MOTHER NIGHT is perhaps the most suspended between sf and contemporary mimetic fiction of all Vonnegut's novels, the most grounded surrealism I've read at book length since Kafka. It, and THE SIRENS OF TITAN, are as underappreciated as it's possible for a Vonnegut novel to be. (My favorite contemporary novel by KV would be BLUEBEARD, but MOTHER NIGHT is strong.)
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I'll be ordering the SF volumes!
I knew you would. They do sound good.
Jeff
Nice to see The Long Tomorrow included. A much overlooked novel.
Mother Night is my favorite Vonnegut novel. It's not hugely read but everyone I run into who has read it just loves it.
And it was a Gold Medal book, as was THE SHRINKING MAN. Great to see them included in the LoA.
MOTHER NIGHT is perhaps the most suspended between sf and contemporary mimetic fiction of all Vonnegut's novels, the most grounded surrealism I've read at book length since Kafka. It, and THE SIRENS OF TITAN, are as underappreciated as it's possible for a Vonnegut novel to be. (My favorite contemporary novel by KV would be BLUEBEARD, but MOTHER NIGHT is strong.)
Kuddos to LOA. There are plenty more authors for them to mine in them thar hills!
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