Kurt Vonnegut Jr dies at 84
 

Tralfamadore's farting and tap dancing homosexual midget UFO barflies weep. Bokonon lifts his finger to the sky. And so it goes.
Death of a genius.
R.I.P.

Damn that sucks. Great writer. Even his short stories like harrison berguron (sp?) were great for a highschool mind. Required reading throughout highschool in the late nineties.

RIP

"So it goes"

RIP Kurt

It always makes me feel sad when I hear such things :(

RIP

He was my neighbor in NYC. We had a nice passing nod. I first actually met him at the 1st closing party for Doonebury back in the 80's. He was at the bar next to me.. so being a bit drunk -- ok a lot drunk -- after a few minutes of silly conversation.. i said in my best big girl voice "ya know i really loved Fahrenheit 451" .. and being the classy guy he was said.."yah me too, that Bradbury writes a good story" and just kept on with the convo.

Needless to say I read everything after that that he wrote and he gave me a couple of signed editions which my oldest son called me in the middle of the night to tell me to put them on Ebay.. NO freaking way.. kids--the have no sense of HIStory.

Ahhh well .. So it goes...

|cry|

That is sad. But 84 seems like a good long life. I think I might be past ready at that age.

:(

Does it seem that the death of a writer, one whom you have read, is a sadder experience than that of an actor, rock star, or other popular stranger? Reading is so much more an intimate experience than watching boobs on the tube, I suppose. You've become acquainted with that which the writer has chosen to expose, and you feel as if you are relating with, and communicating your own self back to, that writer while reading his/her work.

OK, I'm rambling.

Me too.. I liked his writings.