Slaughterhouse Five vs. Catch-22

[MKSheppard]

Which is better?

IMHO, Slaughterhouse 5 was a unimaginable mess that Vonnegut
must have written while tripping on LSD.

Catch-22 OTOH, is much much better. Major Major and Yossarian kick
ass!

[Faram]

Any movie that hands out decorations for nice bombing patterns gets my vote

Never mind that they did't hit anything! (or was that in the book can't remember)

[Sea Skimmer]

Catch-22 was much better

[Master of Ossus]

Catch-22 was a vastly superior better book. Slaughterhouse 5 was vastly superior as a literary piece. Draw your own conclusion.

[VF5SS]

Catch-22 OTOH, is much much better. Major Major and Yossarian kick
ass!

Ah yes, Major Major Major Major (there were four right) was a great guy.

[The Yosemite Bear]

You are talking two of the three most guilt ridden Surrealist Sci Fi works to come out of the firebombing of Dresden. Personally I say that of the two Catch 22 is more coharent. Of the three Dresden guiltfests I would have to say Canticle for Liebowitz. It was cohairent, had an epic quality, and was ultimatly about redemption, not some exeistentialist (Alone against the uncaring universe jargon.)

[Master of Ossus]

Of course Catch-22 is more coherent. It is also much more accesible. That is a large part of what makes it a better book. It is also, indirectly, related to why S5 is a better literary piece.

[The Yosemite Bear]

Slaughter House Five is more like Finnigans wake. Makes no sense what so ever and is rather disassociative, but it still is a fine piece of literary work.

[Master of Ossus]

Indeed, it is part of that disjointedness that makes it such a wonderful work. There actually is meaning within the book, but many people are so confused by it that they never figure it out. Catch-22, while disjointed in and of itself, is much more accessible. In 100 years, we may not still be reading S5 until university (if then), but I would bet that we'll still be reading C-22.