It took me this long to read Vonnegut’s classic time travel novel – about Billy Pilgrim, who has become unstuck in time – and of course I now wonder why I wated. I was inspired to finally pick up this novel by the episode of Lost in which Desmond similarly becomes unstuck in time, but I was surprised to find that this novel is not only an exploration of time travel but also a potent anti-war novel and even a fair piece of Zen Buddhist musing. After all, if every moment in your life happens simultaneously and no moment can be changed, living in the moment and accepting all states of life – including death – becomes the only option.

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