After suffering irreversible brain damage following a fall some weeks ago.
From the New York Times.
One of a kind.
From the New York Times.
One of a kind.
Kurt Vonnegut Dead at 84
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Unfortunate way to go. But, his works live on. Slaughterhouse Five is a book I enjoyed immensely in my youth, and have long remembered. May he RIP.
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My absolute favorite writer. Damn, I loved that man. I read The Siren's of Titan once a year and just yesterday started reading it to my son. I think I'm going to go cry now...
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A friend sent me five of his books recently and I can't believe it took me 30 years to discover him.
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He was of 'the mud who sat up and looked around' and now he will have the Peace of Bokonon.
A wonderful writer and spirit, and he had some tough knocks in his life. But a life well-lived ... sad to have him pass beyond.
Good-bye, Cool old Dude ...
and now he will have the Peace of Bokonon.A wonderful writer and spirit, and he had some tough knocks in his life. But a life well-lived ... sad to have him pass beyond.
Good-bye, Cool old Dude ...
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While Siren's of Titan and Cat's Cradle are probably my all-time favorites, Breakfast of Champions turned me into a reader and a writer.
"Kurt is up in heaven now."
"Kurt is up in heaven now."
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Oh no. He will be missed - what a profound affect he had on my writing life and my reading life.
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