The merits of Kurt Vonnegut

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I noticed, through some error on you part undoubtably, that Kurt Vonnegut was left off your list of "literary science fiction". Vonnegut is a master satirist and writes with a certain flow that can only be described once it has been read. Perhaps that is you problem, that you need to read Vonnegut. If that is the fact, then I would just ask how you could start this page without first having read him! That is all for now.

-- H J Simpson (homerdohmm@aol.com), February 27, 1999

Answers

You are certainly correct. Vonnegut is one of the primary figures of literature in the 20th century (and I don't restrict this to science fiction), and certainly deserves a spot here. Please feel free to contribute a book review or an essay and I'll be glad to publish it on my site. I'd like to see a collaborative effort in the construction of this page. I know that many will not agree with my "Top Ten" selection, either, so you can also contribute your own top ten in the comments section.

By the way, I love the nifty moniker. I like to read it as Homer...D'OH!...MMMMMMMAOL.

-- Jason Voegele (jvoegele@carolla.com), February 27, 1999.


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