Kurt Vonnegut - Dies at 84.

[M.D. Holloway]

Kurt Vonnegut died Wednesday at 84. He was one of my fav writers. I have read almost every book he wrote. Great stuff. He will be missed.

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Kurt Vonnegut RIP

there's a thread on this..

[CJFusco]

Wow, this is the first I've heard about this. Very sad.

I remember when he released "Man Without a Country," he said it would be his last book, and that in itself was sad enough.

I was lucky enough to meet him and his son Mark in 2002; he was very funny, grumpy, a little bit gruff, but pleasant. Pretty much what you'd expect.

[bigchillcar]

he was a dandy. some may not know, but he also wrote the story for the original star trek series episode 'the city on the edge of forever', which starred joan collins. many consider it the best of the original series and won awards and accolades for its storyline. he will be missed.

[M.D. Holloway]

Didn't see it. Wonder how I missed this thread?

Thinking about all the books he wrote;

Player Piano - reason I love industry! Combine this with Babbit and Engines of Creation and its a start for a nice Industrial Engineering foundation must read list.

The Sirens of Titan - lead me to read Time Enough for Love which I will never forgive him for!

Canary in a Cat House - great for plane trips

Cat's Cradle - first work I read by him. Read it when I was in Jr HS, made such an impact I became a little science geek.

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater - prolly the most difficult to get through. I didn't like it as much as other work.

Welcome to the Monkey House - second book I read as a froshmen in HS. I loved it and it made perfect sense, still does. Short stories are great for kids.

Slaughterhouse-Five - influenced my life outlook. The Brits in prison camp that would make the best of it was impactfull on a Sophmore in HS.

Happy Birthday, Wanda June & Between Time and Timbuktu were fun enough but a little slow for me.

Breakfast of Champions - a gin and tonic, perfect. I read this the summer I worked at a car dealership washing cars for a 1$ a car.

Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons - read it in college, most when I was stoned and can't remember much.

Slapstick & Jailbird - were read under the influenece as well, again not much stuck.

Palm Sunday provided the best insight into who he was as a man and a writer.

Deadeye Dick - priceless, puts randomconscequences into perspective

Galapagos - greatstuff for a science / philosophy geek

Bluebeard - could't get through

Hocus Pocus - finshed half when a girl I was seeing borrowed the book and split (for real!)