Goodbye Kurt Vonnegut, You Were a Seriously Cool Dude
 

Sad to report that Kurt Vonnegut has died. I've been a fan since fifth grade, when I learned of the "chrono-synclastic infundibulum".

Here's to Tralfamadore and Wide Open Beavers

No! :(

GD is going to be extra bummed about this one too. We were both fans.

Sometimes I'm reminded that all my favorite elders will pass before my eyes. Sigh.

Better than the alternative, eh?

OOOH! Very sad news!

I've read everything and it was a mixed bag but that which was good was great.

I didn't know he was still alive, though.

Yeah, I thought he was dead already, too. Eh, we all die. Better to have been a brilliant author than most dead people achieved.

Sad news, but this is sure to spark a few re-reads for me.

I loved Kurt Vonnegut when I was younger- I have all his books up to 'Galapogos', then I just sort of drifted away from his writing. Brilliant guy, great to see in person and funny as hell. Didn't he have to suffer through having Geraldo Rivera as a son-in-law for a time? I always saw that as the sort of cruel cosmic joke that might show up in his writings.

I saw him on a talk show, I can't remember which, not too long ago.

I was impressed by his sharpness, at his age. {I think it was to promote his last book}.

I can not say I've read his works but I know of his work and my daughter, when I told her, was taken aback and definitely bummed.

Yes, CP, it is sad to think that so many people {actually anyone we love or admire} will leave this life before we do and we will miss having them.