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David Farnell
Subject: DG: RE: Inconsistent Nazis, Fairy Tales, Fairfield
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 12:18:22 +0900

Davide Mana wrote:
> And even if this can sound absolutely crazy, there were Jews supporting the
> Final Solution. Which simply goes to show what propaganda can do to you (if
> you're a dork).

For an excellent fiction take on this, see Vonnegut's _Mother Night_. A great read for anybody playing DG, regardless of the Nazi connection--major paranoia, betrayal of spies, discarded tools, lost innocence; very, VERY dark.


Mark McFadden
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:18:00 -0800
Subject: DG: RE: Inconsistent Nazis, Fairy Tales, Fairfield

Glad you brought that novel up. I was just thinking of Howard W. Campbell's All-American Brigade. I would love to see some of them in a WWII DG campaign. Red, white and blue star-spangled jumpsuits and chromed steel cowboy hats. And don't forget the screaming Bald Eagles on the cowboy boots. And the pearl-handled sixguns.

"The girls go crazy for a sharp-dressed man......"

Mark McFadden
donning his Aloha shirt and lederhosen


Jimmie Bise, Jr.
Subject: DG: Re: RE: Inconsistent Nazis, Fairy Tales, Fairfield
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 14:49:57 -0500

Wasn't that novel made into a movie starring Nick Nolte? If so, I'm gonna
have to read the book, because I was *really* disappointed by the movie..


David Farnell
Subject: DG: RE: Fairfield and Vonnegut
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:06:52 +0900

And Agent McFadden, re Mother Night, wrote:
> Glad you brought that novel up. I was just thinking of Howard W.
> Campbell's All-American Brigade. I would love to see some of them in a
> WWII DG campaign. Red, white and blue star-spangled jumpsuits and
> chromed steel cowboy hats. And don't forget the screaming Bald Eagles
> on the cowboy boots. And the pearl-handled sixguns.
>
> "The girls go crazy for a sharp-dressed man......"

Fer real. Campbell gets mention in _Slaughterhouse 5_, too, I think. And yes, I WOULD like to see a "Sons of Campbell" division of K show up sometime during an American section. Preferably far along, when an injection of dark, disturbing humor would come in handy.


And Agent Jim wrote:
> Wasn't that novel made into a movie starring Nick Nolte? If so, I'm gonna
> have to read the book, because I was *really* disappointed by the movie..

My copy had Nolte on the cover, so I assume it was the new edition released with the movie. I was wondering how the movie was...thanks for the news. I may still rent it if I come across it in an obscure video shop, but I'll be braced for disappointment now. The book, however, is quite good, one of my favorite Vonneguts, and I've read quite a few, so I recommend it if you can find it. (I get the feeling it was written shortly before one of V's periodic visits to what he affectionately called "the looneybin.")

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