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smokeyjo7

smokeyjo7

Salt Lake City, UT
January 2005

APR 12, 2007 10:35 PM

I actually used to tag "So It Goes" on highway overpasses, waaay back in the day.

There's some pretentious rural high school graffiti for you. Still...

Jon Stewart actually looked a little upset tonight. For once it's kind of comforting to see the little mentions and references everywhere, although it does help that it's not round-the-clock coverage and scandal.

Just saying thank you and goodnight, but in reverse.

Heathen_Dave

Heathen_Dave

Birmingham, AL
July 2005

APR 12, 2007 11:08 PM

Cigarette said:
On 11 April 2007, a walking piece of meat with a mop of curly hair and a propensity for Pall Malls (the "classy way to commit suicide") stopped puttering around this little blue and green rock.

So it goes.



I just wanted to say that was the perfect way to say goodbye. Thanks.

Just wish I had had the opportunity to meet him once.

Greybeard

Greybeard

Los Angeles, CA
December 2006

APR 13, 2007 12:46 AM

After reading Breakfast of Champions some thirty years ago, I wandered around Central Utah in a bemused and befuddled daze for about a month, then it suddenly came clear to me:

"I seem to have a major part in a really dumb story. I'd much rather have a smaller bit part, in a better story, written by a more talented and imaginative author."

pmonkeyEsquire

pmonkeyEsquire

I'm lost
May 2004

APR 13, 2007 03:19 AM

what a great writer and great guy! Bon Voyage, Mr. Vonnegut.

erleichda

erleichda

Germany
May 2003

APR 13, 2007 03:31 AM

Okay, I feel really stupid saying this, but I've never read anything by him, altough it sounds like I would love it.

So, where do I start?

AnnaLee

AnnaLee

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

APR 13, 2007 03:56 AM

erleichda said:
Okay, I feel really stupid saying this, but I've never read anything by him, altough it sounds like I would love it.

So, where do I start?



Slaughterhouse 5. It doesn't really matter though it's all completely great!

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

APR 13, 2007 06:19 AM

erleichda said:
Okay, I feel really stupid saying this, but I've never read anything by him, altough it sounds like I would love it.

So, where do I start?



As far as I'm concerned, Bluebeard is the single greatest novel ever.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

APR 13, 2007 06:44 AM

Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies --'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'


gdarklighter

gdarklighter

San Diego, CA
August 2005

APR 13, 2007 10:35 AM

AnnaLee said:

erleichda said:
Okay, I feel really stupid saying this, but I've never read anything by him, altough it sounds like I would love it.

So, where do I start?



Slaughterhouse 5. It doesn't really matter though it's all completely great!



I'd actually suggest starting with Cat's Cradle.

Greybeard

Greybeard

Los Angeles, CA
December 2006

APR 13, 2007 12:17 PM

He put a bitter coating on sweet pills.

guitargeek

guitargeek

Shawnee, OK
November 2003

APR 13, 2007 12:26 PM

I read The Sirens of Titan when I was about 12 years old. I had no idea who Kurt Vonnegut was, but the book was in the science fiction section and had scantily clad women on the cover, so I jumped right in. Needless to say, it wasn't what I expected, but it certainly blew out the borders of my perception, really opened up my mind to contemplation. I devoured that book in about a day, then read it again, then went to the library and got the other few books they had by him. The librarian was an admirer of his work, so she took the liberty of ordering all his other works without me asking.

Kurt Vonnegut was an enormous influence on who I turned out to be. He's one of the authors whose books I go back and re-read every few years. I think I'm about due...

I was talking with a friend yesterday. He said, "With Hunter Thompson and Kurt Vonnegut gone, who will tell us the truth?" I thought for a while, and the only answer I could come up with was, "Tom Waits."

Goodbye, Kurt Vonnegut. Thanks for everything you've done for me and all the other monkeys on the planet.

waterbean_05

waterbean_05

Indianapolis, IN
April 2007

APR 13, 2007 01:31 PM

We will all miss him here in Indianapolis. Not too many great men come from this town. Maybe he had some ideas as to why.

MrStitches

MrStitches

Brooklyn, NY
November 2003

APR 13, 2007 01:38 PM

The man had a hell of a run.

BraveArt

BraveArt

Los Angeles, CA
February 2004

APR 13, 2007 02:26 PM

MrStitches said:
The man had a hell of a run.



Indeed. It is always sad when a genius mind passes from this mortal coil. However, he has left an incredible body of work that will be enjoyed forever.


ps: thank you, Kurt... for opening my mind in that sophomore English class and for making me see the world in a different light.

BoxOfficePoison

BoxOfficePoison

Portland, OR
June 2003

APR 13, 2007 02:45 PM

and so it goes.

Hunkpapa

Hunkpapa

United Kingdom
June 2004

APR 13, 2007 04:51 PM

A couple of years ago, I saw an interview with him on a tv show on the bbc, and he said something about how the purpose of art is to say to the person reading/listening/looking at it that "you are not alone", and that sort of floored me. I certainly got that feeling from reading 'man without a country'. Such a smart, compassionate, honest, wonderfully cynical man. If I can be 10% of the man he was I'll be doing well.

kwizzle

kwizzle

Cambridge, MA
September 2004

APR 13, 2007 05:22 PM

I have nothing to add but my sorrow at our collective loss.

TheInsomniac

TheInsomniac

Washington, DC
October 2003

APR 13, 2007 09:41 PM

If there is a Heaven, I'm guessing God's getting an earful right about now.

So it goes.

brandxofttl

brandxofttl

Scranton, PA
March 2007

APR 14, 2007 02:09 AM

Yeah, this pretty much ruined my week...my year even. "Irreversible brain injuries" does not sound like a pleasant way to go. May his memory live on.

frown So it goes.

ehaynes13

ehaynes13

USA
January 2007

APR 16, 2007 03:13 AM

Louella said:
RIP the man who changed my life. You were an amazing person and I'm lucky I got to spend the time with you that I did.\

My conolences to Lily and Jill and the rest of your family.



Amen. I wish I could have met him, just to have the opportunity to discuss or debate a couple of things. His works really got my mind to explore & I like when a talented artist can do that.

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