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Kurt Vonnegut Dead at 84

Posted by Lorie Byrd
Published: April 12, 2007 - 12:03 AM

The New York Times is reporting.

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May his soul rest in peace,... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by epador | April 12, 2007 12:43 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

epador:

May his soul rest in peace, he had a tough young adulthood, a stark humor and sadly all too accurately and cynically bent.

1. Posted by epador | April 12, 2007 12:43 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Posted on April 12, 2007 00:43

So it goes.... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by mantis | April 12, 2007 12:48 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

mantis:

So it goes.

2. Posted by mantis | April 12, 2007 12:48 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Posted on April 12, 2007 00:48

"I guess the moral here is:... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by BrandonInBatonRouge | April 12, 2007 12:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

BrandonInBatonRouge:

"I guess the moral here is: you must be careful what you pretend to be because, in the end, you are who you're pretending to be." - Howard W. Campbell Jr., Kurt Vonnegut's "Mother Night"

3. Posted by BrandonInBatonRouge | April 12, 2007 12:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Posted on April 12, 2007 00:59

Well put, mantis, well put.... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Peter F. | April 12, 2007 1:03 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Peter F.:

Well put, mantis, well put.

Sad news.

4. Posted by Peter F. | April 12, 2007 1:03 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Posted on April 12, 2007 01:03

I'm the biggest baddest scr... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by kim | April 12, 2007 9:19 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

kim:

I'm the biggest baddest scribe in the whole wide countree, and my pen is jes' burstin' with ink.
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5. Posted by kim | April 12, 2007 9:19 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Posted on April 12, 2007 09:19

Sad he's gone. But he left ... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by Publicus | April 12, 2007 9:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Publicus:

Sad he's gone. But he left us some great writing. Thanks, Kurt!

6. Posted by Publicus | April 12, 2007 9:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Posted on April 12, 2007 09:54

Mantis,That's verb... (Below threshold)

7. Posted by RightWingDuck | April 12, 2007 1:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

RightWingDuck:

Mantis,

That's verbatim what I thought when I read the headline.

So it goes.

I guess you just have to know Kurt's work.

I had to laugh like hell.

7. Posted by RightWingDuck | April 12, 2007 1:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Posted on April 12, 2007 13:13

I had to laugh like hell... (Below threshold)

8. Posted by mantis | April 12, 2007 2:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

mantis:

I had to laugh like hell.

Indeed.

We had a memorial services for Isaac a few years back, and at one point I said, ''Isaac is up in Heaven now.'' It was the funniest thing I could have said to a group of Humanists. I rolled them in the aisles. It was several minutes before order could be restored. And if I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, ''Kurt is up in Heaven now.'' That's my favorite joke. src

Kurt is up in Heaven now.

8. Posted by mantis | April 12, 2007 2:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Posted on April 12, 2007 14:58

Vonnegut documentary. Inter... (Below threshold)

9. Posted by bryanD | April 13, 2007 12:16 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

bryanD:

Vonnegut documentary. Interesting, of course!

http://redstateson.blogspot.com/2007/04/see-hear.html

9. Posted by bryanD | April 13, 2007 12:16 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

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