I saw a huge steam roller...

[casavant]

I saw a huge steam roller,
It blotted out the sun.
The people all lay down, lay down;
They did not try to run.
My love and I, we looked amazed
Upon the gory mystery.
"Lie down, lie down!" the people cried.
"The great machine is history!"
My love and I, we ran away,
The engine did not find us.
We ran up to a mountain top,
Left history far behind us.
Perhaps we should have stayed and died,
But somehow we don't think so.
We went to see where history'd been,
And my, the dead did stink so.

- from Kurt Vonnegut's "Mother Night"

 

[GRIT]

Vonnegut is fucking awesome. I love his books, he is so incredibly cynical, he warms my heart. Cat's Cradle is the best IMHO.

 

[casavant]

Vonnegut is fucking awesome. I love his books, he is so incredibly cynical, he warms my heart. Cat's Cradle is the best IMHO.

I haven't read that one yet, but I need to find it. They say it's one of his best. So far I've read "Slaughterhouse Five", "Timequake", and "Jailbird". Good stuff.

And so it goes.

 

[WarriorPL]

Heh... if you want his best work, go and read Slaughterhouse-Five. Great book. Incredibly twisted as well.

Cat's Cradle wasn't all that bad either.