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Vonegut came to speak at UMass in the 90s. It was kinda surreal, as I wasn't sure about half of what he was talking about. Interesting though. I do enjoy rea
by acomjean 7y ago
Vonegut came to speak at UMass in the 90s. It was kinda surreal, as I wasn't sure about half of what he was talking about. Interesting though.
I do enjoy reading his books, even as not much of a fiction reader.
His essays in "a Man without a country". particularly the "shape of stories", where he visualizes plots on a graph.
https://visage.co/kurt-vonnegut-shows-us-shapes-stories/ https://visage.co/kurt-vonnegut-shows-us-shapes-stories/
- EthanHeilman 7y agoIf you enjoyed the shape of stories you might want to check out "Tempo: timing, tactics and strategy in narrative-driven decision-making". A good chunk of it is on graphing narratives.
- hammock 7y agoGreat book. Last time I checked that guy (Venk Rao) had gone off the political deep end on his blog, but the early stuff is very good. The Gervais Principle is another saga of his worth reading in its entirety (much better than just finding a summary of it somewhere).
- EthanHeilman 7y agoI stopped reading his blog as it got longer and longer and I got less and less signal out of it. Haven't checked in years.