Comments on: A Kurt Vonnegut good-bye—and a pointer to free downloads of some Vonnegut classics http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/04/12/a-kurt-vonnegut-good-bye-and-a-pointer-to-free-downloads-of-some-vonnegut-classics/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:32:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/04/12/a-kurt-vonnegut-good-bye-and-a-pointer-to-free-downloads-of-some-vonnegut-classics/comment-page-1/#comment-348185 David Rothman Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:26:50 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6412#comment-348185 Good question. On the cover it's: SLAUGHTER- HOUSE-FIVE But the first hyphen is probably because of the space situation. The more correct version might be: SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE That's the usage at the top of the pages mentioning the title---and on the back cover, and I've changed the post to agree with that. Oh, these cosmic questions! Thanks, David Good question. On the cover it’s:

SLAUGHTER-
HOUSE-FIVE

But the first hyphen is probably because of the space situation. The more correct version might be:

SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

That’s the usage at the top of the pages mentioning the title—and on the back cover, and I’ve changed the post to agree with that.

Oh, these cosmic questions!

Thanks,
David

]]> By: The Man Behind the Man http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/04/12/a-kurt-vonnegut-good-bye-and-a-pointer-to-free-downloads-of-some-vonnegut-classics/comment-page-1/#comment-347977 The Man Behind the Man Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:39:38 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6412#comment-347977 What is the difference between Slaughter-House Five and Slaughterhouse-Five, if any? What is the difference between Slaughter-House Five and Slaughterhouse-Five, if any?

]]> By: Featured Maemo Apps » WOWIO - Free Vonnegut eBooks http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/04/12/a-kurt-vonnegut-good-bye-and-a-pointer-to-free-downloads-of-some-vonnegut-classics/comment-page-1/#comment-314135 Featured Maemo Apps » WOWIO - Free Vonnegut eBooks Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:49:36 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6412#comment-314135 [...] I discovered WOWIO today via Teleread and it’s a great source of DRM-Free known titles of free eBooks. What caught my attention initially was that they were offering 5 Kurt Vonnegut titles (Breakfast of Champions, The Sirens of Titan, Cat’s Cradle, Player Piano, and Slaughter-House Five). All are ad supported, which as best as I can tell means that the first few pages are sponsored like magazine ads, but then the book is clean which is quite fine (ahem) in my book. [...] [...] I discovered WOWIO today via Teleread and it’s a great source of DRM-Free known titles of free eBooks. What caught my attention initially was that they were offering 5 Kurt Vonnegut titles (Breakfast of Champions, The Sirens of Titan, Cat’s Cradle, Player Piano, and Slaughter-House Five). All are ad supported, which as best as I can tell means that the first few pages are sponsored like magazine ads, but then the book is clean which is quite fine (ahem) in my book. [...]

]]> By: Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/04/12/a-kurt-vonnegut-good-bye-and-a-pointer-to-free-downloads-of-some-vonnegut-classics/comment-page-1/#comment-313209 Chris Meadows Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:02:20 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6412#comment-313209 I remember being startled when, having read <i>Cat's Cradle,</i> I next encountered the term "granfalloon" in a psychology textbook. (Though I don't think the field of psychology used it in precisely the same way he did.) I remember being startled when, having read Cat’s Cradle, I next encountered the term “granfalloon” in a psychology textbook. (Though I don’t think the field of psychology used it in precisely the same way he did.)

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