Kurt Vonnegut died today.

Blimps Go 90 · Post by **Blimps Go 90** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:28 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQnAhSzb4gY

sturgeongeneral · Post by **sturgeongeneral** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:52 am

Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages. -- Kurt Vonnegut

gdavis5446 · Post by **gdavis5446** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:16 am

This is an old editorial by Kurt. Worth reading again.

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/cold_turkey/

widespreadchanges · Post by **widespreadchanges** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:41 pm

I thought they would have put kilgore Trout's only poem on there, the one that goes,

when the tupelo
goes poop-a-lo,
i'll come back to youp-alo.

In Timequake, Kurt points to a time when his alter ego, Kilgore Trout, dies on labor day in 2001, at the age of 84. I just read this again, that's a brilliant book.

I guess his writing called him home.

dcarter · Post by **dcarter** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:48 pm

If you want to read an excellent and apropos Vonnegut quote, click here!

www.wilcoworld.net

veryoldstereo · Post by **veryoldstereo** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:04 pm

i met him in 1998 when he spoke at my school. . slaughterhaus funf is still one of my favourite books. . .RIP you crazy bastard

sturgeongeneral · Post by **sturgeongeneral** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:46 am

Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.
Kurt Vonnegut

jeffra · Post by **jeffra** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:36 am

Interesting I just read an old article about him a few days back...RIP...

Hank Snow · Post by **Hank Snow** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:20 am

He has been my favorite author since I read Slaughterhouse Five when i was about 11. Such a great body of work, great sense of humor, great outlook and observations.

Highwater61 · Post by **Highwater61** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:15 am

One of my favorite writers.

dcarter · Post by **dcarter** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:32 am

He was a tough old bastard. I knew that he was wearing out but he was the kind of guy that you assume will surely go on and on...

gdavis5446 · Post by **gdavis5446** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:57 am

So it goes.

saratoga jay · Post by **saratoga jay** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:34 am

Talus · Post by **Talus** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:55 pm

Montana Wildhack is weeping.