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Billy Pilgrim time travels all while going through the war in Dresden. He travels to when he was in a psych ward for people who went through the war. He talks about the man whom he shares a room with. He has a large private collection of science fiction and allows Billy to read some. Bill then again travels to when he was in the time warp with the Tralfamadorians. He learns the fate of the universe. and why it stays.

I first heard about this book when I was overhearing the story from my mom's audiobook in the car, and now, since I'm reading it, I get to read the full story of Radar, Mr. Bowditch, and Charlie.
I am really liking this story so far; the opening felt somewhat cold, as it should for the context of the beginning part. The words felt smooth and it really affected the impact of how it was explained.

Billy Pilgrim had just been released from the train he was being kept in with other American soldiers. Some people were dying, wounded, sick, or already dead; others were starving and weak from lack of food. They had eventually been taken to a camp, which I can only assume was Dresden. During this train ride, Billy would blink and he would switch from being in 1944 to 1967.

The part of the book right now is when Billy Pilgrim gets captured by the 4 German soldiers. This was just right after Billy Pilgrim became unstuck in time for the first time. He traveled from where he was then, to when he was a child with his father at the YMCA. His father was going to throw him into the deep end to try and teach him to swim.

so far what i can tell, its about a man trying to write a book about his time spent in the war. He's calling up people he knew to resite times they spent during the war, so he can put them in his book.

i was re-reading parts of the beginning, and I re-evaluated the change in Dr. Black and the way I viewed him then vs. where i am now. I thought of him as more philosophical and curious in a way than i was. I could relate in a way. All of that was thrown out the window once I had read he experimented on animals and his wife, though. At that point and time, he really had become insane.

I left my other book at home today on accident, so i pulled this one out of my backpack and started reading. I was already intrigued by the short 4 page prologue where the author explained their curiosity with writing horror. It was a great entrance to the book where after was a curious and too short short story. It left me wanting more and seeing what would happen next in the character's story.

Dr. Spencer Black went from a well-known and respected doctor to someone perceived as a madman. From reading the parts where Dr. Black had written letters to friends, family, or former colleagues, you can see him down-spiral in his written letters. He had begun experimenting on small animals or dogs, and in his last letter, it is assumed he even experimented on his wife Elisabeth.

I've really enjoyed this book so far; reading about his life and his aspirations makes me think of my own as I share a similar fascination as Dr. Spencer Black. He had spent time working and studying human deformities and managed to associate the deformities with fictional creatures. The anatomical sketches are beautifully macabre and bring a new sense of curiosity and wonder to me.