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Everyone needs to read this story once in a while....
1 posted on 08/18/2010 2:51:33 PM PDT by devane617
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To: devane617

Gotta love Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.


2 posted on 08/18/2010 3:03:49 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: devane617

Is this the story with the “Wrecks and the Reaks”, where one group of public workers would tear up the roads and the other group would come along and repair them?


3 posted on 08/18/2010 3:09:58 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ( VIVA la SB 1070!)
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To: devane617
There is a DVD available that is based on the short story. 2081 is the title.
4 posted on 08/18/2010 3:22:21 PM PDT by reg45
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To: devane617

Great great story by my favorite author Kurt Vonnegut, who sadly passed away recently...

Also read Cat’s Cradle . Wonderful book.


5 posted on 08/18/2010 4:25:48 PM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: devane617

Whoever did write this doesn’t know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut.


6 posted on 08/18/2010 4:28:13 PM PDT by dfwgator
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It was also a good movie that is rarely on TV late at night, starring Sean Astin.

Reminiscent of the classic distopian novel, “This Perfect Day” by Ira Levin.

Mark


7 posted on 08/18/2010 4:30:10 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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This short story is a must read for anyone who hasn’t read it. It’s on a par with 1984 and Atlas Shrugged, though it’s message is much simpler than the latter two novels. After all, it is just a short story.


8 posted on 08/18/2010 5:15:21 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Made from the Right Stuff!)
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Thanks devane617.


15 posted on 08/19/2010 5:51:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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