jenks
thread death
I think that what I did like was the way Vonnegut does not use nameless/faceless politicians but instead the power of management - the slice of middle america who eventually rise to be the power brokers. I like the fifties view of technology - both wide eyed in wonder at the ingenuity of human invention - the skills to create and fix things. Vonnegut himself was initially an engineer and I think he never loses that noble vision of the imaginative powers of making things.
However, he is also aware of the machinations of the machine age - player pianos indeed - they can replicate a human action but without the humanity, as if that is an honourable action in its own right.
I found the attack on the tree strangely disturbing!
Also I like the way he nails the whole group bonding, outward bounds kind of team building thing
Been awhile since i finished it now - i'll need to go have another look ( am currently doing Dick's High Tower thing to finish off my dystopian fiction jag)
However, he is also aware of the machinations of the machine age - player pianos indeed - they can replicate a human action but without the humanity, as if that is an honourable action in its own right.
I found the attack on the tree strangely disturbing!
Also I like the way he nails the whole group bonding, outward bounds kind of team building thing
Been awhile since i finished it now - i'll need to go have another look ( am currently doing Dick's High Tower thing to finish off my dystopian fiction jag)