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Timequake
by Kurt Vonnegut
I'm in the weird position of listing this as "fiction" and "non-fiction," because it's Vonnegut. It's kind of entertaining to read someone who has just totally given up on their writer's block. The man could never REALLY keep himself totally out of his books, but this is when he takes his book over, and in frustration, ends his fiction career with a clambake with all of his characters and friends. Perfectly weird way of doing it.
Another note on the end of Vonnegut (I still have a few left of his to read, but this feels like a pretty natural culmination of his work, while A Man Without a Country and Armageddon In Retrospect both seemed like essay collections) is that I've finally come to a point I disagree with him on: I don't love the strand of Ludditism that runs through his work. He seems to want a deconstruction of all technology, being somewhat skeptical after going through the extremely mechanized WWII and seeing machines put people out of business. The best example was in Player Piano, but he mentions machines as robbing people of their dignity in a number of his books. I read this book on my Kindle, which I love, and I write on my computer, which I also love. For me, technology has expanded my ability to keep in touch with the people I love, and it has enhanced my ability to communicate with people I have similar interests with. While some people might argue that it's a removed type of connection, because it's not face to face, I do think technology has been a force for good, overall, in my life. It's a tool, and it can be used for good or evil. I understand why Vonnegut wasn't a fan though.
Another note on the end of Vonnegut (I still have a few left of his to read, but this feels like a pretty natural culmination of his work, while A Man Without a Country and Armageddon In Retrospect both seemed like essay collections) is that I've finally come to a point I disagree with him on: I don't love the strand of Ludditism that runs through his work. He seems to want a deconstruction of all technology, being somewhat skeptical after going through the extremely mechanized WWII and seeing machines put people out of business. The best example was in Player Piano, but he mentions machines as robbing people of their dignity in a number of his books. I read this book on my Kindle, which I love, and I write on my computer, which I also love. For me, technology has expanded my ability to keep in touch with the people I love, and it has enhanced my ability to communicate with people I have similar interests with. While some people might argue that it's a removed type of connection, because it's not face to face, I do think technology has been a force for good, overall, in my life. It's a tool, and it can be used for good or evil. I understand why Vonnegut wasn't a fan though.