kurt vonnegut?
(sp?)
i read that recently
( manolith hooray for me, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:45, archived)

that's the one
I hear it's good.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:46, archived)

also, i thought that slaughterhouse five related to a group of 5 people too
(i'm assuming you think this way because you put 'the' at the beginning)

but it's actually the building, as in the fifth slaughterhouse
( manolith hooray for me, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:47, archived)

so it goes.

( GrandmaOfShoes, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:49, archived)

indeed

( manolith hooray for me, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:51, archived)

ahh ok
my mistake :)
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:49, archived)

it's a good book
enjoy!
( manolith hooray for me, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:52, archived)

I'm reading Bagombo Snuff Box at the moment.
It's a collection of his short stories. I find Vonnegut a bit hit and miss, though. He has a style of writing that I sometimes find really hard to get into.

I've been reading a bit of Philip K. Dick and Asimov recently, too.
(MooCow_Byter, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:49, archived)

I like Philip K Dick
Ubik was good, and A Maze of Death should be read purely for its ridiculousness.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:52, archived)

I like Ubik, haven't read the other one.
My favourite novel of his is probably A Scanner Darkly, although many of his short stories are also excellent.

Some of his books I enjoy but find really confusing and can't really make sense of without a few rereads. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, for example. But he's very good at putting you into the minds of his characters.
(MooCow_Byter, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:56, archived)

A Scanner Darkly is very good
and Do androids dream of electric sheep?.

I know what you mean - he throws you into the books headfirst. I spend 2/3rds of it going "huh?" but then suddenly it all makes sense.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 11 May 2009, 16:58, archived)