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"Vonnegut evokes the cynical chortle, the knowing grin, the inner laughter that soothes our troubled reflections...He's mad as hell and laughing all the way to the Apocalypse". -- Playboy
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Vintage Vonnegut – a unique collection of two dozen stories
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a collection of Vonnegut's early short stories that have never been published in book form before. Some of them display his interest in science fiction, such as the excellent "2BR02B", whilst others cover the same sort of ground as seen in his more human novels such as "Deadeye Dick". His style, as always, is very laid back and easy to read, but what really makes him stand out from other modern writers is his ability to make the reader think about the issues raised long after the book has been finished.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This book offers an entertaining set of Vonnegut's previously uncollected short stories, most of which were written in the 1950s and early 1960s. While the quality of the tales is not as good as those in his previously published Welcome to the Monkey House, anybody who is a fan of Vonnegut's work, or even someone who simply likes good stories, will enjoy this book.
Yet like all good fiction, Vonnegut's work is as valuable for its insights as for its ability to entertain. While the stories collected here are in a variety of genres, one theme does emerge from them - the hunger for distinction. From the title story to 'The Package', 'The Powder-Blue Dragon' to 'Runaways,' many of the stories are about people seeking something that distinguishes them from the rest of their world, usually something that is artificial or external to who they are. That these searches usually end in folly for the characters appears to illustrate Vonnegut's point - it is who we are as people that matters, not the trinkets we buy or the poses we adopt. Though hardly radical today, it is a point that offers an interesting contrast to the consumer-driven age that spawned such tales.
Yet like all good fiction, Vonnegut's work is as valuable for its insights as for its ability to entertain. While the stories collected here are in a variety of genres, one theme does emerge from them - the hunger for distinction. From the title story to 'The Package', 'The Powder-Blue Dragon' to 'Runaways,' many of the stories are about people seeking something that distinguishes them from the rest of their world, usually something that is artificial or external to who they are. That these searches usually end in folly for the characters appears to illustrate Vonnegut's point - it is who we are as people that matters, not the trinkets we buy or the poses we adopt. Though hardly radical today, it is a point that offers an interesting contrast to the consumer-driven age that spawned such tales.
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i really love these novels they are fun and light hearted and they really capture the essence of short stories from before the TV was common enough to replace short stories as the mainstream medium of light-hearted entertainment
the stories are fun, witty, easily read and express the period 45-60 very nicely. even reading them today they do not seem overly long winded or aged, but could very well have been written as historical pieces today, that's how modern the prose is
but at the end of the day, there is no message or morale - the aim is just to entertain
my favourite was "The Poor Interpreters" - a very short story about some translators during ww2
the stories are fun, witty, easily read and express the period 45-60 very nicely. even reading them today they do not seem overly long winded or aged, but could very well have been written as historical pieces today, that's how modern the prose is
but at the end of the day, there is no message or morale - the aim is just to entertain
my favourite was "The Poor Interpreters" - a very short story about some translators during ww2
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