Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” is a narrative that defies categorization. It’s a blend of science fiction, autobiography, and metafiction, telling the tale of Billy Pilgrim, a World War II veteran who becomes “unstuck in time.” The novel is a meditation on the horrors of war, ...
Before winning international fame, Vonnegut was a master of the drugstore paperback and the popular short story. This authoritative collection of his brilliant early work display his matchless talent for hilarious invention and...Offit Sidney
“EPICAC” byKurt Vonnegut The narrator tells the story of his friend, EPICAC, a seven ton computer that covered about an acre of the physics building at Wyandotte College. EPICAC was a government project designed to make the myriad fast and precise calculations needed for war. EPICAC ended up...
“Thanasphere” by Kurt Vonnegut Dr. Groszinger is assisting with an experiment. A manned spacecraft, the first of its kind, is two thousand miles above earth. The lone occupant, Major Allen Rice, was selected from a hundred volunteers for his strength, stoicism, and work ethic. He’s as...
Here's how Vonnegut himself explains the shape of stories: Graphic designer Maya Eilam made this idea into an awesome infographic:The next time you see an opportunity to explain an idea in the form of a story, think about this simple idea: stories have shapes that we can visualize. Where ...
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–Kurt Vonnegut Share this: Facebook Print Reddit LinkedIn Twitter Telegram Email Tumblr Pinterest WhatsApp Pocket Loading... GirlieOnTheEdge#SixSentenceCaféandBistro., #SixSentenceStories, blog hops, creative writing Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt! December 29, 2024GirlieOnTheEdge2 Comm...
And if you want to dive further, here’s Kurt Vonnegut on theShape of Stories. Keep it Simple Storytellers prefer simple stories because they’re more compelling. You don’t have to spell out all the details,you can just show them. ...
这本Kurt Vonnegut 短篇集最让人诟病的地方在于,编辑自作主张把 98 篇小说分成了 8 个类别(战争、女人、科学、浪漫、工作伦理、行为、乐队指挥、未来主义),而非按作品发表的顺序排列(就连在类别里顺序也是乱的)。我想一般买全集的人都想按时间顺序去读一个作家的成长史(起码我是如此),既然编辑不作为,就只好自...
Kurt Vonnegut, who had attended the same Indianapolis high school as Mr. Wakefield about a decade before him, wrote in a foreword that “Going All the Way” was “a richer book than ‘Portnoy’s Complaint’” and with “wider concerns and more intricate characters” than thatPhilip Rothclass...