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2BR02B
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bookshelves: fiction, literary, other-science-fiction, owned, satire, sf, short-stories, dystopia, favorites
Jun 17, 2013
bookshelves: fiction, literary, other-science-fiction, owned, satire, sf, short-stories, dystopia, favorites
6/5
Yes, that's right. It's a 6/5 rating. 5/5 seems so... unfair.
Kurt Vonnegut is perhaps the most under-rated author of our literary history. This tiny short story (only 12 pages) is filled with so much satire, angst and anger that one tends to forget it is sci-fi. Although, this is the first story where the SF aspect is so well forgotten as the story develops, that even those repelled by SF would love this.
The title 2 B R 0 T B is an acronym for the eternal conflict in humanity - To Be Or Not To Be (RIP Shakespeare) - and this is exactly the theme of the story, in a world where aging is stopped, births and deaths are controlled to keep the population stagnant. But the science part ends there - and the trials of humans begin.
Good stories are moving and sad. Exceptional stories, like this one, leave us frustrated, angry and disturbed, And Vonnegut does that in exactly 12 pages. Forget your aversion to SF - this one's a classic.
Yes, that's right. It's a 6/5 rating. 5/5 seems so... unfair.
Kurt Vonnegut is perhaps the most under-rated author of our literary history. This tiny short story (only 12 pages) is filled with so much satire, angst and anger that one tends to forget it is sci-fi. Although, this is the first story where the SF aspect is so well forgotten as the story develops, that even those repelled by SF would love this.
The title 2 B R 0 T B is an acronym for the eternal conflict in humanity - To Be Or Not To Be (RIP Shakespeare) - and this is exactly the theme of the story, in a world where aging is stopped, births and deaths are controlled to keep the population stagnant. But the science part ends there - and the trials of humans begin.
Good stories are moving and sad. Exceptional stories, like this one, leave us frustrated, angry and disturbed, And Vonnegut does that in exactly 12 pages. Forget your aversion to SF - this one's a classic.
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June 17, 2013
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June 17, 2013
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fiction
June 17, 2013
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literary
June 17, 2013
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other-science-fiction
June 17, 2013
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owned
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satire
June 17, 2013
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sf
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short-stories
June 17, 2013
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dystopia
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May 19, 2017 04:56PM
hey man, i have a question about this short story, we've been trying to translate it to our language, (I'm a student of eng translation) , and i had a debate with a friend about the language and the way the narrator is talking, my friend insists its completely formal, but i think its not completely formal and the structure of narration is completely is kinda informal, just wanted to know what a native eng speaker think of this, i would really appreciate your answer, and i agree, it's one of the finest short stories I've ever read!
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