In case you missed it - America's most important writer, Vonnegut, dead at 84

Crap. :(

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Thank you for letting us know....

It comes for us all...

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This is very sad news. He was one of the last giants in literature.

His gentle demeanor belied an extremely sharp intellect, a perfect balance of cynicism and compassion, and a keen observational wit, the likes of which is rare these days.

Farewell, Kurt Vonnegut. Thank you for your gifts.

he's not one of the last of the giants of literature. He was one in a long series of giants.

For the rest of my life, and long after I'm dead, there will be giants. Vonnegut is just one in a long series.

That said, I actually shed tears over his death, and I've gone digging around for some of his books for me to enjoy again. I believe he was the finest living American writer, but he's not the end of the line.

I didn't mean to imply "all time", just in my lifetime. There are dozens alive now, but only a handful had the impact on me Vonnegut did.

Thank you for all the enlightenment, sir. Safe passage.

Perfect.

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Watching Slaughterhouse Five at age 13 may have forever changed the course of my life.

Thank you, Mr. Vonnegut.

A well-lived life.

THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC"

at least we can all sleep easy knowing that Kurt is up in Heaven now :rofl:

what an enormous loss for everybody. God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut. you changed the way i think and look at the world. we will miss you.

My condolences to his family.

I guess I should be ashamed to admit I've never read one of his novels, but it's true, I haven't.

Mark Twain might be my favorite author and if Kurt Vonnegut is anything like him I know I have a lot of good reading ahead.

I recommend him highly!

I'm just....bereft. :cry:

and I am looking forward to reading him. I was familiar with his name and notoriety and was impressed with his stance on the "war". I fully intend to become familiar with at least one of his novels.

I'll start with Cat's Cradle and go from there. In fact I'm going to Amazon right now. I have the feeling I'm going to find a treasure. :thumbsup:

are better than most things you'll read.

Cat's Cradle is my personal favorite, but the critics say Slaughterhouse-Five is better. I won't argue with them.

when it comes to Kurt Vonnegut...if you were impressed with his stance against the war you might first want to check out his landmark novel "The Slaughterhouse Five," and then his last published book from 2005, a collection of essays, thoughts, quips, etc. titled "A Man Without A Country."

you really can't go wrong with any Vonnegut. when i was very very young i consumed books like water but as i approached my teenage years i slowed down quite a bit. it wasn't until my older brother passed me his copy of "Breakfast of Champions" when i was 14 that my appetite and passion for the written word reignited (and it hasn't slowed down since).

Vonnegut himself, like Mark Twain before him, is an American treasure all by himself; probably my absolute favorite novelist.

enjoy :thumbsup:

a great writer and brilliant curmudgeon... hope Jon Stewart reruns the interview he did with him a few months back.

with any luck, he's only on Tramalfador (sp?) with a beautiful woman in his arms...

I have "A Man Without a Country" sitting right here on my coffee table. I guess maybe I'll read it now.

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RIP Mr Vonnegut.

I enjoyed "A Man Without A Country". I checked it out of the library when it first came out. :thumbsup:

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And that here was a man who was incredibly important, whose art is something that all good people of earth should have known well, but because it required reading at a level greater than fourth grade, American Idol gets all the news time.

It's a fucking crock.

Artists like Vonnegut should be the popular ones, and the shit like Idol, Brittney, Kinkade, pop music in general, so many novelists, and a lot of TV shows are the shit that should be seen only by a few truly culturally dead assholes.

But, sadly, the culturally dead asshole to culturally literate person ratio in this country is 100000 to 1.

him from back in NYC.

and still watch Idol

They're not mutually exclusive.

May he rest in peace!

When there are so many more worthy people than him to pass into the great beyond. Sigh, the good always die so young. :(
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My favorite quote from his last book, Man without a Country, "I wouldn't wish life on a Animal".

...was elected." (From what I understand this is a quote from the great Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
He will be missed.

O8) :party:

worst news ever. :(

that I read during my high school years, before I got lazy! I really should make the time to read more of his stuff...

I have no words.

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Shook his hand once after a speech.
"Breakfast of Champions" got me through some dark days....oh, shit, this is terrible news.
God I loved that man!
Oh, fuck I am distraught!

One of a kind.

Poo-tee-weet

Would be neat to be in his karass.

...this happened because it has ALWAYS happened this way, and will always happen this way....

and replaced it with this:

"Another enemy of God's Chosen President, George W. Bush, has died. Praise Bush, may he rule forever!"


Fuckers...

*EDIT*

Oh, it's back up now.

I believe he was America's greatest living writer.

I'm really very saddened by this.

So it goes.

I can't express how this saddens me. I've been telling myself that he lived a long, full, productive life. That his contribution to mankind was a great one and that he'll live forever.

It's not helping. I'm still saddened more than I can say.

God, what a shitty day.

:(

the first time that the death of a famous person has upset me..

So it goes

It is called The Eden Express. It is actually really good.

:patriot: