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Old 04-12-2007, 02:50 PM   #1
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So it goes...

Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut.
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Old 04-12-2007, 02:55 PM   #2
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I only read one of his books--"Galapagos." But I enjoyed it a great deal.
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Old 04-12-2007, 05:12 PM   #3
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A good man lost.
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Old 04-13-2007, 02:44 AM   #4
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He changed how I think as a young person. RIP.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:17 AM   #5
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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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Old 04-13-2007, 10:22 AM   #6
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I only read one of his books--"Galapagos." But I enjoyed it a great deal.
I never read that one. My favorites were Breakfast of Champions, Cat's Cradle, Sirens of Titan, and Slaughterhouse Five.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:36 AM   #7
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My favorite was Mother Night.
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Old 04-14-2007, 04:13 AM   #8
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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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