"Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time," kidnapped by space aliens, and put in a zoo/museum on the planet Tralfamadore with an adult film star named Montana Wildhack.
Slaughterhouse-Five is a classic anti-war novel about the firebombing of Dresden during World War II. However, most of the book jumps around through time: Billy as a senile widower, Billy on his wedding night, Billy as a soldier, Billy on Tralfamadore. The book starts out during World War II, which is where Billy first becomes unstuck in time, and ends with the reader never quite sure of Billy's age, whether Billy is really unstuck in time, or this is the result of a nervous collapse. | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of book - depressing/sad FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - part earth & part fantasy world Time Travel: - into past and future equally Inner Struggle Yes Plotlet: - mental illness/nutsophrenia Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Time Travel story? Yes Descript. of chases or violence - 10 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 0 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30 % Story largely takes place in - 1900-1960's Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - long lived adults Main Adversary Identity: - natural phenomena Setting Takes place on Earth? Yes Planet outside solar system? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed Sex in book? Yes How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |