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VistaLaRiver t1_j8mmfd0 wrote

Reply to comment by WendellSanders01 in What is the strangest way you've found a book? by WendellSanders01

So, I have a thing against short stories (it's a flaw, I know). Vonnegut is a rare exception where I have read some of his short stories, but certainly not all. I own some of his short story collections, but I don't own that one.

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WendellSanders01 OP t1_j8mn20m wrote

Well, I think you definitely got lucky with your Vonnegut collection because I always try to find his books at the used bookstore and only very rarely do I find any by him. The last one I found was that Snuff Box book, I've been meaning to get around to it, I haven't gotten into it yet but it seems promising.

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LibrisTella t1_j8qjhde wrote

My favorite vonnegut short story, Thanasphere, is in that collection! I highly recommend. Not every story is as quirky and memorable, but that one story makes it worth it.

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WendellSanders01 OP t1_j8qrp05 wrote

I just pulled that book off the shelf and started reading that story. It's masterful. Hadn't read it before you mentioned it. It has a range of emotions in it but still manages to make me laugh. Typical Vonnegut. It's interesting when I bought this book of his short stories I didn't think much of it, and wasn't planning to read it anytime soon, but it's a lot better than I expected. Thanks.

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RachelOfRefuge t1_j8qjsgp wrote

I haven't had good luck with short stories. I feel like they always end right when they're getting interesting... the ideas I really want to hear about are glossed over because there's no room to explore them.

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WendellSanders01 OP t1_j8qst8q wrote

Hmm.. I understand what you're saying.. I think short stories can still be great though. But I have felt that way before too. It happens to me sometimes with movies, in which the movie is so great I don't want it to end.

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