It's Not Necessary to Breathe

... interpretation. The lines "looking up and abruptly forget what you're thinking/fire alarms go off in your head" make me think of the Kurt Vonnegut short story "Harrison Bergeron," in which people with above-average intelligence are handicapped by being equipped with devices that interrupt their thoughts with loud noises ...

... block), so we headed there in the morning and I ended up getting 5 child psychology/education books for my Master's program (seminal works by Dewey, Piaget, Erikson), plus Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut,"House of Mystery" graphic novel (#1), plus a big, crazy hardbound graphic novel called "Asterios Polyp" which, as far as I ...

A day to honor vets?

... was already being used to glorify war. When it became Veterans Day, that became the standard. You can hardly go wrong quoting Kurt Vonnegut, a World War II veteran and author of Slaughterhouse Five. In another of his books, Breakfast of Champions, he said the following about Armistice Day: I will come to a time in my...

Read 10 books from this list (#26 of 101 update 2)

... . You can comment here or there . Ok! I have my list of books from the list of "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" that I will be reading over the next 984 days. Thanks to ...érables – Victor Hugo (reading now) The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde Rashomon – Akutagawa Ryunosuke Slaughterhouse-five – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

... one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, ...to know. (from the publisher) 020 bb $a 9780440180296 100 bb $a Vonnegut, Kurt. 245 b0 $a Slaughterhouse-five, or, The children's crusade: $b a duty dance with death / $c by Kurt Vonnegut. 246 bb $a Slaughterhouse 5 246 b0... both their planets. This was my first Vonnegut novel and would have to say that ...

Greetings and Salutations!

..., and he could really use some clothes for the upcoming months. Especially pajamas! 2. Any books. I'm a full out bibliophile and if you have a book you don't ..., Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jack Kerouac. Particularly, I'm looking to expand on my Kerouac and Kurt Vonnegut collections. 3. Music! Again, just about anything. You can reference my LastFM if you like. I'm especially looking ...

Флешмоб: сайфай книжки

.... Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys / "Злая луна", Альгис Будрис * 41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien / "Сильмариллион", Дж.Р.Р. Толкиен 42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut / "Бойня номер пять", Курт Воннегут 43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson / "Лавина", Нил Стивенсон 44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner / "Всем стоять на ...

BOOKS For Sale!

...Mostly paperback Mostly literature, plays, or poetry Some art books, art how-to books,... Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting (great condition) $4 Kurt Vonnegut - Bluebeard (good condition) $4 Kurt ... - Cat's Cradle (hardcover) Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 BIOGRAPHY & NON FICTION ($3 each unless otherwise stated) Michael... Punishment of I.G. Farben ART BOOKS ($8 each unless otherwise stated) Edward...

For Zuzi82

... tunnel. So I'm trying to track all the  books I have read in my lifetime.  Whole YEARS are ... BOOKS, THE FAR SIDE AND ALL THE SCI FI BOOKS I READ IN JR. HIGH I know this can't ... 132. Batman The  Killing Joke-  Alan Moore  133. Blackbeard-Vonnegut  134. Slaughterhouse Five  135. Fahrenheit 451-Ray  Bradbury  136...  Ennis  199. It's True! It's True!-Kurt Angle  200. Romeo and Juliet  201. Hamlet  202....

Books, Books and More Books.

...Separate Peace - John Knowles The Shining - Stephen King Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The Stand - Stephen King Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway Tess of the D'Urbervilles...Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe. Ulysses - James Joyce Welcome to the Monkey House - Kurt Vonnegut Jr Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein ...