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While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction (2011)

by Kurt Vonnegut(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0385343736 (ISBN13: 9780385343732)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Delacorte Press

review 1: These previously unpublished short stories by the late Kurt Vonnegut are little gems to any Vonnegut fan. Written early in his career they include his little plot twists, social commentary and criticism and interesting characters. He clearly does not embrace the post war euphoria that led to conformity and loss of any sense of adventure. I found that many of these stories were just too short for me and would have loved to see some of them expanded into full length novels. But then, I'm a big Vonnegut afficianado.
review 2: Eh. I think, as other reviews on this site have stated more eloquently than I can, that these stories were in the 'unpublished' pile for a reason. Make no mistake: each and every one is better than something I could write, but compared to... more Vonnegut when he's on fire ... well, they're lacking.I went to pick it up today to finish off the last few stories and found myself staring at the rest of my to-read pile and my hand went straight to the next book in line. I could kid myself and say that I'll blow through the last few pages before I return it to the library but honestly it'd be like forcing myself to eat the last few bites of a mediocre free meal. I don't need to finish the whole thing to know what it tasted like. less

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