I have to wonder if obedience isn’t the basic flaw in most of humankind. |
I call bullshit
on that.
It might be that
my mind, once so reliable, is playing tricks on me, it could be that someone is
fucking lying, or it might be that my mind is playing tricks on me, but I’m
confident I’ve read all these before somewhere else (except for the unfinished
short sci-fi piece included as an appendix). No matter though, as for the short
commuter journey from Penarth into Cardiff proper they were a thoroughly
enjoyable, if slightly bleak in trademark Vonnegut black humanism style, amuse-bouche
for the short commuter jaunt from my home in Penarth to my place of work… Have
I said this before? No matter though, as they were thoroughly enjoyable, if
slightly bleak…
Should I go on?
I’ll go on.
I was much
concerned by the fitful dribbles of unpublished material that somehow
managed to find the light of day in the wake of Vonnegut’s untimely passing
back in – Jeeping Christ! – 2007 for a variety of reasons, not least of which
they were guilty of bypassing the censorship of the author. However, I really
enjoyed this short collection and it could be considered peak Vonnegut, if such
a thing were possible or indeed desirable. Although they were all creepingly
familiar, like I’d read them somewhere before….
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