Best to read Vonnegut not as SF but as social satire. Breakfast of Champions and Slaughterhouse Five are his best known books, but some of his minor works are more incisive. Cat's Cradle is wonderful.
Best Simon On 17/05/2011 15:12, "James Morris" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 17 May 2011 12:17, Simon Mclennan <[email protected]> wrote: >> "The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be >> used for anything by anybody. >> Thank you for using me, even though I didn't want to be used by anybody." >> Kurt Vonnegut > > I see from wikipedia that he did some "blending satire, black comedy, > and science fiction" in his writing. > > Sounds good! Might have to find some of his books. Any you recommend? > > James. > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > Simon Biggs [email protected] http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ [email protected] http://www.elmcip.net/ http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
