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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
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So it goes...
Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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I only read one of his books--"Galapagos." But I enjoyed it a great deal.
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Makes some feel uncomfortable
Join Date: Dec 2005
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I never read that one. My favorites were Breakfast of Champions, Cat's Cradle, Sirens of Titan, and Slaughterhouse Five.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Outside of Washington, DC
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My favorite was Mother Night.
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We have to go back, Kate!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Yorkshire
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A good man lost.
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He changed how I think as a young person. RIP.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Outside of Washington, DC
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OMG! That's horrible.
![]() He was a great writer and a very wise man. It's sad that he will never see us get out of this mess. |
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I suppose Slaughterhouse-Five was his masterwork. I remember being not at all thrilled with Welcome to the Monkey House, which was the last Vonnegut I read -- that "Hi ho" catchphrase plucked at my temper even as a college sophomore. I haven't cracked the covers on a Vonnegut since -- a lot of his material did not age well.
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