Some more Vonnegut-y goodness.
For anybody wondering what to get me for Thanksgiving.
It could also work as a late Halloween present.
(via kreachar)
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD BY HARPER LEE
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
stargirl by jerry spinelli <3
dolores claiborne by stephen king.
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Kushiel’s Dart ~ Jacquelyn Carey
My side of the mountain- Jean Craighead George
props to Dolores Claiborne, mine was Infinite Jest
The Catcher in The Rye - J.D. Salinger
1984 by George Orwell (also, and in an equally significant but entirely different way, America the Book by Jon Stewart)
There have been few books that I have read that haven’t changed my life, but I’m gonna have to go with Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Once I understood what was making America such a dangerous, unhappy nation of people who had nothing to do with real life, I resolved to shun storytelling. I would write about life. Every person would be exactly as important as any other. All facts would also be given equal weightiness. Nothing would be left out. Let others bring order to chaos. I would bring chaos to order, instead.
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Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions Speaking of reading, I’ve been re-reading this book and coming across so many gems that I missed the first time around. This is why you should read more! (It doesn’t let you do it for quote posts. Darn) |
Socialism is no more an evil word than Christianity. Socialism no more prescribed Joseph Stalin and his secret police and shuttered churches than Christianity prescribed the Spanish Inquisition. Christianity and socialism alike, in fact, prescribe a society dedicated to the proposition that all men, women, and children are created equal and shall not starve.
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Kurt Vonnegut KV’s Wikiquote page is full of win. I thought this one was pretty topical. |
I couldn’t find any info on Vonnegut’s burial either. It’s obvious it’s meant to be private, and I respect that. But for an author that wrote about death, specifically tombstones, so much it’s kind of sadistic to hide it from us.
My guess is “Kurt is up in heaven now,” his favorite joke.
Can’t wait till tomorrow.Matt “Matty Ice” Ryan is the quintessential throwback to simpler times of yesteryear, when athletes were allowed to have nicknames which referenced things that, if over-consumed, could get you arrested and possibly killed.
He should change his number so he could be nicknamed “Matty Ice-9.” Ah fuck it, I’m officially calling him that from now on regardless of jersey number.
