Slime Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/books/12...&hp&oref=slogin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudzu Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 So it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppetKing2112 Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Funny timing, as I'm doing my junior thesis about him this year. Phenomenal writer, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Slaughterhouse-Five rules R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubled_mystic Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I literally just read about this, and I'm stunned. Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite author, has been since I first read Cat's Cradle. Rest in peace Kurt. The world just lost one of the greatest writers to ever live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. P. L. Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Oh f**k. What a great loss. One of the most amazing writers and critical minds of our times. What a loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Our friends Marcus and Jen used to live in the same apartment building as Mr. Vonnegut, in Northampton, MA. They've spoken to him a few times in the hallways and in town. A genius and a good guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladirushfan80 Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 (edited) Anyone remember Kurt's cameo appearance in the Rodney Dangerfield movie "Back to School"? Dangerfield is assigned a major paper on Kurt Vonnegut by his English teacher, and he hires Vonnegut himself to help write it. The teacher then says she knows Dangerfield cheated, but "whoever wrote it doesn't know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut." Edited April 12, 2007 by GeddyRulz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I didn't even know he was still alive! Anyway, RIP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Farewell, Mr. Vonnegut. 'Harrison Bergeron' is one of the best short stories I've ever read and a brilliant cautionary tale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortkort Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudzu Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 QUOTE (doubled_mystic @ Apr 12 2007, 12:00 AM) I literally just read about this, and I'm stunned. Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite author, has been since I first read Cat's Cradle. Rest in peace Kurt. The world just lost one of the greatest writers to ever live. Nothing to add here...just 100% agreement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady April Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 QUOTE (Kudzu @ Apr 11 2007, 11:49 PM) So it goes. indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic.Feedback! Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 I had just finished reading Slaughterhouse 5 when my dad said, "Hey, that guy who wrote that book you're reading is dead." ...Kinda creepy. So it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Oh, a lion hunter in the jungle dark, and a sleeping drunkard up in Central Park, and a Chinese dentist and a British queen, all fit together in the same machine. Nice, nice, very nice, nice, nice, very nice, nice, nice, very nice such very different people in the same device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustard Death Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 One of my favourite authors... R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaine mac Roth Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Definitely one of the all time great writers in any genre. I too have just finished re-reading S5 and, as always, was reminded what a talent he had. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Apr 12 2007, 09:36 AM) Farewell, Mr. Vonnegut. 'Harrison Bergeron' is one of the best short stories I've ever read and a brilliant cautionary tale. I love his sense of humour as well. His cameo in "Back to School" was hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slime Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Worst obituary ever by Fox "News" http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/16/k...fox-news-style/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anagramking Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 QUOTE (Ancient Ways @ Apr 15 2007, 07:42 PM) QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Apr 12 2007, 09:36 AM) Farewell, Mr. Vonnegut. 'Harrison Bergeron' is one of the best short stories I've ever read and a brilliant cautionary tale. I love his sense of humour as well. His cameo in "Back to School" was hilarious. QUOTE [after Diane gives Thornton an 'F' for his report, which was actually written by Kurt Vonnegut] 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: f**k me? Hey, Kurt, can you read lips, *f**k you*! Next time I'll call Robert Ludlum! [hangs up] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anagramking Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Apr 12 2007, 08:36 AM) Farewell, Mr. Vonnegut. 'Harrison Bergeron' is one of the best short stories I've ever read and a brilliant cautionary tale. I remember reading this back in high school, but didn't know until now that he wrote it. I do agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudzu Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 QUOTE (Slime @ Apr 17 2007, 07:22 PM) Worst obituary ever by Fox "News" http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/16/k...fox-news-style/ "Despondent leftism". Nice. Assholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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