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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - RIP
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:01 am
by Phrazz
Perhaps the greatest humorist this side of Mark Twain just passed away. I haven't had the time to read all of his works, but Vonnegut altered my mind-set permanently and acutely. He had a way at laughing at human failures and perhaps even foretold the end of the human race. There's a great interview of him recently in Rolling Stone.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. wrote:We could have saved the Earth, but we were too damned cheap.
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:52 am
by putty
So it goes.
What a great human.
I want one of his pieces of art.
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:08 am
by putty
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:08 pm
by pete
My three favorite authors are now all dead.
Richard Brautigan shot himself.
Douglas Adams died way too early of a heart attack.
At least Vonnegut made it to 84. We've lost one of our great spokespersons for basic human decency.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:22 pm
by putty
I love Richard Brautigan too. In Watermelon Sugar is one of my favorites.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:16 pm
by fourthaye
"No Matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious and charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.
If I should die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC "
(This is from A Man Without A Country)
Re: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - RIP
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:54 pm
by hoby
Phrazz wrote:Vonnegut altered my mind-set permanently and acutely.
You and me and lots and lots of others.
<sigh>