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Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five
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#19 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...
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Jim
Dec 18, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 1paper, 2fiction, scifi, 3classics, war
Vonnegut's odd voice & dry wit combines time tripping & human frailty to make this one of the best war books I've ever read. Odd facts, time travel & aliens are randomly scattered through out the narrative which focuses on WWII from Billy Pilgrim's perspective. From worn down dreams to the horrific destruction of Dresden, Germany, we watch Pilgrim get shoved randomly through his life.

Vonnegut obviously poured his soul into this one & showed us the forest, not just of war, but of a life, by pres ...more
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