Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was a 20th-century … Read Full Bio ↴Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was a 20th-century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle (1963), Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), and Breakfast of Champions (1973) blend satire, gallows humor, and science fiction. As a citizen he was a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union and a critical leftist intellectual. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.
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Harper Audio Presents Slaughterhouse-Five
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@orenrosenman5242
Loved the "if that isn't nice, what is?"at the end, a reference to one of my favorite Vonnegut quotes.
"My Uncle Alex, who is up in Heaven now, one of the things he found objectionable about human beings was that they so rarely noticed it when times were sweet. We could be drinking lemonade in the shade of an apple tree in the summertime, and Uncle Alex would interrupt the conversation to say, "If this isn't nice, what is?"
So I hope that you will do the same for the rest of your lives.
When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, "If this isn't nice, what is?"
-Kurt Vonnegut
@rasgeleisim
Okay. Sorry for not knowing that term. Since it's a scientific term and I'm just someone who only knows a little English.
Even though I had some guesses based on what they showed us I checked and found this explanation.
"A point in space where, upon a person entering it, that person's existence in space-time ceases to be linear, becoming discrete. This means that a person that has entered a chronosynclastic infundibulum exists at multiple points and lines in space-time. For example, such a person could exist at all points in time in one place and also appear at another point for five minutes. "
I don't know if you ever watched fringe but there were a cult who can do that and it was explained like that;
Think the time and space flow like waterfalling and there is a point you can watch it from outside and see the beginning and ending in the sametime.
I hope I made the right explanation.
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@victora73
Congratulations for 8 millions subscribers
@shoaibakhtar4389
How you get all this information?
@user-dm5qi4nb6l
it's a good thing that I have Ted--ed around to be loved <3 and to expand my love.
@amirah_sri
Who else is here who don't understand anything ?????
@brandanfitzgerald5331
TED-Ed Audible says it’s $14, not free...
@aaronfaucett6442
Now that I'm older I realize that he's writing in a way that reflects how an old man remembers his life. The story jumps around randomly like the memories and nostalgia that one experiences as you get older
@51Dss
He was born in 1936 - Slaughterhouse 5 was first published in 1969 - Vonnegut was still a young 30 something when he wrote Slaughterhouse 5.
@johnashley-smith4987
I am pretty sure he was not born in 1936, as that would have precluded his service in WW2, in the 106th Division.
@reidwhitton6248
Vonnegut born 1922.