You're right about the Taylor Swift comparison! I survived the 80s and remember when Born in the USA entered pop culture like a meteor. The Bangles and the Go-Gos held my interest at the time, but in retrospect I see the imprint it made, though I like Nebraska better!

William F. Buckley, who was no liberal (to say the least), called this book “a thousand pages of ideological fabulism”.

I'm reading the Arabic translation, and I feel like I have to read the page twice and drink coffee while reading because it's very complicated. 😂

Unfortunately, the most vociferous criticisms come from those who have never read it.

I actually liked it more for the traveling and scenery. Got me into writing. Good book.

I'm so happy that non-Syrians are reading books about the suffering of Syrians and the dictatorship of the Assad regime. Thank you so much.❤

I just read Cat's Cradle and I didn't really get it. I could see how he was pointing out the scientists who come up with these deadly inventions like the a-bomb and ice-9 just for the sake of pursuing their interests without any thought as to the wider consequences. I actually, ice-9 was my favorite part of the book how it acted as a seed crystal to allow water to freeze at above room temp.

Definitely

It is a credible book.

This is one of my all-time favorite books. I read it in high school, and it had a huge effect on my life. I was seventeen, walking home from school on a beautiful day, a month before my eighteenth birthday. That glorious day, I was wearing: a striped green short-sleeve blouse with a round collar, and a grey pleated cotton mini-skirt. On my feet: shiny oxford penny loafers; in my arms, a stack of books. My glossy chestnut hair bounced at my shoulders. The street, the sky, the grass, the blooming flowers were intoxicating. The temperature, as I recall, was probably around 75 degrees. It was breezy, the trees rustled their applause, and the sun was smiling down at my pretty, teenage, budding self-confidence. I knew, without a doubt, that I was beautiful. Men going by whistled, tooted and waved. I felt the radiant heat of flattery on my cheeks, and gazed with satisfaction at my long, tanned legs as they strode before me. Approaching my pretty, colonial house on a busy street, in a privileged suburb, I saw my mother gazing down at me from the second floor. Her arms were folded, her mouth ticked downward in her usual grimace of disappointment. For her, I wasn't pretty enough, would never be "beautiful," and was, I was made to believe, the bane of her existence. Looking back, I realize that she was probably envious of my budding beauty, for she had lost some of hers, with the care and toil of housewifely incarceration. (In those days, "privileged" women did not "go out to work.") As I saw her standing there, above me, I, too, took a stand. I vowed, like Oskar, that I would never grow up, never go beyond my eighteen years. I would, literally, stay eighteen my entire life. It turned out to be one of the smartest decisions I've ever made. I've lived a long and happy life, filled with true love, friendship and creative amusement. I'll never not be a "kid." I still believe I'm beautiful, and people seem to acknowledge that all the time. At what age were you the"best"? Me? I was - still am - eighteen, thanks to Oskar.

I just bought this book - I’ll comment when I get through it 😊

Great review 👍👍

Ayn Rand isn’t a mighty philosopher so please don’t get drawn into thinking she is. 700 pages into her 1000 page monstrosity I completely lost interest in her characters and wrote off her plot as sophomoric 3rd grade intellect propaganda.

I suggest adding "sednaya prison" ( the mountainous prison) to the title.

God Bless You is a favorite. My top 3: The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill - the Minotaur, now a cook, struggles with loneliness and fitting in; A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck - a man trapped in a purgatory inspired by Borges's Library of Babel; and Norwood by Charles Portis - a quirky, humorous road trip through the American South.

That Kurt Vonnegut book is amazing glad you liked it. It’s in my favorites of his

So basically it’s outdated. Why on Earth waste my time?

I just finished sirens of titan, watched your review on that, and you mentioned a review of this in your comments, so came to find it. Well done reviews on both books! I’m fairly new to Vonnegut, having read Breakfast of Champions, Cats Cradle, God Bless You Mr Rosewater and Sirens of Titan… saving Slaughterhouse Five for a few more books in. I have thoroughly enjoyed all his books so far, Elliot is a favourite character so far. This one is my favourite yet, though Sirens ended up right with it as that story came together. Any suggestions for a next Vonnegut book to read? At this point the plan is to read them all, in between other reads. As I mentioned, saving slaughterhouse five for a bit.

Thank you for bringing this book to my attention.

