the book recommendation thread

The Sirens of Titan
Kurt Vonnegut
Science Fiction (but it's a classic author)

Basically, the trials and mistakes of a shallow, good-for-nothing guy who is bounced across the solar system and used as a pawn in a bigger picture he isn't aware of of. Like all of Vonnegut's books, it's based on the failures of the human race and redemption. Also recommend Galapagos and Cat's Cradle.

The Eden Express
Mark Vonnegut
True Story, autobigoraphy?

Story of Mark Vonnegut, and his descent into manic-depression. Very in-depth, very detailed look inside the mind of a mentally ill person. Fantastic read.

American Gods
Neil Gaiman
Science Fiction

A man named Shadow is released from prison, only to find that he no longer has a life waiting for him or a home to return to. He is then met by a mysterious manwho calls himself Wednesday, and is hired to be a bodyguard. The book goes across quite a bit of North America and gives iteresting historical anecdotes. Excellent descriptions and a fascinating dramatic story.

Out of curiosity, has anyone here read 'Interstellar Pig'? I forget the author.

Double Post:

Originally Posted by Yamamanama

Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut - Blackly humorous science fiction

Billy Pilgrim becomes unstuck in time and revisits portions of his life, such as being a POW of the German Army and witnessing the firebombing of Dresden, being in a Trafalmadorian zoo, his marraige after the war. So it goes.

It manages to be absolutely hilarious, tragic, and profound, and it woudn't be half that if it had a different subject matter. Anyway, read it. My review can not do this book justice. So it goes.

Honestly, I found this to be the second worst of the Vonnegut books I've read (the worst being Breakfast of Champions). I wouldn't recommend that to someone who's never read Vonnegut.

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