[pmoriarty]

I don't know. I've always found Vonnegut to be trite, unfunny, and just not a good writer.

I never got why he was considered so great.

Give me Douglas Adams over Vonnegut any day. Adams is the real Satarist to the Galaxy.

[amongwhales]

Love Douglas Adams as well.

I've always seen Vonnegut as using Satire as a veil for optimism. He makes the world so absurd and yet there is still room for optimism.

Adams always seemed to have a bit more British cynicism/reality to me. I enjoy him a lot too.