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kb_208's review
3.0
A quick little read about two different conversations between Kurt and Lee Stringer. It's mainly about their writing and inspiration. It's fairly interesting, though not all that necessary to read. I've never read anything from Stringer, so I'm not familiar with his work.
chichi27's review against another edition
4.0
Really interesting but way too short book where two writers discuss their craft. Now I need to read some Lee Stringer.
marypmcg's review against another edition
3.0
Super quick read (like maybe an hour?). Just nice to sort of read some more words from Vonnegut since he won't be writing to us anymore.
katerina_l's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
brannonkrkhuang's review
dark
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
5.0
Really interesting conversation. What I honestly most appreciated about this book is the way it introduced me to Lee Stringer. Can't wait to read his book!
valtimke's review against another edition
5.0
You'll only get as much out of this as you're looking for, but even that has its limits. If you're looking for some secret, surefire trick to writing something good, you're out of luck. But you may just find some tidbits you're probably able to take with you on your trip to forever. If you enjoy works like Stringer's and Vonnegut's, this is a great inside to topics like: why write? to what audience? what's the greatest accomplishment? It also has some other interesting, rambly questions like: if you could go back to Earth or sleep eternally, which would you choose?
I think I took a lot from this. I went into this only having read Vonnegut's work, but I'm glad I got to meet Stringer and I'm intrigued by Grand Central Winter. I'll pick it up in the future, especially because Vonnegut praised it. I'll read anything and everything he ever praised.
I think I took a lot from this. I went into this only having read Vonnegut's work, but I'm glad I got to meet Stringer and I'm intrigued by Grand Central Winter. I'll pick it up in the future, especially because Vonnegut praised it. I'll read anything and everything he ever praised.
grubstlodger's review against another edition
3.0
Vonnegut and Stringer talk, including some excerpts from their books. Vonnegut is certainly the better writer, but this is 1999 and he has a pat answer for every question now - making Stringer the more interesting conversationalist,
fictionista's review against another edition
4.0
A very short read. The first half reported on a book reading held in 1998, in which Lee Stringer and Kurt Vonnegut discuss their new books. The second half deals with a private follow-up conversation that the authors had.
I especially liked the way they brought Mark Twain and heaven and Hell into it.
My favorite passage, an excerpt from Stringer's book "Grand Central Winter":
"When it comes to justice, the kind that gets you locked up is different than the kind you find inside. Personally I would like to see all judges and district attorneys made to do time. Not for the crimes they commit from the bench. For those they commit out of ignorance. Which is precisely why time in prison should be part of their qualifications. So that they might come to know what they don't know they don't know.
Let them sit faceless and despised in the holding cells, let them be run through the wringer of their process until the wind has been wrung out of their self-righteousness. And let them stumble upon the wisdom every two-bit con knows instinctively, that real justice is always poetic."
I especially liked the way they brought Mark Twain and heaven and Hell into it.
My favorite passage, an excerpt from Stringer's book "Grand Central Winter":
"When it comes to justice, the kind that gets you locked up is different than the kind you find inside. Personally I would like to see all judges and district attorneys made to do time. Not for the crimes they commit from the bench. For those they commit out of ignorance. Which is precisely why time in prison should be part of their qualifications. So that they might come to know what they don't know they don't know.
Let them sit faceless and despised in the holding cells, let them be run through the wringer of their process until the wind has been wrung out of their self-righteousness. And let them stumble upon the wisdom every two-bit con knows instinctively, that real justice is always poetic."
acidonthestreets's review against another edition
5.0
Inizio lento, ho impegato un po' ad entrare nell'ottica della trascrizione, ma poi ho rimpianto la sua brevità . Ironico, profondo, sagace. Una bellissima amicizia tra due scrittori che si lascia ammirare da noi spettatori