Members Elliott Damage Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 just curious. I'd probably say he's my favorite author. A Man Without a Country was fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PurpleStrat Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 He was great in "Back to School"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 i just started reading him yesterday.SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, of course.so far so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIKILOCKEDOUT Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 I like him but I love JG Ballard ... I have nearly everything he's ever written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elliott Damage Posted December 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by GuyaGuy i just started reading him yesterday. SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, of course. so far so good. great book, i really hope you enjoy it. It's one of my all time favorties. Slaughterhouse Five was the first of many Vonnegut books I've read.I just got done Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson and I'm 100 pages into Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by Elliott Damage great book, i really hope you enjoy it. It's one of my all time favorties. Slaughterhouse Five was the first of many Vonnegut books I've read. I just got done Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson and I'm 100 pages into Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac. well then i can HIGHLY recommend this:Celine was a big influence on Burroughs, Thompson, Kerouac, and (as he admits in the first chapter of SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5) Vonnegut.really raw, pretty dark, and often hilarious. and full of ellipses.i actually started reading CAT'S CRADLE a few weeks ago but haf to return it becuase 24 pages were missing and replaced by duplicate pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIKILOCKEDOUT Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Yes ... I have Celine gracing my shelves since my teens ... I had Journey when I was 16, incredible book. I can also highly recommend Death on the Installment Plan by same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elliott Damage Posted December 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by GuyaGuy well then i can HIGHLY recommend this: Celine was a big influence on Burroughs, Thompson, Kerouac, and (as he admits in the first chapter of SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5) Vonnegut. really raw, pretty dark, and often hilarious. and full of ellipses. i actually started reading CAT'S CRADLE a few weeks ago but haf to return it becuase 24 pages were missing and replaced by duplicate pages. i will be certain to check it out, thanks for the recomendation!Cat's Cradle is also excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elliott Damage Posted December 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by TIKIROCKER Yes ... I have Celine gracing my shelves since my teens ... I had Journey when I was 16, incredible book. I can also highly recommend Death on the Installment Plan by same. I'm going to check out JG Ballard as well. Any thoughts on what to start with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIKILOCKEDOUT Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by Elliott Damage I'm going to check out JG Ballard as well. Any thoughts on what to start with? Oh man ... Ballard is my literary hero. I will give you my list of starters in order. 1. Crash 2. Super Cannes 3. Cocaine Nights. Read those first then move on to his more bizzare and abstract stuff like Vermillion Sands etc. Millenium People is also killer and his very latest Kingdom Come! Ballard is second to none for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elliott Damage Posted December 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by TIKIROCKER Oh man ... Ballard is my literary hero. I will give you my list of starters in order. 1. Crash 2. Super Cannes 3. Cocaine Nights. Read those first then move on to his more bizzare and abstract stuff like Vermillion Sands etc. Millenium People is also killer and his very latest Kingdom Come! Ballard is second to none for me. great! thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by TIKIROCKER Oh man ... Ballard is my literary hero. I will give you my list of starters in order.1. Crash2. Super Cannes3. Cocaine Nights.Read those first then move on to his more bizzare and abstract stuff like Vermillion Sands etc.Millenium People is also killer and his very latest Kingdom Come!Ballard is second to none for me. speaking of him...i actually just finished reading CRASH just before starting Vonnegut!excellent stuff.i think i'll try one of those after finishing SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoirAbattoir Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elliott Damage Posted December 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by GuyaGuy speaking of him...i actually just finished reading CRASH just before starting Vonnegut!excellent stuff.i think i'll try one of those after finishing SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5. how did you like Crash? I might go ahead and order it tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIKILOCKEDOUT Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by GuyaGuy speaking of him...i actually just finished reading CRASH just before starting Vonnegut!excellent stuff.i think i'll try one of those after finishing SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5. Crash is possibly in my top 5 books EVER ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by Elliott Damage how did you like Crash? I might go ahead and order it tonight. great stuff.lots of violence and graphic sex but narrated in a deadpan style that prevents it from becoming sensationalist. basically a study on technology, contemporary sexuality, 20th century malaise and celebrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shipatsea Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 A Man without a country is a really good book, but a little arrogant when he compares himself to the likes of Mark Twain. Kurts good but he ain't no Twain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIKILOCKEDOUT Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Well said GuyaGuy ... your analysis proves you have read the book and understood it's themes. I would also add that a major theme of Ballards, and why I love his work so much, is that his works are ultimately Dystopian. All my fave writers are Dystopian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIKILOCKEDOUT Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by shipatsea A Man without a country is a really good book, but a little arrogant when he compares himself to the likes of Mark Twain. Kurts good but he ain't no Twain! I agree ... Kurt IS good ... there are authors I like better however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by TIKIROCKER All my fave writers are Distopian. O RLY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elliott Damage Posted December 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by shipatsea A Man without a country is a really good book, but a little arrogant when he compares himself to the likes of Mark Twain. Kurts good but he ain't no Twain! best line from that book: George Bush is a Christian.......so was Adolf Hitler:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members decode6 Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 His best book is Slapstick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mprown14 Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 I've only read Cat's Cradle, but that was a great read. I'd also recommend Tim Dorsey for Vonnegut fans, because Dorsey also writes with that same kind of surreal atmosphere that Vonnegut did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIKILOCKEDOUT Posted December 24, 2006 Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by GuyaGuy O RLY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elliott Damage Posted December 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2006 Originally posted by decode6 His best book is Slapstick. great book as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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