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Kurt Vonnegut Passed Away

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JakeDobner Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle	Posted on Apr 12 2007 12:09 AM This is too bad. I feel he is one of the finer American authors and even more certainly one of the finest of his time. Top
DannySnyder Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11010 Berkeley, CA	Posted on Apr 12 2007 12:21 AM This is the first I heard of this. A brilliant, funny author with a voice that spoke to the absurdity of this modern life. May he rest in peace. — Danny Snyder Latest project - Now That's What I Call SURF _ "With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo I'm back playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Top
CaptainSpringfield Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 4387 Under the Sun	Posted on Apr 12 2007 01:15 AM Man ... that's depressing news. He wrote some of my favorite books. I've lost track of how many copies of Cat's Cradle I've gone through, since every time I find out a friend of mine hasn't read it I just give them mine and buy another. -Warren — That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. Top
Brian Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19194 Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Posted on Apr 12 2007 07:53 AM I just heard this this morning. I think the news said he was 84. A great author with a great talent.... — Site dude - S3 Agent #202 Need help with the site? SG101 FAQ - Send me a private message - Email me "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea Top
mom_surfing Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5267 the outer banks of north carolina	Posted on Apr 12 2007 08:32 AM i've recently been re-reading his books and just finished 'cats' cradle' — www.surfintheeye.com Top
NoisyDad Joined: Mar 04, 2006 Posts: 215 West Hartford, CT	Posted on Apr 12 2007 09:15 AM He gave us a lot and his wonderful body of work lives on. Hi ho. — http://www.aquatudes.com http://www.facebook.com/theaquatudes Top
Brian Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19194 Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Posted on Apr 12 2007 09:38 AM http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_en_ot/obit_vonnegut — Site dude - S3 Agent #202 Need help with the site? SG101 FAQ - Send me a private message - Email me "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea Top
IronMaiden Joined: Nov 02, 2006 Posts: 564 Virginia Beach	Posted on Apr 12 2007 10:54 AM Ive only read 'Player Piano' 'Mother Knight' and 'Hocus Pocus'...I really want to get 'Slaughterhouse 5' Anybody remember the 'Slaughterhouse' reference in the movie 'Footloose'? Theyre talking shite about the English teacher and they say, "Hes making everybidy read Slaughterhouse 5" and Kevin Bacon says, "Thats a great book" and they look at him like hes an idiot....Haha great movie. RIP Vonnegut Top
Stormtiger Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2675 Ventura, CA	Posted on Apr 12 2007 11:42 AM My favorite human and biggest hero. I am crushed but I knew the day was coming. I heard he had recently fallen in his NY apartment and suffered brain damage. The cigarettes didn't get him after all. Glad to see so many others here who mourn his passing. Hi ho. Top
Tuck Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO	Posted on Apr 12 2007 02:25 PM Has anybody written a song called The Sirens of Titan yet? Top
Stormtiger Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2675 Ventura, CA	Posted on Apr 12 2007 02:40 PM Al Stewart (Year of the Cat) wrote a good one. I was a victim of a series of accidents...as are we all. Top
dp Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3545 mojave desert, california	Posted on Apr 12 2007 05:04 PM I just finished reading "A Man Without a Country", his last work...i will miss him too much...so it goes... read all you can by Mr. Vonnegut, you will not be sorry. -dp Top
dp Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3545 mojave desert, california	Posted on Apr 12 2007 05:07 PM momsurfing_ i've recently been re-reading his books and just finished 'cats' cradle' ...ice-9 takes over the planet..global cooling! that book makes me smile just thinking about it. -dp Top
Stormtiger Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2675 Ventura, CA	Posted on Apr 12 2007 05:45 PM Ambrosia wrote a song using his lyrics. Nice, Nice, Very Nice So many people in the same device I'm getting tears in my eyes. Top
CaptainSpringfield Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 4387 Under the Sun	Posted on Apr 12 2007 08:45 PM IronMaiden Ive only read 'Player Piano' 'Mother Knight' and 'Hocus Pocus'...I really want to get 'Slaughterhouse 5' You gotta get that one, plus at the very least 'The Sirens of Titan' and 'Slapstick.' Oh, and obviously 'Cat's Cradle.' 'Welcome to the Monkey House' has some great short stories of his, too. ('Harrison Bergeron' is far and away my favorite of those.) -Warren — That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. Top
Brian Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19194 Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Posted on Apr 13 2007 01:15 PM I had forgotten about the local connection to Mr. Vonnegut. He taught at the University of Iowa briefly. Vonnegut and UI — Site dude - S3 Agent #202 Need help with the site? SG101 FAQ - Send me a private message - Email me "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea Top
Tuck Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO	Posted on Apr 13 2007 06:28 PM Stormtiger Ambrosia wrote a song using his lyrics. The one about General Sherman's horse? Last edited: Apr 15, 2007 22:40:02 Top
Stormtiger Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2675 Ventura, CA	Posted on Apr 13 2007 07:10 PM I don't remember General Sherman's horse but he wrote so many ditties within his books. I went to high school with Dave Pack so I was tuned into the early Ambrosia albums, this was on their first. You can hear a sample on iTunes. It sure isn't surf. NICE, NICE, VERY NICE Oh a sleeping drunkard Up in Central Park Or the lion hunter In the jungle dark Or the Chinese dentist Or the British Queen They all fit together In the same machine Nice, nice, very nice Nice, nice, very nice So many people in the same device Oh a whirling dervish And a dancing bear Or a Ginger Rogers and a Fred Astaire Or a teenage rocker Or the girls in France Yes, we all are partners in this cosmic dance Nice, nice, very nice Nice, nice, very nice So many people in the same device I wanted all things to make sense So we'd be happy instead of tense Oh a sleeping drunkard Up in Central Park Or the lion hunter In the jungle dark Or the Chinese dentist Or the British Queen They all fit together In the same machine Nice, nice, very nice Nice, nice, very nice So many people in the same device So many people in the same devic Top
LHR Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 2123 The jungle	Posted on Apr 13 2007 11:59 PM My wife told me just about as soon as it hit the newswire. I was way, way more saddened than I ever thought I would be. Actually I never thought about him dying before, I guess. If you have ever gone to high school in the US (and had even a remote interest in your English class), then this is very bad news indeed. I was just thinking about a great scene from Slaughterhouse 5 that same day. This may be even worse than when I heard that Richard Brautigan has passed away years ago. Sad. — SSIV Top
verbaddict Joined: Feb 14, 2007 Posts: 47	Posted on Apr 14 2007 12:41 PM It is very sad. He was an amazing writer. His books inspired me to read what the world refers to as Literature as apposed to the pulp i grew up reading. It is a good to know that some many people have the same interests. So many surf music fans are also Vonnegut fans. Top

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