Talk:Kurt Vonnegut

Ice-9 as a recurring topic

Contrary to what was stated in Talk:Kurt Vonnegut/Archive 3#ice-9 recurring?, I'm pretty sure that Cat's Cradle is not Vonnegut's only work that discusses the idea of ice-nine. I'm pretty sure it's in Deadeye Dick, in particular, and I think it's also in others (one of which might be Between Time and Timbuktu). —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 12:39, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

I think we would only include it if a secondary source felt it was significant.--Wehwalt (talk) 17:37, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Charitable work

Having recently re-read a couple of Vonnegut's novels (Breakfast of Champions, Timequake) in which he champions socialist ideals and repeatedly emphasizes his opinion that it is our duty to assist one another through the minefield of life, I came here expecting to find information about his charitable work - his success must have made him sufficiently rich, famous, or both to do plenty of good wherever he chose to focus: he is, or was, a household name, after all. But, nothing. Surely there must be information on this topic that can be added to improve the article. 123.193.137.85 (talk) 15:06, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Recently added "Technology" section

I've just patched up the references in the recently-added "Technology" section. The section is entirely referenced to primary sources, which doesn't seem appropriate for a Featured Article – perhaps an editor with a good overview of the secondary literature on Vonnegut could review whether including such a section is appropriate or not and if so how it should be sourced? Best, Wham2001 (talk) 11:06, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

I've added some secondary literature on the theme, and would be happy to add additional sources as needed. If editors think it works better as a section under "themes," that would make sense, but given his prominence as a technological critic, some acknowledgement of that theme or his views on technology seems appropriate. Ukerist (talk) 17:33, 12 March 2024 (UTC)