Well, I think this Vonnegut kick is finally over. I have finally read all of his novels (many of them twice; Cat's Cradle a dozen times). At this point, the most interesting thing about them is their interconnections. It seems that every novel refers to characters and settings in the other novels. I didn't pick up on this when I read them in high school. The themes are all consistent as well, so a beginner could probably read Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five and call it a night. Vonnegut's philosophy is so much like my own that I enjoyed reading them all just for reinforcement.