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"Look at the Birdie - Unpublished Short Fiction" by Kurt Vonnegut
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(NY Times) - Perhaps more than any of his contemporaries of similar
stature, Kurt Vonnegut was until early middle age a practical and
adaptable writer, a guy who knew how to survive on his fiction. In the
era of the �slicks� � weekly and monthly magazines that would pay
decently for fiction � a writer had to have a feel for what would
sell. The 14 stories in �Look at the Birdie,� (Amazon.com:
http://xrl.us/LookBirdie ), none of them afraid to entertain, dabble
in whodunnitry, science fiction and commanding fables of good versus
evil. Why these stories went unpublished is hard to answer. They�re
polished, they�re relentlessly fun to read, and every last one of them
comes to a neat and satisfying end. For transmittal of moral
instruction, they are incredibly efficient delivery devices..
stature, Kurt Vonnegut was until early middle age a practical and
adaptable writer, a guy who knew how to survive on his fiction. In the
era of the �slicks� � weekly and monthly magazines that would pay
decently for fiction � a writer had to have a feel for what would
sell. The 14 stories in �Look at the Birdie,� (Amazon.com:
http://xrl.us/LookBirdie ), none of them afraid to entertain, dabble
in whodunnitry, science fiction and commanding fables of good versus
evil. Why these stories went unpublished is hard to answer. They�re
polished, they�re relentlessly fun to read, and every last one of them
comes to a neat and satisfying end. For transmittal of moral
instruction, they are incredibly efficient delivery devices..
Continued: http://xrl.us/LookBirdieReview
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