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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2007 15:39:53 GMT -4
"If it weren't for the Sermon on the Mount, I wouldn't want to live on Earth."
RIP
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viridian
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Post by viridian on Apr 12, 2007 15:49:05 GMT -4
This news made me so sad - he was such a talented man. RIP.
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funwithcats
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Post by funwithcats on Apr 12, 2007 16:31:11 GMT -4
I'm so sorry to hear about this one. . . he was such an interesting and talented writer. His books really opened my perspective when I first got ahold of them in junior high. He will be missed.
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susyhomewrecker
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Post by susyhomewrecker on Apr 12, 2007 20:22:15 GMT -4
I wrote a research paper on his books during my junior year of high school. Brilliant, brilliant man.
Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse Five, and Cat's Cradle are still some of my favorite books. This makes me so sad.
"So it goes."
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rascal
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Post by rascal on Apr 13, 2007 1:12:07 GMT -4
One of my favorite books was Galapogos... I know, not many liked it but it always reminds me of my dad. And... well, I love Blue Footed Boobies! Those damn birds and their strange name!
So it goes....
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Post by sardonictart on Apr 15, 2007 2:21:02 GMT -4
I've never read any of his books although a teenage friend of the family gave me Slaughterhouse Five for my birthday, so I do plan to at some point. Sadly, one of the few things that I associate with him is that fake commencement speech that was running around via email supposedly by him that then got made into a techno song. I did however like his segment on The Daily Show awhile back. Giraffes, hippopotami and the clap R.I.P. I promise to be kind. |
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Post by groovethang on Apr 15, 2007 8:17:27 GMT -4
I loved his cameo in Back to School. It was just so silly/fun that he was hired to write a paper for Rodney Dangerfield's rich character only to have that character told by his professor, "You obviously know nothing about Kurt Vonnegut!"
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Post by Mutagen on Apr 15, 2007 11:16:22 GMT -4
One of my favorite books was Galapogos... I know, not many liked it but it always reminds me of my dad. And... well, I love Blue Footed Boobies! Those damn birds and their strange name! So it goes.... I never read Galapagos, but I too really love some of the "not classic" Vonnegut books - namely Hocus Pocus and The Sirens of Titan. |
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starskin
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Post by starskin on Apr 15, 2007 11:42:10 GMT -4
RIP Kurt.
I've never read Slaugtherhouse Five (I know!) but I absolutely loved Bluebeard and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Such a strange blend of cynicism and optimism, and so moving.
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garnet927
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Post by garnet927 on Apr 15, 2007 18:39:25 GMT -4
What's a good first book for someone (me) who hasn't read any Vonnegut?
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