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Kurt Vonnegut, author of "Slaughterhouse Five" and "Breakfast of Champions" and a hand-drawn Asshole, Dies |
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Best Sci-Fi book with poignancy
Kurt Vonnegut is one of my favorite dark humorist author. Slaughterhouse Five is a novel that talks about himself, a lot of characters are people that made an impression on him. Billy, a German prisoner of war, is a man who walks by himself and tells something about who he really is. Kilgore Trout also represents him, he is a science-fiction writer who isn’t very popular but has a very strong fans.
Fate, free will, cruelty and the absurdity of human nature are all combine in this book, a one rare breed of books that has a colorful description offering a glimpse of war, aliens and time travel. It has a powerful message about life that is a really fantastic.