[Shameful that there is no topic on this yet!]
Noted American author, cynic, failed Saab-dealer, World War Two veteran, humanist and professional provocator Kurt Vonnegut is dead.
His "classy way to commit suicide" (unfiltered Pall Mall cigarettes) didn't work out quite as expected, seeing how he fell down the stairs and died of that. Ah well, can't win 'em all.
The only fitting tribute to this literary giant is to joke about him. Hell, it's what he'd have done. So feel free to do so, or alternatively to toast the motherfucking book-burners [paraphrased, same obscenity level as original] who want to ban everything provocative from the libraries of the world.
I read "Slapstick" a few months ago.
I have "Breakfast of Champions" and "Welcome to the Monkey House" in my "to be read" pile. Guess I'll get to them.
How is it that NOBODY talking about this!? One of the greatest American autors of all time is dead, and the only things I hear people talking about are Imus and Anna Nicole's baby... What gives?
My mom went to Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, Indiana with him. He wrote for the school paper. Bless ya Kurt. You made the world a better place.
deleted user 16.04.2007 22:29
write your letters in the sand wrote: My mom went to Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, Indiana with him. He wrote for the school paper. Bless ya Kurt. You made the world a better place.
Nice! I actually haven't read any Kurt Vonnegut yet, but some of his quotes are REALLY wise. Let's just hope that HE doesn't wanna be shot out of a cannon like Hunter S. Thompson. Pfft.