gotta say some things here...
the first 4 bauchman books are really good, but stepehn king wrote alot of bad books, which is exactly what vonnegutt did not do...hence why i think he can be held in a higher regard. I have read next to no cormac, so i cannot add to that dicussion....someone recomends me where to start, i will tho.
Celine wrote one decent book, Journey to the end of the night. But its one of those books that peple pretend to like because people say its good, but it had some pretty dry and bad parts. Im sure vonnegutt was more of a fan of the guy who wrote
Never come morning ...cant remember his name tho, but i do recall reading that he was a pretty big influence on kurt (name is Nelson Algren). that book is a lighter read and better than journey.
i think kurt was great because of his willingness to preach, and his ability to do so cleverly, any man that could live thru the dresden fire bombings and not live inside a bottle the rest his life, but further the thoughts of generations to come with his veiws that are still relevant today just as they were 30 years ago should never be put into a group with stephen king who openly admits he writes for an audience.
bluebeard, slaughterhouse, cats cradle, mothernight, are all books that accomplished what ever message he tried to say. I have not heard 1 person say anything about jailbird tho...people should really read that one
my top 5 von:
1. Slaughterhouse
2. Mothernight
3-4. Jailbird/bluebeard
5.hocus pocus
on a lighter note has anyone read his sons book, someone recomended
it to me but i never got around to reading it