rip kurt vonnegut (1 Viewer)

[RSJ]

So it goes...

Kurt Vonnegut RIP.

One of the outstanding figures of modern US literature, Kurt Vonnegut, has died aged 84 in New York. He became a cult figure among students in the 1960s and 1970s with his classics of US counterculture. He wrote plays, essays and short fiction.
The defining moment of his life was the firebombing of Dresden, in Germany, by allied forces in 1945 - an event he witnessed as a young prisoner of war.
His experience was the basis of his best-known work, Slaughterhouse Five.
It was published in 1969 against the backdrop of the war in Vietnam, racial unrest and cultural and social upheaval in the United States.
Long-time family friend Morgan Entrekin, who reported Vonnegut's death, said the writer had suffered brain injuries as a result of a fall several weeks ago, he told The New York Times.
Last year, Vonnegut came out of semi-retirement to write his new book A Man Without A Country because of his "contempt" for current US President George W Bush.

 

[magicbastarder]

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ah balls.

 

[smallbrownbear]

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REALLY???






bummer

 

[avernus]

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84 is a good age.

 

[Yurn!]

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Yeah good innings i reckon.

 

[nEiLo]

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I have a copy of "A man without a country" on my desk. It has a great picture of Kurt looking all grandfathery.
I love his writing, his sense of morality and humour.
This has made me very sad.

 

[egg_]

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This has made me said too. I have a lot of love in my heart for Kurt

 

[Goff]

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Tingaling, Kurt. Tingaling.




*Michael Dibdin also passed a couple of weeks ago. Whilst not a Vonnegut, still a good writer.

 

[egg_]

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Although he was writing until his death, he undoubtedly felt his best work had been completed years earlier. Following the publication of Slaughterhouse Five, he had admitted to losing the compulsion to write.

Oh! I thought Timequake was one of his best

It's funny how S5 is being called "an anti-war novel". I suspect a lot of the people doing the talking about Kurt in the media today haven't read it

 

[Rogue]

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Yeah I loved timequake too, what a great writer, knew he was on the way out but sad all the same.

I could never watch the film of Breakfast of Champions, dunno why, just didn't work off the page.

 

[nEiLo]

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Timequake is my favourite.
I'm glad I haven't read all of his books. I intend too, but I am not in any rush. A few years ago I read about 5 in a row... I'll have to pace myself now.

 

[trensmat]

legend

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21544517-661,00.html

right to the end was the man

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0512-13.htm

 

[sexypornolady]

Thought he was died years ago.

 

[Pantone247]

 

[Mormon Nailer]

http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/12/vonnegut/index.html

 

[PING PONG]

Fair fucks to Kurt he made it to 85, I'm going out to buy 'slapstick' now

 

[theinvisiblerep]

He was my favourite author.

RIP

 

[snakybus]

Ah heck.

He was like an old friend.

Good bye, Kurt.

 

[Brush]

Thought he was died years ago.

He did. But his corpse was stolen by Animatronics Students. The batteries wore out there.

 

[Unclealo]

What a dude