I have finally read Kurt Vonnegut's semi-autobiographical novel 'Slaughterhouse Five' and bought the 1972 movie of the same name and watched it, too.
If it wasn't mainly for the "Owl Guy" Mike Clelland talking about the novel so much in recent podcasts, I probably wouldn't have read it until sometime further on in time -
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It is a book I would have read eventually, because it is one of the 1001 books I'm told I need to read in one of the current books I'm reading now ... and probably will be reading until the day I die?-)
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But I had to read it out of chronological order to the books I have already read in that book to read it at the point of time that I did:-)
I may have to watch the movie again today, since it is 'World UFO Day', and I did watch the movie before I had read the book, so watching the movie again will highlight the differences in the book/movie. I can't help thinking how similar in theme the movie Slaughterhouse Five is to Asteroid City, although without the war theme (apart from A Bombs going off).
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Kurt Vonnegut joins an audience of World Service listeners to answer questions about his novel Slaughterhouse-Five |
Kurt Vonnegut, author of A Man Without a Country and Slaughterhouse-Five |
Ironically, I have that "prayer" on a 2024 calendar I bought this year, which replaced a UFO 2023 calendar my sister bought me for Christmas in 2022 -
Time to Get Ready for 2023?ð―ðĨģHopefully, I'll live long enough to read a few more of Kurt's books that I don't have to read before I die .... and so, it goes?-)
I read "Slaughterhouse Five" and "Catcher in the Rhye" both simultaneously many years ago! Vonnegut's description of the Dresden bombings was harrowing to say the least! The movie is interesting, but again....my memory not the best on the differences, although I enjoy both the novel and movie of "The World According to Garp" and their both completely different! Vonnegut makes a amusing cameo in Rodney Dangerfield's movie "Back To School" by the way...
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