....ahhh, I see what you mean about peaceful status quo. (Or sometimes, the status quo is war and they want to return it to peace, but yeah, it stands.)
The Vonnegut in question was The Sirens of Titan, which featured incredibly loathsome humans and also random sexual assault, which was of course delightful to experience. I'm not sure I disagree with the message he tried to go for (although its simplicity needs some qualifiers), but UGH, getting there. I guess there were some acceptably pretty phrases along the way? I think it may simply not be my jam in general, though.
(HOWEVWER, iTunes shuffle deciding to troll me right in the middle of the description of a newly founded religion with Rufus Wainwright's "Hallelujah" cover was just a little too on-point.)
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Date: 2019-03-19 03:02 am (UTC)The Vonnegut in question was The Sirens of Titan, which featured incredibly loathsome humans and also random sexual assault, which was of course delightful to experience. I'm not sure I disagree with the message he tried to go for (although its simplicity needs some qualifiers), but UGH, getting there. I guess there were some acceptably pretty phrases along the way? I think it may simply not be my jam in general, though.
(HOWEVWER, iTunes shuffle deciding to troll me right in the middle of the description of a newly founded religion with Rufus Wainwright's "Hallelujah" cover was just a little too on-point.)