kurt_vonnegut

KV's new book comes out on 04/01/08

2008-03-24T16:38:01Z

To commemorate the first anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's death, Putnam is releasing a book of unpublished essays, with an introduction by his son Mark Vonnegut. It will be titled Armageddon in Retrospect (retail price $24.95, but amazon is selling it for $16.47, plus a 5% discount for pre-ordering).

kurt_vonnegut @ 2007-04-12T00:04:00

2007-04-12T04:06:06Z

So It Goes...

Kurt Vonnegut
1922-2007

Kurt Vonnegut at wayne state in Detroit Sunday and Monday

2007-04-07T13:39:25Z

Happy Birthday Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut
Starring:
Jon Davidson
Julanne Jacobs
Brandon Silva
Adam Schrader
Frank Leone
Kristen Parise
Jozefa C.
Kenny K.
Dave W.

Directed by Ryan McGillen
Lights by Neil Koivu
Set by Chris Ameel
Sound by Ryan McGillen

April 8th at 8 o clock and April 9 at 4:30

At the studio theatre in the Basement of the Hilberry on the corner of Cass and Hancock. No cover. I hope to see you all there.

Breakfast of Champions, the movie

2007-03-18T20:18:13Z

How many people here have seen the movie Breakfast of Champions? I just recently watched it and I'm too mixed right now to make firm opinion. There are parts I definitely like and dislike: some of the acting is really good, but feels pushed too far near the end. I definitely felt the characters coming to life, but at the same time I didn't see much development; most are crazy from the start. The ending doesn't feel conclusive at all. I felt lost in the story amidst the insanity of everyone's world.

What do you guys think? Plus, does anybody know what Vonnegut thought of the movie? He has a cameo in the film and watched the film during it's creation, which makes me think he supports it, but was he really happy with it after it they completed it?

kurt_vonnegut @ 2007-03-13T12:09:00

2007-03-13T09:09:09Z

Hi everyone!
What do you, guys, think about *Godbless you, Mr. Rosewater*?
It's just that I'm halfway thru it and I can't say that I'm excited about this one.
Maybe, I should drop it and start reading *Breakfast of champions* which i recently bought.

Vonnegut in Indianapolis

2007-03-08T18:40:50Z

So...Vonnegut is speaking in Indianapolis (info here: http://www.imcpl.org/events/yearofvonnegut/yovevents.html) and I live in Cleveland and can't possibly get to the box office tomorrow in time to get there...work and such. The onsale is at the Clowes Box Office at Butler University and starts at 10am. You can't get them over the phone...you have to be there in person.

Is there anyone who could get an extra ticket for me if they're going to get tickets anyway, or would do a fellow Vonnegutian a favor and pick me up one? They're free...and I'd be indebted for life...I'll even pay for it.

Let me know....e-mail me at sarzone @ gmail . com or post a message on here...I'm dying to go!

I'm crossposting this to a few Vonnegut communities so sorry if you see this more than once!

Heads up Detoit Vonnegut fans

2007-01-14T19:12:24Z

Sometime between now and May (the date hasn't been finalized for shows) I will be directing a production of Happy Birthday Wanda June (if you didn't know that is Kurt Vonnegut's play) at the Studio theatre. If you know Detroit but don't know the Theatre it is in the basement of the Hilberry Theatre on Wayne State's campus. It's on the corner of Cass and Hancock. The production will be free (possibly donation for the theatre). Let me know if there is anyone in the area who would be interested in coming and I'll keep you guys posted.

kurt_vonnegut @ 2006-11-25T03:07:00

2006-11-25T00:07:09Z

Hi! I'm very happy to join this community. May be someone can help me with finding some latest books by Vonnegut. And others in english, since all books I've read were in russian.
Thanks.

First Post

2006-10-15T19:27:32Z

I've never posted here before but I thought that it could use some revival. I draw comics and the other day I did one with KV as the centerpiece.
Oh, well, I thought it came ok though, and it's about the greatest living American author of all time.

