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RE: https://mstdn.social/@W_Lucht/116823368565878106
Dresden appears to be burning again! #Vonnegut #SlaughterHouseFive
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@W_Lucht/116823368565878106
Dresden appears to be burning again! #Vonnegut #SlaughterHouseFive
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Books #SlaughterhouseFive 10 Best Postmodern Books of All Time http://dlvr.it/TT1nnr
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Books #SlaughterhouseFive 10 Best Postmodern Books of All Time http://dlvr.it/TT1nnr
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"Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. published this day in 1969.
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"Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. published this day in 1969.
#KurtVonnegutJr #SlaughterhouseFive -
A quotation from Kurt Vonnegut
The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. The Tralfamadorians can look at all the different moments just that way we can look at a stretch of the Rocky Mountains, for instance. They can see how permanent all the moments are, and they can look at any moment that interests them. It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) American novelist, journalist
Slaughterhouse-Five, ch. 2 (1969)More about this quote: wist.info/vonnegut-kurt-jr/557…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #vonnegut #kurtvonnegut #kurtvonnegutjr #slaughterhousefive #death #lifespan #passageoftime #past #perspective #present #simultaneity #time
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Gisteren fietste ik naar het Messe-terrein van #Dresden, waar het slachthuis is dat zijn naam gaf aan de beroemde roman #SlaughterhouseFive van #KurtVonnegut. De bewaker van het afgesloten terrein was niet verbaasd dat ik vroeg of ik even verder mocht lopen, dus hier zijn foto's van de plaats.
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What is your take on #SlaughterhouseFive
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What is your take on #SlaughterhouseFive
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"Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. published this day in 1969.
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"Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. published this day in 1969.
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I took a convenient #austin #capmetro ride down to the #Texas capitol and #txlege this morning to register my opposition to the latest book ban bill #txSB13 . Brought my copy of #SlaughterhouseFive to read on the bus. You know, while people still can. https://www.txftrp.org/oppose_sb_13_thursday
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#Florida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools
#Beloved by #ToniMorrison, #NormalPeople by #SallyRooney and #SlaughterhouseFive by #KurtVonnegut, among books pulled
by Coral Murphy Marcos
Tue 12 Nov 2024 23.10 EST"Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were 'removed or discontinued' from schools across the state after changes to a state law last year that allows parents and residents to challenge the content of #LibraryBooks.
"This year’s list, which has doubled in size from last year, includes titles such as Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
"The list comes after #HouseBill1069 went into effect last July, requiring school districts to set up a mechanism for parents to object to anything they consider pornographic or inappropriate.
"Since then hundreds of titles have been removed from elementary, middle and high school libraries. In Florida, 33 out of about 70 school districts #BannedBooks.
"American classics such as #BraveNewWorld by #AldousHuxley, #ForWhomTheBellTolls by #ErnestHemingway and The Adventures of #TomSawyer by #MarkTwain are among those that have been pulled. Contemporary novels by bestselling authors such as #MargaretAtwood and #StephenKing have also been removed.
"Members of the #FloridaFreedomToReadProject, a group comprised of public school parents, said the measure has led to an unprecedented rise in #censorship, mostly driven by conservative interest groups, and has limited students’ access to diverse #literature.
“'We believe in a fair, thorough, and public objection process that ensures decisions reflect the needs of each school community - not the broad, district-wide censorship we see today that’s inspired by the vague language in #HB1069 and ‘bad book’ lists like this one,' the group said in a statement.
“'Censorship is happening right here in Florida. Lists like this that include award-winning, #ClassicLiterature and books about #BanningBooks cannot be spun or shoved into a narrative about extremely targeted removals,' they added.
"#PENAmerica found that Florida and #Iowa recorded the highest number of book bans during the 2023-2024 school year, leading in the country with over 4,500 book bans in Florida and over 3,600 in Iowa. These bans have cost districts about $34,000 to $135,000 a year.
"A study on educational censorship in Florida found a 'climate of compliance, fear and stress' that threatens students’ academic performance and the well-being of both teachers and students'."
#BannedBooks #Censorship #FloridaSchools #Education #CharacteristicsOfFascism #ChristoFascism
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#Florida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools
#Beloved by #ToniMorrison, #NormalPeople by #SallyRooney and #SlaughterhouseFive by #KurtVonnegut, among books pulled
by Coral Murphy Marcos
Tue 12 Nov 2024 23.10 EST"Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were 'removed or discontinued' from schools across the state after changes to a state law last year that allows parents and residents to challenge the content of #LibraryBooks.
