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Welcome to the Monkey House | Kurt Jr. Vonnegut

What‘s your favorite collection of short stories and or essays? Welcome to the Monkey House is one of my favorites. Which would you recommend?

Beatlefan129 I really liked this one:

Look How Happy I'm Making You: Stories

mobill76 So many Bradbury collections are near and dear to me. Lately, I've been remembering stories from John Joseph Adams's "Wastelands" anthology. This is the way the world ends...

Wastelands

Reggie The Living Dead edited by John Joseph Adams. The 1st volume. Nothing but zombie short fiction every which way. I loved it. 2d

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Trashcanman @Beatlefan129 Thank you, I‘ll definitely check it out. Thanks for the recommendation. 🙌🏽 1d

Trashcanman @mobill76 Thanks for the recommendation! I‘ll check it out, I‘ve heard of the author but I‘ve never read any of his books. 🙌🏽 1d

Trashcanman @Reggie Thanks Reggie, I appreciate it man. Hope all is well on your end. 🙌🏽 1d

Trashcanman I was hoping for more recommendations. I thought more people liked short stories. 🤷🏽‍♂️ 1d

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Schnoebs

Galapagos: A Novel | Kurt Vonnegut

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Ugh, this is so frustrating. I love a good classic sci-fi story, especially when it‘s talking about catastrophic events happening on earth and to the environment. I just couldn‘t get on with the writing style I think. I can see where the author was taking us and what they were trying to say but I just couldn‘t connect with any of it. I‘ve been trudging through this book for so long and I just need to give up.

#dnf #classicscifi #scifi

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Texreader

Galapagos: A Novel | Kurt Vonnegut

Ebook on sale. Reminder Vonnegut is our #authoramonth in September

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DebinHawaii Thanks for the heads up! 3mo

Soubhiville Thanks @Texreader ! 3mo

TheSpineView Goodie! Thanks 3mo

Yenya1954 Thanks for the info ! 3mo

Bklover Thanks Soubhi! 3mo

Bklover And thanks @Texreader ! 3mo

CatLass007 Thanks @Soubhiville I‘ve always wanted to read something else by Vonnegut besides Slaughterhouse Five. It‘s a great book but I‘ve already read it twice. 3mo

AnishaInkspill thank you!!!! 3mo

julieclair Thanks for the heads up! 3mo

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LeftyDv

Timequake | Kurt Jr. Vonnegut

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After reading Timequake, I was left wondering what Vonnegut would have thought about technology and science in our current climate, Post-COVID.

In the book, mankind has 10 years to figure out its next move and they don‘t or can‘t or won‘t. There‘s nothing more pessimistic than that… and of course the humanist in me agrees with the synopsis. If television is an eraser, what is Google, AI, and Social Media doing to our awareness?

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willaful

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | Kurt Vonnegut

Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It‘s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It‘s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you‘ve got about a hundred years here. There‘s only one rule that I know of, babies—:

God damn it, you‘ve got to be kind.

TieDyeDude ❤ 5mo

Ruthiella My favorite quote from Vonnegut. 5mo

Leftcoastzen Miss him❤️ 5mo

willaful @Leftcoastzen sigh, yeah. 5mo

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The_Penniless_Author

Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction | Kurt Jr. Vonnegut

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A collection of Vonnegut's previously published short stories that were not included in Welcome to the Monkey House. Like most short story collections, the quality varies - a few were truly excellent, most good, and a few "meh". As a document of a writer in the process of finding himself, I would highly recommend it. It was cool to see so many of the elements of his later novels popping up here in fits and starts.

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Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons: (opinions) | Kurt Vonnegut

“If this isn't nice, what is?“

#SchoolSpirit #Essays

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Brilliant 🥳 7mo

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JuliaTheBookNerd

If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live By | Kurt Vonnegut

#Graduation 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓

#SchoolSpirit 🏫🎒🔔👩‍🏫🚌✏️🍎📓📚

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs ❤️❤️👩🏻‍🎓💙💙 7mo

caffeinated I love Kurt Vonnegut! 7mo

aa_guer2021 Maybe I started with the wrong book, but this author did not dazzle me as I thought he would. 😞🤔 7mo

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The_Penniless_Author

Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction | Kurt Jr. Vonnegut

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

At noon, Wednesday, July 26th, windowpanes in the small mountain towns of Sevier County, Tennessee, were rattled by the shock and faint thunder of a distant explosion rolling down the northwest slopes of the Great Smokies.

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Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut | Kurt Vonnegut

Confetti #1 (Peculiar Travel Suggestions...) 2004
Digital Silk Screen Image

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