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kb_208's review against another edition
3.0
This is a decent book that gives some incite into the life of Vonnegut during each of his novels. I like that there is a chapter for each of his novels. It took me a while to read this, because I would read the actual book first and then read the corresponding chapter. The information is pretty good, though the book I don't find all that memorable.
erin_oriordan_is_reading_again's review against another edition
5.0
Hello, babies. I recommend this book to every one of you planetary citizens, assuming you're already familiar with some of the works of the late, great Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. If not, get thee to the library and read [b:Slaughterhouse Five|4981|Slaughterhouse Five|Kurt Vonnegut|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1316813479s/4981.jpg|1683562] now! But don't stop there, because Vonnegut reuses characters and themes throughout his major works.
Maybe I'm biased in favor of Vonnegut because he's from my Midwestern USA home state, or because he uses people and places from his own life in his novels like I do. Still, in this volume, Gregory D. Sumner (another one of our fellow Hoosiers) manages to showcase the brilliance in every one of Vonnegut's 14 novels, written between 1952 and 1997.
Just the novels, though. This book does not get into Vonnegut's memoir [b:Palm Sunday|9602|Palm Sunday|Kurt Vonnegut|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320511590s/9602.jpg|1760881], his other non-fiction works, his collections of short stories or his plays. Still, if you want to get into a thorough discussion of the heart of what Vonnegut will be remembered for, then 'Unstuck in Time' is indispensable.
Maybe I'm biased in favor of Vonnegut because he's from my Midwestern USA home state, or because he uses people and places from his own life in his novels like I do. Still, in this volume, Gregory D. Sumner (another one of our fellow Hoosiers) manages to showcase the brilliance in every one of Vonnegut's 14 novels, written between 1952 and 1997.
Just the novels, though. This book does not get into Vonnegut's memoir [b:Palm Sunday|9602|Palm Sunday|Kurt Vonnegut|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320511590s/9602.jpg|1760881], his other non-fiction works, his collections of short stories or his plays. Still, if you want to get into a thorough discussion of the heart of what Vonnegut will be remembered for, then 'Unstuck in Time' is indispensable.
daneekasghost's review
2.0
I think part of why I didn't enjoy this is that it isn't meant to be read alongside the novels. It's meant to be independent of them. That said, I enjoyed reading the novels a lot more than I enjoyed reading this.
The most uncharitable description is that this is a sequence of 15 book reports (14 novels and Man Without a Country). That's probably not fair, but the thought crossed my mind.
The most uncharitable description is that this is a sequence of 15 book reports (14 novels and Man Without a Country). That's probably not fair, but the thought crossed my mind.
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