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Billy Pilgrim becomes unstuck in time during WW2. He was born in NY, went to school for optometry, went to war and was captured, made a bunch of money after, was in a plane crash, and started talking and writing about his experience with the Tralfamadorian aliens who could see in four dimensions. In WW2 he was a chaplains assistant stuck behind enemy lines. He first gets unstuck there and captured with Roland Weary
— Jan 22, 2026 08:37PM
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Kurt introduces us to the story of this book, of how he has always been writing this book since the war, of some of his past in Chicago and New York, how he goes to meet an old wartime buddy to talk about Dresden, how his friends wife hates the thought of making war seem heroic so he promises to not do so, of the childrens crusade, of the deal that gave him the opportunity to finish the book, and of visiting Dresden
— Jan 22, 2026 07:09PM
