Agree or not, it’s still fun to read comments from the crusty old man:
http://inthesetimes.com/comments.php?id=38_0_4_0_C
Not only does he look like Samuel Clemens, he spouts off like him too. Not quite as good a writer, maybe, but still up there…
Vonnegut did his best work around Slaughterhouse 5. I don’t think Slaughterhouse is his best, but it’s a good book. Cat’s Cradle was always my favorite, with a close second Siren’s of Titan.