Scroll down!

kurt_vonnegut @ 2006-05-20T02:45:00

2006-05-19T22:45:32Z

Hello!
I've looked through this community and I found it strange that "Galapagos" is not on anybody's favourite list... Why is it so?.. It's just that it's only the third book by Vonnegut that I'm reading (the other two are Cat's Cradle and the Sirens of Titan) and I'm not even halfway through it... Still I enjoy reading it greatly but what worries me is that nobody seems to like it... Maybe, I've chosen the wrong book?..

the worst thing is to not be used at all

2006-04-26T05:29:50Z

Hey all!
I'm just updating because I finished Sirens of Titan awhile ago, and Timequake as well. I love Sirens of Titan. I've managed to get my dad obsessed with Vonnegut, and now we fight over the books. This time, when we went to the bookstore, we had to buy 4 of his books so that we wouldn't be constantly taking them away from each other.

I'm currently reading God Bless You Dr. Kevorkian, which is proving to be entertaining, and since it is short, I think I'll probably be moving on to Slapstick fairly soon.

So far I have read:

Cat's Cradle
Slaughterhouse-five
Breakfast of Champions
Welcome to the Monkey House
A Man Without a Country
Timequake
Sirens of Titan

My dad is reading Bluebeard. We also bought Mother Night. If anyone has any recommendations, or thinks I should read something else before I read Slapstick, please, lemme know, though all of them are good. My favorite is still Cat's Cradle.

Anyway, adios.

Vonnegut and Cohen

2006-04-06T01:42:42Z

Nice community you've got here. I just posted a review of Leonard Cohen's The Future over at my blog Mere Words, where I invoke the memory of Slaughterhouse Five. Your comments are welcome. Enjoy.

Kurt's memoirs

2006-01-14T14:16:16Z

for all you Ukers, today's Guardian's review section has an extract from Mr. Vonnegut's soon to be published memoirs (Feb 7th apparently, twas news to me!).

There's nothing on www.guardian.co.uk *yet*, but they do usually post articles like this within a couple of days so keep checking it, well worth a read.

kurt_vonnegut @ 2005-12-15T01:15:00

2005-12-15T06:19:52Z

I dunno why no one's mentioned it before now; but I recently finished reading 'a man without a country' which was released a few months ago. It's a collection of essays, I enjoyed it a lot, and you should all check it out.

kurt_vonnegut @ 2005-12-14T18:59:00

2005-12-15T00:05:02Z

Hello. I'm new.
I thank my lucky stars this exists.
Kurt Vonnegut is brilliant.

Dammit, I think I'm going to make a trip to a bookstore and buy another book of his this weekend.

I've read most of his stuff.. my favourite book of his is the Sirens of Titan.

I think that's an odd choice for a favourite. Is it anyone elses too?

Another question:

Does anyone feel that his books are your books? I mean to say that he shares my views on things, is satirical on the same things, etc etc. It's insane.
I swear I could be a copy.

Let me know.. maybe I'm just crazy or maybe it's an effect of his writing.

Veteran's Day, Armistice Day, and...

2005-11-11T16:54:53Z

Happy Birthday to Kurt Vonnegut!

kurt_vonnegut @ 2005-11-02T10:41:00

2005-11-02T15:45:12Z

this is a LONG SHOT-

but anyone familliar with his chort story bagambo snuff box...

IF YES-ambitous sophmore, the marching band directors name is george m. helmholtz

i dont know if anyone is into marching band, but George N. Parks, one of the most famous drum majors and currecntly director of umass minuteman marching band

does anyone think that he is refering to him?
CAUSE I DO

We had tortured circles until they coughed up this symbol of their secret lives:

2005-09-30T00:44:01Z

I joined this community because I never got around to joining communities when I created my eljay. I am not as well versed in Vonnegut as some of you are, but so far I have read Cat’s Cradle, Slaughterhouse-five, and Breakfast of Champions. I have loved every one of them and feel that there is something special about each book. I first read Harrison Bergeron in 7th grade and I remembered the story but hadn’t picked up the name of the author till I was reading something online that mentioned Bokononism, so I picked up Cats Cradle, which is now my favorite book.

