tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397078.post462619982140145522..comments2023-07-04T10:43:29.349-05:00Comments on The Lextopia: Vonnegut and FranklThe_Lexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01042029949389704751noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397078.post-7048754076060613432007-04-25T07:12:00.000-05:002007-04-25T07:12:00.000-05:00No, no, no. Perfect amount of information.Frankly,...No, no, no. Perfect amount of information.<BR/><BR/>Frankly, I'll admit that the covers I saw of Vonnegut's books turned me off when I was in high school. Shows you how much marketing and a book cover can play into this type of thing.<BR/><BR/>Since 10 years ago or so, though, I have wanted to read him, mainly because I know a lot of people who read him. His appearance on the Daily Show many The_Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01042029949389704751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397078.post-33325643571836843912007-04-24T23:13:00.000-05:002007-04-24T23:13:00.000-05:00My faves are cat's cradle and hocus pocus. A close...My faves are cat's cradle and hocus pocus. A close runner-up is mother night. Galapagos is very cool, but I had a hard time remembering anything about it after I read it. The others have pretty clear messages, or at least, leave stronger impressions on the reader.Jeremy Robyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09872403128822759849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15397078.post-20433672591380132462007-04-23T20:51:00.000-05:002007-04-23T20:51:00.000-05:00Well, in short, Frankl's big thing is that life ha...Well, in short, Frankl's big thing is that life has meaning and Vonnegut's is that it doesn't. But yea, they have a very humanistic viewpoint in common. And maybe Frankl believed in life's meaning a little less than one might think. I'm not actually sure he ever said that life had meaning, only that it helped a person to believe so. I don't think Vonnegut would disagree with that.<BR/><BR/>It chucklinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473875845484427801noreply@blogger.com