"This year’s list, which has doubled in size from last year, includes titles such as Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
"The list comes after #HouseBill1069 went into effect last July, requiring school districts to set up a mechanism for parents to object to anything they consider pornographic or inappropriate.
"Since then hundreds of titles have been removed from elementary, middle and high school libraries. In Florida, 33 out of about 70 school districts #BannedBooks.
"American classics such as #BraveNewWorld by #AldousHuxley, #ForWhomTheBellTolls by #ErnestHemingway and The Adventures of #TomSawyer by #MarkTwain are among those that have been pulled. Contemporary novels by bestselling authors such as #MargaretAtwood and #StephenKing have also been removed.
"Members of the #FloridaFreedomToReadProject, a group comprised of public school parents, said the measure has led to an unprecedented rise in #censorship, mostly driven by conservative interest groups, and has limited students’ access to diverse #literature.
“'We believe in a fair, thorough, and public objection process that ensures decisions reflect the needs of each school community - not the broad, district-wide censorship we see today that’s inspired by the vague language in #HB1069 and ‘bad book’ lists like this one,' the group said in a statement.
“'Censorship is happening right here in Florida. Lists like this that include award-winning, #ClassicLiterature and books about #BanningBooks cannot be spun or shoved into a narrative about extremely targeted removals,' they added.
"#PENAmerica found that Florida and #Iowa recorded the highest number of book bans during the 2023-2024 school year, leading in the country with over 4,500 book bans in Florida and over 3,600 in Iowa. These bans have cost districts about $34,000 to $135,000 a year.
"A study on educational censorship in Florida found a 'climate of compliance, fear and stress' that threatens students’ academic performance and the well-being of both teachers and students'."
#BannedBooks #Censorship #FloridaSchools #Education #CharacteristicsOfFascism #ChristoFascism
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This is awesome. I need a copy of GHQ. Or I need time to write one in Go.
In the time between WWII and Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut spent several years perfecting a "capture the flag" style war simulation game that is played on a checkerboard with specialized pieces:
https://gametek.substack.com/p/and-so-it-goes
#KurtVonnegut #SlaughterhouseFive #GHQ #GlobalHeadQuartersTheGame
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This is awesome. I need a copy of GHQ. Or I need time to write one in Go.
In the time between WWII and Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut spent several years perfecting a "capture the flag" style war simulation game that is played on a checkerboard with specialized pieces:
https://gametek.substack.com/p/and-so-it-goes
#KurtVonnegut #SlaughterhouseFive #GHQ #GlobalHeadQuartersTheGame
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"Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. published this day in 1969.
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Can’t believe I have never read this. Anyway, on it now.
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Can’t believe I have never read this. Anyway, on it now.
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My favorite version of “The Serenity Prayer” will always be the one from Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse Five” (one of my favorite books of all time)
#MusComEnt #FastColor #SlaughterhouseFive #KurtVonnegut -
My favorite version of “The Serenity Prayer” will always be the one from Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse Five” (one of my favorite books of all time)
#MusComEnt #FastColor #SlaughterhouseFive #KurtVonnegut -
"You were just babies then!" she said. "What?" I said. "You were just babies in the war — like the ones upstairs!" I nodded that this was true. We had been foolish virgins in the war, right at the end of childhood. "But you're not going to write it that way, are you." This wasn't a question. It was an accusation. "I — I don't know," I said. "Well I know," she said. "You'll pretend you were men instead of babies, and you'll be portrayed in the movies by Frank Sinatra and John Wayne or some of those other glamorous, war-loving, dirty old men. And war will look just wonderful, so we'll have a lot more of them. And they'll be fought by babies like the babies upstairs." So then I understood. It was war that made her so angry. She didn't want her babies or anybody else's babies killed in wars. And she thought wars were partly encouraged by books and movies. So I held up my right hand and I made her a promise: "Mary," I said, "I don't think this book of mine is ever going to be finished. I must have written five thousand pages by now, and thrown them all away. If I ever do finish it, though, I give you my word of honor: there won't be a part for Frank Sinatra or John Wayne. "I tell you what," I said, "I'll call it The Children's Crusade." She was my friend after that. #KurtVonnegut #SlaughterHouseFive #War
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"You were just babies then!" she said. "What?" I said. "You were just babies in the war — like the ones upstairs!" I nodded that this was true. We had been foolish virgins in the war, right at the end of childhood. "But you're not going to write it that way, are you." This wasn't a question. It was an accusation. "I — I don't know," I said. "Well I know," she said. "You'll pretend you were men instead of babies, and you'll be portrayed in the movies by Frank Sinatra and John Wayne or some of those other glamorous, war-loving, dirty old men. And war will look just wonderful, so we'll have a lot more of them. And they'll be fought by babies like the babies upstairs." So then I understood. It was war that made her so angry. She didn't want her babies or anybody else's babies killed in wars. And she thought wars were partly encouraged by books and movies. So I held up my right hand and I made her a promise: "Mary," I said, "I don't think this book of mine is ever going to be finished. I must have written five thousand pages by now, and thrown them all away. If I ever do finish it, though, I give you my word of honor: there won't be a part for Frank Sinatra or John Wayne. "I tell you what," I said, "I'll call it The Children's Crusade." She was my friend after that. #KurtVonnegut #SlaughterHouseFive #War
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#KurtVonnegut described a somewhat similar idea with the Tralfmadorians in #slaughterhousefive which is why it's one of my all-time favorite books. #physics #bookstodon
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#KurtVonnegut described a somewhat similar idea with the Tralfmadorians in #slaughterhousefive which is why it's one of my all-time favorite books. #physics #bookstodon
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Apropos #SlaughterhouseFive - it was truly brilliant to be back in #Dresden after literally 30 years since my first visit..
