Comments on: Reading: Part 3 – Slaughterhouse-Five http://aiusepsi.co.uk/2009/reading-part-3-slaughterhouse-five/ Andy Simpson's personal blog. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: aiusepsi http://aiusepsi.co.uk/2009/reading-part-3-slaughterhouse-five/comment-page-1/#comment-744 aiusepsi Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:35:28 +0000 http://aiusepsi.co.uk/?p=373#comment-744 He does the same sort of thing in Slaughterhouse-5, with the occasional<br>drawing, and the first chapter of this is very metafictional, as well as<br>mentions of himself as the author in the narrative. This is also very<br>cathartic in that it's very directly informed by the author's experiences of<br>the firebombing of Dresden.<br>Definite swapsies. I could do with reading a lot more Russell. He does the same sort of thing in Slaughterhouse-5, with the occasional
drawing, and the first chapter of this is very metafictional, as well as
mentions of himself as the author in the narrative. This is also very
cathartic in that it's very directly informed by the author's experiences of
the firebombing of Dresden.
Definite swapsies. I could do with reading a lot more Russell.

]]> By: aiusepsi http://aiusepsi.co.uk/2009/reading-part-3-slaughterhouse-five/comment-page-1/#comment-743 aiusepsi Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:17:35 +0000 http://aiusepsi.co.uk/?p=373#comment-743 He does the same sort of thing in Slaughterhouse-5, with the occasional drawing, and the first chapter of this is very metafictional, as well as mentions of himself as the author in the narrative. This is also very cathartic in that it's very directly informed by the author's experiences of the firebombing of Dresden.<br><br>Definite swapsies. I could do with reading a lot more Russell. He does the same sort of thing in Slaughterhouse-5, with the occasional drawing, and the first chapter of this is very metafictional, as well as mentions of himself as the author in the narrative. This is also very cathartic in that it's very directly informed by the author's experiences of the firebombing of Dresden.

Definite swapsies. I could do with reading a lot more Russell.

]]> By: Ian Harrison http://aiusepsi.co.uk/2009/reading-part-3-slaughterhouse-five/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Ian Harrison Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:49:40 +0000 http://aiusepsi.co.uk/?p=373#comment-742 I've just finished reading Breakfast of Champions which, for saying it seemed to be about little else than his own catharsis, was really good. The writing / typographical styles and little drawings could have come across as really strained and forced quirkiness, but they didn't. It even survived becoming 'metafiction' at the end and I still have positive feelings towards it, which is quite an achievement...<BR><BR>I've got Russell's "In Praise of Idleness" too... swapsies?</BR></BR> I've just finished reading Breakfast of Champions which, for saying it seemed to be about little else than his own catharsis, was really good. The writing / typographical styles and little drawings could have come across as really strained and forced quirkiness, but they didn't. It even survived becoming 'metafiction' at the end and I still have positive feelings towards it, which is quite an achievement…

I've got Russell's “In Praise of Idleness” too… swapsies?

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