember, and I knew that I would remember it all just as soon as I got home... and then it hit me.

VONNEGUT!

Despite several constant recommendations from folks I admire, I have never read a Kurt Vonnegut novel!

Yes you may go ahead and lose all sorts of respect for me now.

So I picked up Slaughterhouse Five and Cat's Cradle.

Comments

[aurora77]

I've been reading more comics than books lately, but I do love me a good YA SF novel. The Divergent series was a pretty good ride.

Let me know how Vonnegut is. I haven't read anything of his yet.

[khristle.livejournal.com]

I read the first Divergent book and loved it! Now I'm on the waiting list for the second book. There are like 700 people ahead of me.

[aurora77]

I'm not surprised. You'd better get on the waiting list for the third one, too! If I had a physical copy to lend, I totally would.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I *will* find more copies at used book stores and thrift stores! I just know it!

[man-of-snows.livejournal.com]

I haven't read him either.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Isn't that weird? He's like this iconic pillar of popular sub-culture, and I've never even bothered to read anything from him! I've read all the others, but for some reason I've just never gotten around to reading Vonnegut. You should give it a try, too! We can compare notes as old fart first timers :)

[con-grazia.livejournal.com]

The respect I've just lost for you is balanced out by the respect I have for your imagination and creativity. Soooooo we're back to normal again. ;)

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Yaaaaaaay for balance :)

[lynna12000.livejournal.com]

Vonnegut is one of the better 'classic' science fiction writers. He is good at writing serious stories that have humor in them.

Another good author to read is Harry Harrison. His 'Stainless Steel Rat' series is awesome. As a comic book reader you would appreciate it. That is, if you haven't already read it.