Jack GrahamIf aliens put you in a space zoo, what would the sign on your enclosure say?
Jake in the desertGot into Vonnegut as a teen after reading Slaughterhouse-Five, my dad had a copy from college (and I later dug Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions, my favorite of his). But I'd never seen the movie adaptation of Slaughterhouse-Five from 1972, so I'm watching it now. So far, so good- captures what I remember of the book pretty well.
Here's to the weirdness of becoming unstuck in time πβ³
https://letterboxd.com/film/slaughterhouse-five
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Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.
tinydoctor@simsa03 Want to know how I became hooked on #Bach? My parents did not listen to classical music; #PeteFountain, #MartyRobbins, #WillieNelson, #JerryJeffWalker, #Waylon et. al was their music. I came to Bach through the movie #SlaughterhouseFive which I think I saw when I was 17 (1975?). The soundtrack music was selected by #GlennGould, and included #BrandenburgConcerto 4, which played while #BillyPilgrim was marched through #Dresden.
Dave MuthScientist prose poet Ed Yong, on his next book, "The Infinite Extent":
"...think at scales beyond our normal experiences. We have to appreciate threats too small to see, violence too slow to feel, and global chains of influence too convoluted to comprehend. We must act collectively. We are not a small species; it is time to stop thinking like one."
I can hardly wait. But I have to, because I'm stuck here in time.
#Science #ScienceCommunicators #GreatWriting #BillyPilgrim
Due in 2 years.
BarbaraPittman βοΈπ¬