Cat's Cradle and God Bless You Mr. Rosewater will always be favorite books of mine.

 

Mr. Vonnegut

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/books/11...amp;oref=slogin

RIP Kurt, I never read anything you wrote.

This is truly sad for me. Everyone has a favorite writer, actor, filmmaker, singer...etc. that in someway inspires you. They become the foundation of that creative side of you.

Kurt Vonnegut was that man for me.

His humor, his insight, his wisdom shaped me at a young age and continues to shape me as a man.

He saw the horrors that man can do first hand and still found grand humor in life. I take those lessons everywhere I walk. He infused great essays on the decline of humanity with incredible humor and imagination.

He made you think how you lived your life and grateful you didn't live it like many in his books.

There was never more an original voice in Literature than his in the second half of the 20th century.

Now he is dead. So it goes...

 

If you have never read a book by him, start. Pick up Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse 5, Hocus Pocus, Timequake, Welcome to the Monkey House, The Sirens of Titan, etc.

 

Do so...Even if it was his fault that Thornton Melon got an F on his English paper.

Edited April 12, 200719 yr by RibbieRubarb

god bless you, mr vonnegut. RIP.

Loved his cameo in 'Back to School'.

RIP Kurt.

 

I was always partial to Breakfast of Champions myself, Slaughterhouse 5 was one everyone in school had to read and was still enjoyable.

RIP Mr. Vonnegut.

RIP

I just read Slaughterhouse 5 a few months back.

 

RIP

I just read Slaughterhouse 5 a few months back.

 

RIP

 

So YOU killed him!!!

RIP Kurt, I never read anything you wrote.

I'm sure you would actually really dig his stuff. The science fiction elements of his novels, including the new worlds like Tralfamadore and the fluid realities he creates, are very Lovecraftian and I think the novels would be very much up your alley.

I really enjoyed God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (or Pearls Before Swine, if you didn't believe that I read it).

 

RIP. This is a huge loss to the world of literature.

RIP.

 

My girlfriend has had Slaughterhouse 5 sitting on the headboard for a while. Maybe I'll crack it open this weekend.

Thank you for everything, Mr. Vonnegut.

So it goes.

 

RIP to one of the Great American Authors.

One of my faves as well.

 

He's actually still alive on Trafalmadore in a display with Billy Pilgrim and Montana Wildhack, and he always will be.

One of my faves as well.

 

He's actually still alive on Trafalmadore in a display with Billy Pilgrim and Montana Wildhack, and he always will be.

Mmm mmm Montana! I love her body. . . .of work.

Edited April 12, 200719 yr by FlaSoxxJim

RIP.

 

My girlfriend has had Slaughterhouse 5 sitting on the headboard for a while. Maybe I'll crack it open this weekend.

Wow, my girlfriend has had Slaughterhouse 5 sitting on the headboard too

Wow, didn't hear this until now. Truly a great loss to the literary circles. The man was a one of a kind writer and spread inspirations to many, many aspiring and established writers around him. I'm glad he got his last book out, which was more a memoir than it was a novel. It really spoke volumes about how great of a thinker Vonnegut was.

 

His style of writing is one of a kind. R.I.P. Kurt.

Wow, my girlfriend has had Slaughterhouse 5 sitting on the headboard too

 

That's odd. My transvestite brother also has Slaughterhouse 5 on his headboard.

Edited April 12, 200719 yr by RibbieRubarb

RIP.

That's odd. My transvestite brother also has Slaughterhouse 5 on his headboard.

Hey, who the hell took my copy of Slaughterhouse 5 of of the headboard?!!