FlaSoxxJim Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 RIP Kurt, I never read anything you wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RibbieRubarb Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 (edited) 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, 2007 by RibbieRubarb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False Alarm Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 god bless you, mr vonnegut. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyw Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Loved his cameo in 'Back to School'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 RIP Mr. Vonnegut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I just read Slaughterhouse 5 a few months back. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 QUOTE(Texsox @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 08:46 AM) I just read Slaughterhouse 5 a few months back. RIP So YOU killed him!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted April 12, 2007 Author Share Posted April 12, 2007 QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 12:29 AM) 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 RIP. My girlfriend has had Slaughterhouse 5 sitting on the headboard for a while. Maybe I'll crack it open this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Thank you for everything, Mr. Vonnegut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 So it goes. RIP to one of the Great American Authors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mplssoxfan Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted April 12, 2007 Author Share Posted April 12, 2007 (edited) QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 03:34 PM) 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, 2007 by FlaSoxxJim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 09:48 AM) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDylan Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RibbieRubarb Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 (edited) QUOTE(Texsox @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 02:39 PM) 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, 2007 by RibbieRubarb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmteam Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted April 13, 2007 Author Share Posted April 13, 2007 QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Apr 12, 2007 -> 03:44 PM) 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?!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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