Kurt Vonnegut dies

[OSUsushichic]

He was 84.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/b...a5313fc8b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

 

[NFBuck]

Damn. Sad to hear that. I've enjoyed a number of his books...very unique writing style.

 

[vrbryant]

 

[DaytonBuck]

Great author, so many of his books are classics. He and Thomas Pynchon are my 2 favorite writers of the 20th century. I'll never forget how he compared Dresden to Dayton in Slaughterhouse Five.

 

[scooter1369]

No fire? No Crash? boring...

RIP Mr. Vonnegut. You're work here is done.

 

[coastalbuck]

I read alot of his books when I was younger. Good stuff. He was also good with Rodney in "Back to School"

[URL="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001419/"]Diane

: Whoever *did* write this doesn't know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut!
[cut to Thornton's dorm suite]
Thornton Melon: [on the phone] ... and *another* thing, Vonnegut! I'm gonna stop payment on the cheque!
[Kurt tells him off]
Thornton Melon: Fuck me? Hey, Kurt, can you read lips, *fuck you*! Next time I'll call Robert Ludlum!
[hangs up]

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RIP

 

[cincibuck]

He'll forever be my wife's hero... in an era when every female character was described by her measurements... 36 - 32 - 34... he wrote Breakfast of Champions and introduced every male character by his penis measurements.

 

[BrutusMaximus]

Quote:
Diane: Whoever *did* write this doesn't know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut!
[cut to Thornton's dorm suite]
Thornton Melon: [on the phone] ... and *another* thing, Vonnegut! I'm gonna stop payment on the cheque!
[Kurt tells him off]
Thornton Melon: Fuck me? Hey, Kurt, can you read lips, *fuck you*! Next time I'll call Robert Ludlum!
[hangs up]

As soon as I saw the thread title, I went looking for this quote :)

 

[OSUsushichic]

This is an asshole.

 

[kinch]

"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."

 

[OCBucksFan]

:( This was one of the Authors that actually made me want to read, Cats Cradle was such a great book, RIP.

 

[Taosman]

The writer I aspired to be!
A writer for the ages.
A national treasure.

 

[sandgk]

"So it Goes" - Kurt Vonnegut Dies

Don't know if I'm more happy over all he gave us in writing, or more sad because of all he now cannot give to us.

Kurt Vonnegut has passed away at age 84.

There are few things he wrote that did not either make me think, sometimes laugh, or make me think and laugh.

A rare and bright talent has departed from our midst.

 

[tyrus]

Is it me, or does it seem writers live long lives?

 

[cincibuck]

Vonnegutt and Twain lived long lives, but Dylan Thomas was dead in his thirties, Fitzgerald drank himself away in his fifties. Hemingway wasn't much over 60. I don't care how long Faulkner lived, it was too long.

Chris Buckley was on the Lehrer News Hour tonight and pointed out that Slaughter House 5 was on it's 94th printing. A bit more than "didly squat," to use another Vonneguttism.