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04-12-2007, 09:50 AM
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Kurt Vonnegut dies
He was 84. I will never forget reading Slaughterhouse-five.
Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops
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04-12-2007, 10:42 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Re: Kurt Vonnegut dies
Yep, he'll be missed.
My personal favorites:
Slaughterhouse Five
Harrison Bergeron
All the King's Men
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04-12-2007, 11:03 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Re: Kurt Vonnegut dies
Oh, man. First Hunter and now Kurt.
Slaughterhouse five and Cats Cradle are must-read. Several other good ones.
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04-12-2007, 11:05 AM
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Re: Kurt Vonnegut dies
Player Piano
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
Happy Birthday, Wanda June - a great, satirical, piece
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04-12-2007, 11:43 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Re: Kurt Vonnegut dies
So it goes.
(Someone had to say it.)
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04-12-2007, 12:04 PM
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Re: Kurt Vonnegut dies
A master of the power of forbidden laughter.
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04-13-2007, 06:02 PM
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Re: Kurt Vonnegut dies
Here's a nice site with lots of info about him and links to his work, even a taped interview.
http://www.pbs.org/now/arts/vonnegut.html
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04-18-2007, 09:39 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Re: Kurt Vonnegut dies
Vonnegut was not at all happy about the current state of affairs in the US. Read an extract from his coming memoirs to get a flavor. Here is a sample:
"But I myself feel that our country, for whose Constitution I fought in a just war, might as well have been invaded by Martians and body snatchers. Sometimes I wish it had been. What has happened instead is that it was taken over by means of the sleaziest, low-comedy, Keystone Cops-style coup d'état imaginable."
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