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Friday, July 24, 2009
The Book List!
Hopefully you all enjoy K Von as much as I do, because this book list I'm proposing is all about him.
Cat's Cradle- one of Vonnegut's most entertaining novels, is filled with scientists and G-men and even ordinary folks caught up in the game. These assorted characters chase each other around in search of the world's most important and dangerous substance, a new form of ice that freezes at room temperature.
The Sirens of Titan-Men and beasts are chrono-synclastically infundibulated, Earth is almost invaded by Mars and distant aliens completely control the destiny of all Mankind for their own laudably laughable ends. But these are fairly minor asides in the story, which refuses to be drawn aside from the basic question of The Meaningless Of It All and the small stories of even smaller individuals who find the Meaninglessness hard to accept.
Mother Night-is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all.
God Bless you Mr. Rosewater- Eliot Rosewater, drunk, volunteer fireman, and president of the fabulously rich Rosewater foundation, is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature... with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. The result is Vonnegut's funniest satire, an etched-in-acid portrayal of the greed, hypocrisy, and follies of the flesh we are all heir to.
Player Piano-Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a super computer and run completely by machines. His rebellion is a wildly funny, darkly satirical look at modern society.
please comment about which you'd like to read!! YAY!
Cat's Cradle- one of Vonnegut's most entertaining novels, is filled with scientists and G-men and even ordinary folks caught up in the game. These assorted characters chase each other around in search of the world's most important and dangerous substance, a new form of ice that freezes at room temperature.
The Sirens of Titan-Men and beasts are chrono-synclastically infundibulated, Earth is almost invaded by Mars and distant aliens completely control the destiny of all Mankind for their own laudably laughable ends. But these are fairly minor asides in the story, which refuses to be drawn aside from the basic question of The Meaningless Of It All and the small stories of even smaller individuals who find the Meaninglessness hard to accept.
Mother Night-is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all.
God Bless you Mr. Rosewater- Eliot Rosewater, drunk, volunteer fireman, and president of the fabulously rich Rosewater foundation, is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature... with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. The result is Vonnegut's funniest satire, an etched-in-acid portrayal of the greed, hypocrisy, and follies of the flesh we are all heir to.
Player Piano-Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a super computer and run completely by machines. His rebellion is a wildly funny, darkly satirical look at modern society.
please comment about which you'd like to read!! YAY!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Once Again
Hello All!
This is the official blog for our somewhat official and somewhat gender exclusive
book club CHAPTER FAMILY, aka tell your mans to get his own literature posse! Hopefully soon enough everyone will be a co-publisher of the blog,
so anyone can post anything. The only man invited is our hero, Jourdy.
......
So Start posting things you'd like to read! We can all get ideas, discuss, and vote on a book.
In final celebration of each book, we will have a real LIFE celebration based around the book.
How fantastic can this get? Real life, imagination, and hot womens collide into a sort of reading rainbow!
L
This is the official blog for our somewhat official and somewhat gender exclusive
book club CHAPTER FAMILY, aka tell your mans to get his own literature posse! Hopefully soon enough everyone will be a co-publisher of the blog,
so anyone can post anything. The only man invited is our hero, Jourdy.
......
So Start posting things you'd like to read! We can all get ideas, discuss, and vote on a book.
In final celebration of each book, we will have a real LIFE celebration based around the book.
How fantastic can this get? Real life, imagination, and hot womens collide into a sort of reading rainbow!
L
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
I CAN DO ANYTHING!
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