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Summary: Great stories
Review: This book is a fun collection of adventures. It is light and witty and enjoyable reading that I'm sure everyone should enjoy. Only Kurt Vonnegut and his great Chicago school wit could write such a story. It is a very easy and very quick read and worth reading again and again.
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Summary: God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut
Review: This book is a must for all Vonnegut fans, as the author demonstrates his usual wit and wisdom in a series of "interviews" with the famous and the dead. As usual, Vonnegut tweaks society for its failings while exhalting the human race for its loyalty and ability to love. These stories originated as a series of radio spots which Vonnegut did for New York City public radio station WNYC. The only complaint is that each piece is so short. Most will take about one minute to read, leaving the reader always wanting more. Vonnegut could have easily built this into a novel-length work. The idea is a great one, and it is the perfect canvas for him to explore issues and characters from all historical periods. However, one must be thankful for anything from this veteran author, and "God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian" is well worth the purchase price. It is one of the most enjoyable short fictions in many years.
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Summary: AWESOME
Review: This book is one of my favourite Vonnegut works. Its written in a series of short "interviews" with famous dearly departed people whom Vonnegut visits with the aid of Dr. Kevorkian. The interviews are relatively short and the entire book can be read in about an hour or so--- great for a plane trip or something of that nature. :)
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Summary: Fragmentary foma
Review: This collection of micro-mini essays that Vonnegut recorded for a New York public radio station would have made a nice feature for "Harper's," but to stretch it with big type and yawning margins into simulated novella-length format is tantamount consumer fraud, at the price. What Vonnegut has to say is sweet but very insubstantial, and must have had much more impact on the air. This material might have been better sold as a one-cassette audio book.
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Summary: More Vonnegut fun!
Review: This is the kind of thing that one should read while waiting to pick up a loved one at an airport or while in a waiting room. It's ridiculous how Vonnegut brings mirth (Mirth!) and regret to the reader so quickly.Quick read. Good feelings.
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Summary: Ghostly Fun
Review: Vonnegut has once again produced a master piece. This collection of 'interviews' with mostly dead people stirs wonder in the reader. Any fan of Vonnegut should not be without this book. My only complaint is that it is to short. The book has a wonderful introduction to supplement the already wonderful body. This is an all around great buy. Don't wait! buy your copy today!
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Summary: Typically wry.
Review: Vonnegut in a nutshell...that kinda sums it up. 30 two-page nuggets of Vonnegut irreverance. As the story goes, with the help of of Dr. Keverokian, Vonnegut was able experience the "near death" phenomenon while interviewing the deceased en route. Vonnegut's interviews include history's unknown and unsung as well as some better known deceased...Hitler included. While not as pin-prick poingant as some Vonnegut work, "God Bless You" is still witty and insightful. In the Hitler interview we learn that Adolph now regrets his ways, and would like his epitath to be changed to read "excuse me." Good Stuff.
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Summary: funny and for a good cause
Review: Vonnegut's sense of humor is as ascerbic as ever. He speaks to us "from the death chamber in Huntsville" (Texas). Those of us from Texas have long had cause to be ashamed of that particular place, but Vonnegut's use of it may be the only one that wouldn't embarrass us. The "interview" with Isaac Asimov is priceless. You will be pleased to hear that Asimov is still writing, although avoiding the embarrassment of publishing new books years after he's dead (unlike, say, L. Ron.)
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Summary: Not bad
Review: You know how a Vonnegut novel can make a huge impact on your life? Well, this one won't. It is, however, a pretty good--not great--book. If you are a huge Vonnegut fan, you must own this. If you are just starting with Vonnegut, read some of his better works first. Try "Galapagos": it's his best. The introduction--by Vonnegut himself--is classic Vonnegut; it makes the book worth the price.
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Summary: Short, but Meaningful
Review: You know why I'm giving this book a '4'? Because it's not a masterpiece, but it IS unique and it stuck with me more than any book I've read in the past couple of years. Yes it's short book, but I have come to realize that not all great stories need to be long, drawn-out novels filled with plot twists and dozens of interesting characters. Vonnegut gets quickly to the point here. He usually does. I think that's one of his greatest strengths as an author. And what a great concept! It is collection of interviews with people who have passed away. As the story goes, Vonnegut has worked a deal with Jack Kevorkian whereby he is able to go to the pearly gates, interview someone, and then come back before it's too late. The resulting interviews with both famous and non-famous people are interesting, funny, sad, and, most of all, thought provoking. So if you want a quick read that gives you all of those emotions, get it.
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