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Apr 11
2007
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Kurt Vonnegut dead at 84Posted by dsendecki in Obituary |
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From the Washington Post:
Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark, satirical vision in works including "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle" was shaped by the horrors he witnessed during World War II, has died at age 84.
Vonnegut died on Wednesday after suffering brain injuries following a fall weeks ago, said Donald Farber, Vonnegut's friend, lawyer, agent and manager.
Vonnegut wrote plays, essays and short fiction, but his 14 novels were classics of the American counterculture, resonating with the U.S. antiwar sentiment during the Vietnam War era.
The author's Web site, updated after his death, displayed a simple black-and-white image of a bird cage -- a symbolic element in his writing -- empty with an open door. "Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1922-2007," the page read.
"All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental. " Rest in peace, Kurt!
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anthrasula
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Critics dismissed him as flip, but I also wonder if they were just annoyed at the fact that he managed to make classic novels that people actually wanted to 'read' instead of just 'have read'. I wish I hadn't loaned out my copy of Slaughterhouse five all those years ago, now I have to track down a new one. The man wrote some of the most laugh out loud funny stuff ever. If you don't laugh while reading breakfast of champions...well you're just hopeless."Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies - 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.' |
scififan
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And so passes a man who could have easily described to even the most incompetant of people what is wrong with our country right now. Kurt Vonnegut will be missed. His way of writing will be missed. His lack of restraint to point out the indignities of this country will surely be missed. |
