R.I.P. - Kurt Vonnegut
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- mayo0
R.I.P.
...but i hated Slaughterhouse Five so badly i refuse to read any of his other books.
- subversve0
this thread just ruined my night :(
r.i.p.
- PonyBoy0
i don't know shit about the fella nor his writing... but I enjoyed saying his last name
- milo0
this thread just ruined my night :(
r.i.p.---
Upsetting start to my day too...
Goodbye Kurt - see you down the blue tunnel ; )
- bolus0
shit, rip
- paraselene0
goodbye, mr. vonnegut.
:(
just finished a man without a country and thought it was a brilliant political swansong, full of all his thoughts on the current political situation in the u.s.
a great read, i highly recommend it.
r.i.p.
- nearestexit0
It's been a long time since I read some Vonnegut, but man those books always were wild rides. Kilgore Trout and the Ice Making Machine of Doom or whatever it was called.
I enjoyed his imagination.
If you haven't read any of his work, I'd recommend picking up at least one book and checking it out. It's worth the time.
- xero0
That's really sad. Vonnegut was a great writer.
R.I.P. Kurt
...and so it goes.
- JerseyRaindog0
Oh man. This is turning out to be a bad day.
R.I.P.
- neue75_bold0
:(
RIP
- Bottlerocket0
Oh man. This is turning out to be a bad day.
R.I.P.
JerseyRaindog
(Apr 12 07, 01:06)People die, its the way things work. No need to get so gloomy over it all.
- neue75_bold0
A good look at all the people that are alive is enough to make anyone gloomy...
- vespa0
you have the right to be gloomy in a vonnegut thread.
bless him, what an incredible life he lived.
- Bluejam0
hope he's having a heavenly beer with HST & burroughs
- rafalski0
He had a long and fruitful life. That reminds me of quiet but positive mood on the radio when Sinatra died, "My Way" never sounded so right and strong before.
BTW, Sting wanted "Consider Me Gone" as his epitaph..
- Crouwel0
"His last book, in 2005, was a collection of biographical essays, "A Man Without a Country." It, too, was a best seller. It concludes with a poem written by Vonnegut called "Requiem," which has these closing lines: When the last living thing has died on account of us, how poetical it would be if Earth could say, in a voice floating up perhaps from the floor of the Grand Canyon, "It is done." People did not like it here.
"beautiful.
rest in peace.
- JerseyRaindog0
Oh man. This is turning out to be a bad day.
R.I.P.
JerseyRaindog
(Apr 12 07, 01:06)People die, its the way things work. No need to get so gloomy over it all.
Bottlerocket
(Apr 12 07, 01:24)Bad day because publication ringing me first thing for a late advert for a client who has neglected to inform me that he has booked some space. Then I read this thread so it seemed apt.
Plus I finished Paul Auster's In the country of last things last night so I'm feeling particularly despondent about everything today.
So there.
- TheBlueOne0
...and so another voice for rationality and humanity walks into that dark night. RIP Kurt. RIP. Thanks for everything.
- paraselene0
you have every right to be gloomy, jersey! gloom away, kid.
- neue75_bold0
so it goes...