I second Cat's Cradle. The Sirens of Titan is probably the closest Vonnegut came to science fiction. It was nominated for a Hugo award.
-- Paul On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Simon Biggs <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -- ----- |(*,+,#,=)(#,=,*,+)(=,#,+,*)(+,*,=,#)| --- http://ignotus.com
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