At this time I am an evacuee from New Orleans, though as soon as I got settled I picked up my latest Vonnegut book, Welcome to the Monkey House. My dad told me it was a good book, which he and badasscatholic had told me about Slaughterhouse-five and they were right, so I bought that instead of Timequake. Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of short stories, some better than others, but most are very entertaining. I’m not very far through it, so I can’t say much about it. Anyway, I love Vonnegut.

kurt_vonnegut @ 2005-09-28T23:37:00

2005-09-29T03:43:05Z

I'm new here and decided to introduce myself...I'm Emily, I'm 17 and a senior in high school. I first heard about Vonnegut last year, when one of our summer reading books was Slaughterhouse-5. In English class, we read a few of his short stories and I was hooked. I'm writing an 8 page research paper on biographical literary criticism in Mother Night and Breakfast of Champions for English right now. I also have Timequake, Welcome to the Monkey House and Sirens of Titan which I need to read when I finish my research paper.

That's basically it for now, but nice to meet you all. :)

goodbye blue monday

2005-09-21T04:17:27Z

i just joined this because i have been to absent minded to go through the process of rejoining communities since i changed my lj screen name. i have read slaughterhouse-five, breakfast of champions, god bless you dr. kevorkian, cat's cradle, and timequake. i have loved them all thoroughly and feel that they have drastically changed my outlook on life for the better.

i'm currently an evacuee from new orleans, however, so i have not had the time to catch up on my reading, although i did stumble upon a used edition of bluebeard at a neat little bookstore. i am yet to read it but eager as the protagonist is that rabo something guy from breakfast of champions, whose speech in this book about his painting's beam of light represents the most lucid and enlightening form of humanism i've come across. it is his assertion about unconditional humanness that has led me to believe that all people are perfectly and equally dignified. kurt vonnegut is one cool fucker.

VONNEGUT FTW

2005-09-19T06:45:40Z

Hello there everybody! :D

This is pretty cool to find a community dedicated to KV... he's easily my favorite author of all time, ever since I read "Sirens of Titan" waaay back in the sixth grade. (I'm now a freshman in college.) I think I've managed to read all of his books except for Timequake and some of the essay collections, and I'm trying to get around to them as best as I can.

I don't think I've ever read a book of his that I didn't like, except for maybe Player Piano, which I'm meh on. My sentimental favorite is Sirens of Titan... my actual favorite is either Mother Night or Bluebeard. In fact, I just read Bluebeard for the first time this summer and I absolutely fell in love with it... not sure why it took me so long to read it, but it was a masterpiece.

I'm thinking of rereading Deadeye Dick right now, because I haven't read it in a long while and I'd like to read Timequake as soon as I acquire it... other than that, I just wanted to introduce myself.

The Daily Show

2005-09-15T08:16:31Z

Hi there.

If you are looking for a video of KV being interviewed by Jon Stewart there is one here (just a little way down the page).

Kurt talking to Bill Mahe

2005-09-12T09:02:59Z

There's a clip of Kurt talking to Bill Maher about New Orleans/George W etc... here (scroll about a third of the way down).

Nice to see him looking hale and healthy!

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Slaughterhouse 5 DVD

2005-08-08T11:26:05Z

Check this out -

Slaughterhouse 5 DVD + Book

It was mentioned in an article I read in the Guardian at the weekend (read the article here) about films from books that were apparently 'unfilmable'.

(x-posted)

Potter in the style of KV

2005-07-26T13:55:56Z

The Guardian (UK Newspaper) ran a competition for people to rewrite the end of the latest Harry Potter book in the style of a famous author.

On guy has tried to do it in the style of Kurt Vonnegut (See it here)

In my opinion - not particularly good but there you go. Some of the other entries are hilarious.

*obviously don't look if you don't want to know the ending of the book*

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