Flying Houses

2 giants in 2 weeks, in their mid-to-late 80's. I don't write obituaries for everyone, but I try to write them when I think I ...

The second entry in The Vonnegut Project (following Slaughterhouse-Five ) is Cat's Cradle. It is being presented in its relatively...

This is the first book reviewed as a result of podcasts.  At a certain point, I am going to write a lot about podcasts, maybe.  Suffice...

Before we proceed with our   fifth   Kurt Vonnegut review , allow me to make a confession: I am a twerp.  I am a twerp, and I am ashamed...

                     My husband Dickson belongs to a book club, and last week we hosted his group’s bi-monthly meeting, when six or ei...

I first read God Bless You, Dr. Rosewater when I was a junior or senior in high school, on the recommendation of a classmate.  I have not...

In Palm Sunday (1981), Kurt Vonnegut gives each of his previous books a grade.  These are the results (books I have read will be marked ...

Oeuvre rule: as previously reported, the only major items by Kurt Vonnegut that I have not read number few more than five: Slapstick, Player...

If The Original of Laura were as great as Knopf would like everyone to believe, then I would have read about it before last September, or Oc...

What can you really say about Franny and Zooey that is profound, important? Only that, if you haven't read it, and you have read that o...

Of all the great 20th century American novelists, Kerouac stands as probably the coolest. He will probably remain the coolest novelist of...