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notbillgates  ·  3804 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are Kurt Vonnegut's best works?

Galapagos is my favorite of his works. I love that he is able to tell a story in such a way as to create a valid argument against his own brain.

    “That, in my opinion, was the most diabolical aspect of those old-time big brains: They would tell their owners, in effect, ‘Here is a crazy thing we could actually do, probably, but we would never do it, of course. It’s just fun to think about."

    “And then, as though in trances, the people would actually do it.”





humanodon  ·  3804 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is probably my favorite too. I love the narrator as well.

nowaypablo  ·  3804 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have yet to read Galapagos! But it was suggested to me before so I'll definitely check it out now.

I think that self-argument is just a blatant and honest process of Vonnegut thinking out loud and trying to find a truth. In this way he's getting a lesson out of every book he writes, in addition to just preaching to the choir of his readers.

kleinbl00  ·  3804 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's an interesting book. Vonnegut essentially argues that intelligence is an evolutionary dead end.