The kid has big hands , the judge small. In the first paragraph Cormac tells you this …. The kid killed his sister before he leaves. This joke on us was Cormacs joke on us … re read it assuming the kid is the real evil

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I have read Joaqium Machado de Assis (Epitaph for a Small WInner, Don Casmurro, and "The Psychiatrist". Sao Bernardo by Graciliano Ramos. There's Jorge Amado and Clarice Lispector, but I have read neither. Yet.

This was wonderfully documented or reviewed for no lack of grammer 😄 The book seemed fairly interesting. I have Blindness on my shelf, I was always drawn to pick up the book because it felt and seemed interesting. But I never did, someone also gave a bad review of Blindness which drew me back, but this though, this book with the depth of the reviews description of it, did sound interesting to me..

And now "actress" Lilly Phillips will not only make this happen in real life, but furthermore take it to the next level to 1000 men in one day

Show some respect

Glad you're back!

It's a yes no question and the answer is no

Ayn Rand was never right wing. Conservatives hijacked her ideas for many years but today conservatives completely reject her philosophy.

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Read this book 📖. You can thank me later.

I loved it. John Galt, Dagny, and Frisco are modern day heroes.

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The answer to "should I read [any] Vonnegut novel" is always yes. He was the most human of writers. He broke every rule of logic to display the human condition. You will come away with a better understanding of yourself as you turn each page.

Rand was ahead of her time. It’s interesting that her surname is the currency of South Africa, her teachings would completely rescue the dying cunt-ry

It seems like Dagney was a rich chick who slept around and chain smoked. I like those qualities in a woman. When I read the book I pictured her with big hair, and wearing animal print spandex pants

A manager at a place I worked gave me a copy of Atlas Shrugged, and it changed my life. It was one of the most important influences on how I lived my life. Not because it told me to do something, not because it gave me things to believe, but because it helped me to refine the tools I already had to work it all out on my own.

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Read several Vonnegut books when I was younger, and Slaughterhouse Five was a favorite among all authors. & while I' remember Slaughterhouse Five & a few others , some are lost to time & blurry teenage & college years, so not sure if I did Cat's Cradle or not. Currently listening to it, and found your review during a break, looking for reasons to continue the story. I'm not finding CC nearly as biting a SH5, and not on par with SL5 in humor, pathos. Let me give you a good recommendation, William Peter Blatty's Faith Trilogy: The Exorcist , The Ninth Configuration, & Legion(the only true Exorcist sequel, & Blatty directed the film adaptation Exorcist 3: Legion himself). If you've not read these, I think they'll blow you away just by how good Blatty is. They are not schlockly pulp horror books, they're great american literature. Each is a story written about aspects of faith, not "the devil is the boogeyman" as many would assume. And never preachy either, but more humanistic in the arguments the books make. I'm still agnostic, but I don't mind an argument for God if it's weaved into great stories.

Well done, I like your approach to Ford, my fav modern author. Looking froward to watching your other Ford reviews, as well as other episodes. I just subscribed.

Just finished it....but I have to disagree with the vast array of characters. There were lots of names, lots of very, very brief encounters...but the whole novel was annoying based around Dean Moriaty, one of the most dislikeable characters I've ever read about. I was praying that he wouldn't go along on the final trip to Mexico, but lo and behold, he turns up, having to be centre of attention. It was dour, top heavy with Dean Moriaty - and I could never recommend this book. I am glad to have finished it, but that's it.

An important book, if you're interested in philosophy. For half the time, read The Law by Bastiat and then The Fountainhead.

One of the best things about Vonnegut is how people can come away with their own interpretation of the absurdity. There is almost zero overlap between what you highlight, what I would, and the frequent highlights in kindle

If you are a masochist, sure, read the thing.

Should be required reading for high school students. Its really not a hard book to read and understand.

I still can't get over it 😢😢.

Hypocrisy. She accepted welfare.

Ayn Rand is not authoritarian. She is a right libertarian which is 100% opposite of Donald TrumpEvangelicals and Christian Nationalism. I like Ayn Rand. She is a true intellectual and feminist pro abortion and women's rights. Her philosophy is a philosophy to the extreme. Her philosophy is correct but human beings are flawed. We can aspire to live the objectivist vision however we humans are flawed and make mistakes so im a social libertarian. I'd have been happier with Republicans sticking to Ayn Rands philosophy rather than authoritarian Christian politics as MAGA has made the Republican Party. Ayn Rand is a feminist I admire!!

It's worth reading many times. The Left hates AS and Rand because she sees through all their crap!

People keep bringing up 1984 regarding the current situation we have in the U.S. I think Atlas Shrugged is a more accurate depiction and at times is almost spot on.