What a phoenix the city, actually literally is. Incredibly beautiful in the centre and culturally vibrant too.
The message on the front of the #Frauenkirche is very on point too.
"we can rebuild everything except the #climate"Would love to come back to spend more time working and beinghere if my TU Dresden collaborators are listening out there.. 😊
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Apropos #SlaughterhouseFive - it was truly brilliant to be back in #Dresden after literally 30 years since my first visit..
What a phoenix the city, actually literally is. Incredibly beautiful in the centre and culturally vibrant too.
The message on the front of the #Frauenkirche is very on point too.
"we can rebuild everything except the #climate"Would love to come back to spend more time working and beinghere if my TU Dresden collaborators are listening out there.. 😊
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Finished the first book (#SlaughterhouseFive) in my #SummerReadingChallenge in a day, it was so gripping. The 2nd book @pluralistic 's #LittleBrother is going the same way. It's absolutely brilliant and completely unputdownable...
But I won't be back home for another 2.5 weeks. Slightly regretting not bringing more of my #SummerReading with me on this trip. Should I slow down? Or just buy more #Books?
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Finished the first book (#SlaughterhouseFive) in my #SummerReadingChallenge in a day, it was so gripping. The 2nd book @pluralistic 's #LittleBrother is going the same way. It's absolutely brilliant and completely unputdownable...
But I won't be back home for another 2.5 weeks. Slightly regretting not bringing more of my #SummerReading with me on this trip. Should I slow down? Or just buy more #Books?
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I'd like to discuss #Postmodernism with someone. I'm trying to figure out what I think about it. #InfiniteJest, #GravitysRainbow, #SlaughterhouseFive are among my favorite books, if that means anything.
A lot of these descriptions fit me:
"epistemological relativism, moral relativism, pluralism, irony, irreverence, and eclecticism." I think those are good traits, but I have a creeping sense that something is missing...
Maybe I am a #Postmodernist who is slowly inching toward something else? -
I'd like to discuss #Postmodernism with someone. I'm trying to figure out what I think about it. #InfiniteJest, #GravitysRainbow, #SlaughterhouseFive are among my favorite books, if that means anything.
A lot of these descriptions fit me:
"epistemological relativism, moral relativism, pluralism, irony, irreverence, and eclecticism." I think those are good traits, but I have a creeping sense that something is missing...
Maybe I am a #Postmodernist who is slowly inching toward something else? -
"Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. published this day in 1969.
#KurtVonnegutJr #SlaughterhouseFive -
"Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. published this day in 1969.
#KurtVonnegutJr #SlaughterhouseFive -
51 years ago:
Slaughterhouse-Five (US)
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as...
1972-03-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/24559
#SlaughterhouseFive #GeorgeRoyHill #MichaelSacks #ValeriePerrine #PerryKing #DedeAllen #Universal #SciFi -
CW: Then she said thank you
Then she said thank you.
And I'm not the only one
Who's listening too.#SlaughterhouseFive #Haiku
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Book 17 of this year
Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut
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Another Friday, another book with a mimosa!
This 2020 graphic novel is an adaptation of #Vonnegut's 1969 book by the same title #SlaughterHouseFive. It's a ridiculous, tragic, weird tale, with POWs in 1944 Germany and time travel and some creepy looking aliens, but also a story I keep coming back to. There's such tenderness in how he approaches humanity's absurdity in this story.
Happy weekend! 💃🏻