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ERIEcoastSKIER
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i was just wondering if anyone else enjoys his books. i have just discovered him so far i have read slaughterhouse-five and god bless you, dr. kevorkian. i am just starting to read bluebeard, too. good shit.
Jan 18 2006 5:47PM
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faah
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cats cradle is a good one
Jan 18 2006 6:15PM
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skogenjake
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theyre too weird for me, sry. i dont really like them i guess. i dont like sci fi weird stuff. why am i posting?
Jan 18 2006 7:00PM
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timbojones
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I've read em all. pootweeet.

hes the only author who quotes his other books (or well at least). If you like him you will also like:
Philip K. Dick
Chuck Palunik
Hermann Hesse
Jack Kerouac
Kilgore Trout
And you might just like my book. PM me if you want me to email it to you.
Jan 19 2006 1:08AM
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kmo19
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the best living author of our time. hes great if you can handle him
Jan 19 2006 9:34AM
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ThisAngelicRage
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breakfast of champions should be your next read
Jan 19 2006 11:58AM
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freezed
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cats cradle is pretty funny.
Jan 19 2006 2:07PM
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Jackpot
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My favorite author by far, and Cats Cradle was the first i read by them, and still one of my favorites.
Jan 19 2006 2:33PM
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ERIEcoastSKIER
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i was under the impression that kilgore trout wasn't a real person but i wasn't sure.
Jan 19 2006 4:09PM
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ihatemyscratches
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i loved cats cradle. i was also the only one in my class who liked and understood slaughterhouse five
Jan 19 2006 5:37PM
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skogenjake
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eh i can tell how he'd be someone to argue about his style. i dont really care for what ive read of his, but maybe ill try an essay or something.
Jan 19 2006 7:00PM
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hartig
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woah. i have to read his books for an english project- so far i read dr.kevorkian and half of slaughterhouse 5.... reallly weird
Jan 19 2006 11:10PM
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.nafus.
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kurt vonnegut is my favorite author, but then again im pretty messed up
Jan 19 2006 11:13PM
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icecoastn
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id reccomend irvine welsh, you need a surly pirate stomach that can tolerate all of the painfully depraved antics transpiring throughout
Jan 21 2006 3:05AM
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skogenjake
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is it on the internet? or am i going to have to go to the library...ugh on a saturday!
Jan 21 2006 1:27PM
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will987654321
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definitely my favorite author. everything i've read of his is amazing.
Jan 21 2006 6:21PM
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Ericpbp
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yeah he is my favorite author. i red slaughter house 5 and am reading breakfast fo champions and have another shortstories book when i havent started yet. i have read other but i cant remember
Jan 21 2006 7:11PM
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Snubluck
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Cat's Cradle had the best ending to any story ever, dying in a position of giving God the finger. I thought it was classic. Excellent reads, all of his stuff.
Jan 22 2006 3:43AM
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bigJ
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I really fucking love Breakfast of Champions, I would also suggest Tom Robbins to those authors already listed
Jan 23 2006 12:23AM
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Paul-o-Rama
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hes a really really great writer
Jan 24 2006 9:27PM
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five0
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i loved cat's cradle...i picked up hocus pocus but i havent gotten around to reading it
Jan 25 2006 12:00AM
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hans_aschim
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he's great. modern american literature at its finest. i hate chuck palahnuik sorry. he's a terrible piece of shit.
Jan 25 2006 12:09AM
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Shaky_Jake
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I just finished reading Cat's Cradle, its a phenomenal book. Though so are all his other books I have read (Slaughterhouse and God bless you). I highly recommend checking out his books to anyone who has yet to read something by Vonnegut.
Apr 2 2010 1:09AM
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Gooseling
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ive had some friends say hes amazing, i think i will start reading one of his books sometime.

what do you guys reccomend for my first book by him to read?
Apr 2 2010 8:05AM
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Shaky_Jake
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Slaughterhouse 5
Apr 2 2010 6:21PM
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FBGM
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i love slaughterhouse 5, i was just reading it like an hour ago....haha weird
Apr 2 2010 7:05PM
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Elife
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vonnegut is Kilgore Trout
Apr 3 2010 10:53AM
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jeremy.g
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idk i read slaughterhouse 5 and he is an excellent author but it was just way tooo fucking strange for me. i heard it was about the fire bombing at dresden so i was expecting that but there is only a tiny bit focused on that and the rest is about aliens and wierdness.
Apr 3 2010 12:04PM
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Dbouch
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No, there was a book published under the name Kilgore Trout, but Vonnegut had nothing to do with it, I actually heard he was kind of mad about it. I forget the real author's name, though.
Apr 4 2010 10:01AM
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Afeld
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bingo!


 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilgore_Trout
Apr 4 2010 10:43AM
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Shaky_Jake
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Philip José Farme
Apr 4 2010 5:38PM
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