2:17 - 2:23 At a Media/SF/Fantasy convention, I've purchased a copy of a screenplay for "Sirens of Titan" written by Jerry Garcia and Tom Davis (of the SNL writing team of Franken and Davis)! It printed the logo for Jerry's company Icenine Productions. It was never filmed and after reading the script I deeply regret that. I thought it was a better adaptation of the original book than George Roy Hill's film adaptation of "Slaughterhouse Five."
One great moment is the explanation of human purpose which is become technology advance to travel in space to deliver the missing part to fix the space machine and that the pyramids, the wall of china etc where simple messages to tell "we r advancing" "we r almost there" etc... All making clear the purpose of life has been to evolve to the technology of being able to deliver the missing part... Since ive read all of voneguts novels i could b confused but sirens has always been my favorite even more than slaughter 5 i believe this to b from Sirens if I'm wrong please set me straight, much love and as voneguts wrote in another book: LOVE MIGHT FAIL BUT COURTESY WILL PREVAIL!!! greetings from a fan!!!
Thanks for your comment! Basically humans were just a cog in the Tralfamadorians machine to get the message out if I am remembering correctly. So yes they thought the pyramids and Great Wall were great human achievements when really they were those simple messages. Pretty funny! I am still looking forward to a re-read of SL5 but Sirens of Titan may be my favorite as well. Usually whatever Vonnegut I read last ends up being my favorite.
@@readtherightthing i didn't know there was a documentary on Vonnegut till I saw your video... I just watched it and I've been crying all day cause it hurts to know there won't ever b a new book by him... To me he is the American master not of science fiction but of magic realism as Garcia Marquez was for the Latin American culture cause it has the same feeling... I dunno if that makes sense but for me an equal fan of both there seems to b a parallel in narrative... Thank u for your channel, your bokoonist friend and member of the same karass! Greetings!
@@lostinoz3198 I'm glad you could find the documentary! I still need to read Garcia Marquez but your comment gives me hope I will like his books. Thanks for the kind comments! I do at least one Vonnegut review a year so hope to hear from you soon my friend!
I find not just dovtoesky but also Garcia Marquez magic realism in a kind of American way and Voltaire and so many other greats of literature not so much as inspiration but as having common themes.
I recently listened to this book and Galapagos. They are both entertaining but Kurt Vonnegut's nihilism is a depressing and dreary world to live in. Albert Camus said we have to learn to live without hope. I feel pity for both men. Believing you are a cosmic accident is a terrible burden.
Yes he can be depressing. I guess I’m drawn to depressing art and entertainment: Vonnegut, Bruce Springsteen, etc. Vonnegut’s sense of humor keeps me coming back though.
