phorbesie Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 strange...i just read mother night last night sad http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/books/11cnd-vonnegut.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 he was easily my favourite authout...cats cradle and breakfast of champions were the two of the first books i ever read for pleasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was by far one of the best authors I have ever read. I just finished "Jailbird" last weekend, and although it wasn't my favourite it was still pretty good. I think "Slaughterhouse-Five" is definitely my favourite of all his novels, and definitely in my top five favourites ever (if I were going to create a TimmyB-style top-ten list of books... which I am not). Link to article in Toronto Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 sighFarewell to one of the best writers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 All persons living and dead are purely coincidental. - Kurt VonnegutHe's up in Heaven now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nibbler Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Let's hope he took the ice-9 with him wherever he went. Fat chance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 He also looks like Mark Twain. Kinda spooky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Definitely a Twain for the age. Very sad, but wow, what an amazing literary legacy to leave behind. He was one's of America's brightest lights, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Thats so sad. RIP Kurt. Ill have my first smoke of the morning for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottieking Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 "If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDEDFOR THE EXISTENCE OF GODWAS MUSIC"Vonnegut's Blues For America 07 January, 2006 Sunday HeraldSad day but a brilliant legacy. One of the finest humorists, imaginations and wordsmiths of the 20th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 why was he good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 (edited) yup - couldn't add anymore than the quote above that SK printed. I was just picking what Vonnegut books to read on vacation...been doing that for years now. sigh. Edited April 12, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagochips Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 RIP Mr. Vonnegut.http://www.vonnegut.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Here's cool 5-minute reading of "Slaughterhouse-Five" by the man himself:http://media.salon.com/mp3s/vonnegut021601.mp3Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWeeJig Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 R.I.P. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Zimmy Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted April 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 (edited) "I will say too, that lovemaking, if sincere, is one of the best ideas Satan put in the apple she gave to the serpent to give to Eve. The best idea in that apple, though, is making jazz." "If you really want to hurt your parents, and you don’t have nerve enough to be a homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts. “ Edited April 12, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 and so it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 and so it goes.exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fista Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 RIP to a truly amazing human being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemonkey Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 boko-maru vigil tonight, parliament hill. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 que descanse en paz... [RIP] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 See ya Kurt ... glad you were here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbass Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 R.I.P kurt v, you will be missed...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 and so it goes. exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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