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Re:Satirist to the Galaxy by pmoriarty on Sunday December 06, 2020 @02:52AM (#25321912)
I don't know. I've always found Vonnegut to be trite, unfunny, and just not a good writer.

I never got why he was considered so great.

Give me Douglas Adams over Vonnegut any day. Adams is the real Satarist to the Galaxy.

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Re:Satirist to the Galaxy by amongwhales on Friday December 11, 2020 @12:56PM (#25388572)
Love Douglas Adams as well.

I've always seen Vonnegut as using Satire as a veil for optimism. He makes the world so absurd and yet there is still room for optimism.

Adams always seemed to have a bit more British cynicism/reality to me. I enjoy him a lot too.

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