Slaughterhouse Five
Actually finished this yesterday, but neglected to write on it
It was interesting.
It was disconnected, and scattered telling of the story, but odly. . . had an overall movement to it.
it's about a guy who was in WW2, a captured POW who was witness to the bombing of Dresden. He wasn't a fighter though, was supposed to be a chaplin's driver. Didn't have really any experience, nor did he really care for war, nor was he good about anything social.
He also seemed to have a pecuruliar ability to slip in and out of time. Not on purpose, but would be in one situation at one 'moment' then the next, be 10 years in the future. . .
Not sure how to describe some of it, because to understand what all was going on, you had to well, have faith in the author, and accept what he told you was happening. That Billy Pilgram slipped in and out of time, and didn't know exactally what all was happening until it was explained to him by the aliens that kidnapped him for a little while.
the aliens were the Trasfalamorian (sp?) and the book was written in their style. Since they could see into the 4th demension. . they could see all time in the now, so their books were written as short little disconnected thoughts and ideas, that taken as a whole told the story. That's the way the book was paced.
not sure what all else to say. Billy impressed me as listless, not really caring about much, but then, when you don't really know at what point of your life you will be at next, and know that this is what your future is going to hold. . . how much intrest can you put into the present?
It was interesting.
It was disconnected, and scattered telling of the story, but odly. . . had an overall movement to it.
it's about a guy who was in WW2, a captured POW who was witness to the bombing of Dresden. He wasn't a fighter though, was supposed to be a chaplin's driver. Didn't have really any experience, nor did he really care for war, nor was he good about anything social.
He also seemed to have a pecuruliar ability to slip in and out of time. Not on purpose, but would be in one situation at one 'moment' then the next, be 10 years in the future. . .
Not sure how to describe some of it, because to understand what all was going on, you had to well, have faith in the author, and accept what he told you was happening. That Billy Pilgram slipped in and out of time, and didn't know exactally what all was happening until it was explained to him by the aliens that kidnapped him for a little while.
the aliens were the Trasfalamorian (sp?) and the book was written in their style. Since they could see into the 4th demension. . they could see all time in the now, so their books were written as short little disconnected thoughts and ideas, that taken as a whole told the story. That's the way the book was paced.
not sure what all else to say. Billy impressed me as listless, not really caring about much, but then, when you don't really know at what point of your life you will be at next, and know that this is what your future is going to hold. . . how much intrest can you put into the present?