Goodbye Kurt Vonnegut, You Were a Seriously Cool Dude

mousepod · 04-11-2007, 08:36 PM

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

€uroMeinke · 04-11-2007, 08:40 PM

Here's to Tralfamadore and Wide Open Beavers

Cadaverous Pallor · 04-11-2007, 08:41 PM

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.

scaeagles · 04-11-2007, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

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

Better than the alternative, eh?

Not Afraid · 04-11-2007, 08:43 PM

OOOH! Very sad news!

Alex · 04-11-2007, 08:51 PM

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.

innerSpaceman · 04-11-2007, 08:59 PM

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

flippyshark · 04-11-2007, 10:31 PM

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

wendybeth · 04-11-2007, 10:41 PM

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.

MouseWife · 04-11-2007, 10:43 PM

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.

04-11-2007, 08:36 PM	#1
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	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". __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Here's to Tralfamadore and Wide Open Beavers __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	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. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	OOOH! Very sad news!
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	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.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yeah, I thought he was dead already, too. Eh, we all die. Better to have been a brilliant author than most dead people achieved.
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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Sad news, but this is sure to spark a few re-reads for me.
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	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. __________________
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MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	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. __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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