... the intensity of their discussion's regarding important themes of the film, and states that they believed the strength of the book was primarily its plot. This allowed them to put their own unique spin on the themes. Interesting details on the alternate endings that Kubrick played with. The intended ... does the ending in the film. Places the Hotel more as a character in its own right, sinister and more encompassing. Severin, Tim. In Search of Moby Dick, Great Britain, Abacus, 2000. Interesting book. Severin is a travel writer who has done a dozen or so works which are styled in a simila...

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All of Kurt Vonnegut's books are strongly satirical and ironical (Vonnegut often uses very dark humor), funny, compassionate and extremely wise. They mostly have a very poor plot (or none at all) and the emphasis is put onto the rather comic and pathetic characters. Kurt Vonnegut also very often uses science fiction and comic book formulas (quick action, short dialogues etc.), which usually puts his books onto bookstore shelves marked "sci-fi". Vonnegut, however, doesn't take the sci-fi elements with the same seriousness as the other sci-fi writers, and that probably makes the difference betwe...

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