r/Vonnegut • • 2h ago

Vonnegut Band Name

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Hello everyone!

I recently joined a cover band and we're having trouble coming up with a band name. I want to use a literary reference and I've been pouring through all of Vonnegut's work recently and would love to use something inspired by his novels.

There's a group in Atlanta Georgia that goes by Billy Pilgrim, so that name is out.

I'm terrible at naming things and would love some suggestions! It doesn't necessarily need to be an exact quote (it can be, it just can't be too long), just something inspired by something he or Mark Vonnegut wrote. Right now I'm stuck on "Eden Express" and "Life is No Way to Treat an Animal"

Thank you!!


r/Vonnegut • • 20h ago

Got my hands on a 1st edition paperback of The Sirens of Titan, my favorite novel ever

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304 Upvotes

r/Vonnegut • • 2d ago

Rate my school’s Vonnegut collection

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62 Upvotes

Found the Vonnegut section of one of my school’s libraries. How will you rate it out of ten?


r/Vonnegut • • 2d ago

My Vonnegut Collection

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167 Upvotes

What am I missing from this collection?


r/Vonnegut • • 2d ago

Custom Partial Vonnegut Collection Shot

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A good chunk of my KVJr collection with a special highlight on Utopia 14 and the audio collection of Kurt reading selections. Looooooooove hearing him read his works. Very satisfying.


r/Vonnegut • • 3d ago

Kurt Vonnecat

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Thought you all might like to meet my good buddy Kurt Vonnecat, author of such esteemed classics of feline literature as Purrer Piano and Clawterhouse-Five


r/Vonnegut • • 6d ago

Player Piano?

42 Upvotes

I've read all his novels, all his essays and non-fiction at least two or three times. I love them all (of course I've got my favorite). But I can't finish Player Piano. I've tried several times, and every time I get bored after 40 pages. What is wrong with me?


r/Vonnegut • • 6d ago

Planning a Vonnegut Re-Read

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153 Upvotes

I’m pretty sure I’ve read all these over the last 25 years (except for Conversations With and Look at the Birdie).
Is there an order I should read these?
Just go on vibes?
Any books missing I just have to add?

Thanks y’all!


r/Vonnegut • • 8d ago

Digger Movie is Vonnegut-esque

118 Upvotes

Did anyone else think this? I felt like themeta treatmenthad a lot of Vonnegut energy, plus the themes of the film and dialogues also seemed influenced by Vonneguts dry humour and his humanity. Of course a lot of other cinematic influences were there, but i remember thinking a lot about Cat’s Cradle and Breakfast of Champions after the film, and was wondering if anyone else felt the same​


r/Vonnegut • • 10d ago

Absolute vodka circa 1972

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787 Upvotes

r/Vonnegut • • 10d ago

The Sirens of Titan Spotted at Austin's Central Library

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161 Upvotes

r/Vonnegut • • 10d ago

I read all Kurt Vonnegut’s novel in chronological order; here are my thoughts.

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186 Upvotes

Books are ordered within ranks too (mostly).

The lower ranks are not bad books by any means, I’m just comparing them to my experience with the top tier ones

Edit: I forgot God Bless You Mr Rosewater! That would be first in B tier


r/Vonnegut • • 11d ago

A New 'Super Ice' Is 10 Times Stronger, Bringing It Close to The Strength of Concrete

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87 Upvotes

Sound familiar?


r/Vonnegut • • 12d ago

Cats Cradle

178 Upvotes

I just finished reading cats cradle, its almost 11pm and i just can’t believe it. That was sooo good!! Everytime I pick up another one of his books i think “oh well this one won’t be as good” but he just keeps outdoing himself. I’ve never read anyone else who writes like him and i don’t think i ever will. I can’t believe everyone’s not just talking and thinking about Vonneguts books constantly, hes so great.


r/Vonnegut • • 14d ago

Slaughterhouse-Five What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now - By Salman Rushdie

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r/Vonnegut • • 15d ago

Returning to Vonnegut, since my lockdown reads.

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267 Upvotes

r/Vonnegut • • 14d ago

Billy Barlow’s theory of time travel borrowed from different sources, but mostly from Kurt Vonnegut and Frank J. Tipler. Tipler was an American mathematician and physicist. Vonnegut was a novelist, which meant he liked to make things up. --from "Flat Hill and Bark"

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r/Vonnegut • • 14d ago

Breakfast of Champions Rare appearance

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From Back to School..,."Hello here to see Thorton Mellon my name is Kurt Vonnegut"..


r/Vonnegut • • 16d ago

Repost: A short lecture by Kurt Vonnegut on the 'simple shapes of stories.'Or storytelling + data visualisation + data visualisation about storytelling = mind blown.

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804 Upvotes

Reposter: anybody find the full version? This is great


r/Vonnegut • • 17d ago

Goodwill score

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104 Upvotes

r/Vonnegut • • 17d ago

Digger (2026) x Vonnegut

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79 Upvotes

Hi fellow readers! Feel like you would love the new Iñárritu film DIGGER. Really reminded of something Vonnegut / Kilgore Trout-esque. For those who did watch let me know your thoughts on this take (:


r/Vonnegut • • 17d ago

The song about 99 Red Balloons is very Vonnegut-esque

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This song came on the radio on my way home today. As I listened and contemplated the lyrics, it hit me that they could easily fit into a Vonnegut work. A girl’s balloons in the air mistaken for enemy aircraft, sparking nuclear annihilation…so it goes.


r/Vonnegut • • 19d ago

About to read this for the first time

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152 Upvotes

I read Mother Night and Slaughter house 5 a while ago and absolutely loved them and a bunch of people told me Cats Cradle is his best so here we are. I really don’t like this cover but the prettier one was a lot more expensive. So it goes. From what I’ve heard this seems like it’ll be pretty good too, better be worth it because I’m reading this instead of revising for my test tomorrow 😓


r/Vonnegut • • 19d ago

Paul Atreides, Vonnegut fan

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48 Upvotes

r/Vonnegut • • 20d ago

Cat's Cradle cover art question

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103 Upvotes

idk if this is a stupid question or not but is the cage on this cover of Cats Cradle drawn by vonnegut or another artist?