Beth (Gallman?) liked it very much, especially the Harmoniums.

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Kerri agreed, and was nauseated by the Harmonium eating. She thought KVj hit the
nail on the head with his views of humanity. She was initially offended by Boaz,
since he seemed such a stereotype, but liked the way that he ultimately got
what he wanted.

Salo was the most human character in the book.

Pulsifer is in _Hitchhiker's Guide_.

There is a hint of incest in the Amazon Fertility rite ....
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Peter Kuchera said Boaz was the only character who found
happiness (to which Raja & JGallman shouted "Salo!")

Malachi was really the main character.

The book is about fate, luck, chance, accidents.

There are connections with _Hitchhiker's Guide_.

Almost everybody was manipulated, perhaps even Salo?
Salo suicided in remorse.

For PK, the main theme is the challenge to confront despair
and the meaninglessness of human life.

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Raja contrasted it with _tBookOfNewSun_ and _Anubis Gates_, not
positively.

PK thought perhaps RT's response was because the language is
plain (compared to _TBONS_).

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JGallman didn't like it much at all; he felt that the target audience
is college (or perhaps high-school) freshmen.

Vonnegut writes
down to his target audience. "Oh come on. What kind of sophomoric
crap is that?" Vonnegut develops philosophy
in slogans, not in thoughts.

This is nihilism, or pop-nihilism.

David Gallman said KVj claimed to write on 3x5" cards.
