Kurt Vonnegut dies

[Martha]

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

 

[samclem]

Yep, he'll be missed.
My personal favorites:
Slaughterhouse Five
Harrison Bergeron
All the King's Men

 

[bongo2]

Oh, man. First Hunter and now Kurt.

Slaughterhouse five and Cats Cradle are must-read. Several other good ones.

 

[eridanus]

Player Piano
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
Happy Birthday, Wanda June - a great, satirical, piece

 

[bpp]

So it goes.

(Someone had to say it.)

 

[Rich_by_the_Bay]

A master of the power of forbidden laughter.

 

[Zoocat]

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

 

[donheff]

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."