From The Edge Toward The Center

As one of the most important writers of American postmodernism, Kurt Vonnegut's main contribution lies in the fact that he puts the subject matter and format of his science fictions in the frame of postmodernism, and thus has established a brand-new narrative context. This pattern of fiction writing which seems both unorthodox and unconventional, supplies reader with vast reading space. At the same time, the author finds the best access to expressing his own serious thoughts and revealing the social illogicalities by reflecting the reality with multi-stratifications and multi-colors. As a result, the success of Vonnegut's postmodernism writings has marked a major milestone for science fictions to step into the mainstream literature from its previous fringe state.