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R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:50 pm
by trilonaut_Archive
areopagite wrote:my favorite so far is Galapagos. i love how it is written sortof backwards- where you know the end from the very start.
he does that in most of his books, to work around the idea that the point of a book is to find out how it ends. it's a wise device, since in so many thing in life (to sound hokey) it's not where you're going, it's how you get there. hell, we all end up the same place -- dead -- it's how we get there, right?
R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:40 pm
by Steve V_Archive
I guess that's just how it's gotta be.
People die. Well, most people just die. By the same token, some people have this way of sticking around, even dead. Vonnegut's one of those people.
R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:26 pm
by Paid In Full_Archive
What I always admired about V, was that he seemed so modern/open, at least in how he comes across in his writing. His perspective on things like war and religion seem much more supported now than they would have 45+ years ago.
For a WWII vet, he seemed amazingly in tune and appealing to younger generations, and I can't see his books ever going out of style.
R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:14 pm
by nihil_Archive
Vonnegut was my first introduction to good literature (Breakfast of Champions). I was 12 or 13. I am glad that he was forced upon me. It was a significant moment in my life.
Requiescat in Pace.
On and on...
R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:18 pm
by kenoki_Archive
my boyfriend goes into a head shop this evening to get cigarettes, where they are cheap, and the owner goes, "hey, you know of some author that died?" garry says, "yes, kurt vonnegut." apparently in three separate instances college guys came in looking for pall mall unfiltereds in honor of mr. vonnegut, though they evidently couldn't pronounce his name (therefore leaving the name of the author a mystery to the shop owner). so now this store will be adding pall mall unfiltered to their catalog of cigarettes for the first time. i'm thinking pall mall has seen the biggest amount of sales today than they have in the last 3 or 4 decades.
what a legacy...
R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:26 pm
by nihil_Archive
kenoki wrote:my boyfriend goes into a head shop this evening to get cigarettes, where they are cheap, and the owner goes, "hey, you know of some author that died?" garry says, "yes, kurt vonnegut." apparently in three separate instances college guys came in looking for pall mall unfiltereds in honor of mr. vonnegut, though they evidently couldn't pronounce his name (therefore leaving the name of the author a mystery to the shop owner). so now this store will be adding pall mall unfiltered to their catalog of cigarettes for the first time. i'm thinking pall mall has seen the biggest amount of sales today than they have in the last 3 or 4 decades.
what a legacy...
I smoke Pall Mall. Maybe I will live into my 80's. I doubt it, though. I don't have that much charisma.
R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:28 pm
by Minotaur029_Archive
DrAwkward wrote:I wish i could find the actual forward, but in the
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide, Kevin Murphy wrote a fantastic "Forward About Kurt Vonnegut," which i'm sure is what introduced me to Vonnegut in the first place.
Wikipedia, regarding the Forward, wrote:In the book The Amazing Colossal Episode Guide (written by the season 6 MST3K cast members), Kevin Murphy related two tales about celebrity reactions he encountered. In one, the cast went to a taping of Dennis Miller's eponymous show; when they were brought backstage to meet Miller, the comedian proceeded to criticize the MST3K cast for their choice of movie to mock in the then-recent episode "Space Travelers" (a re-branded version of the Oscar-winning film Marooned). In the other, Murphy discussed how he met Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., one of his literary heroes. When he had mentioned the show and its premise to Vonnegut, the author suggested that even people who work hard on bad films deserve some respect. Murphy then invited Vonnegut to dine with his group, which Vonnegut declined, claiming that he had other plans. When Murphy and friends ate later that night, he saw Vonnegut dining alone in the same restaurant, and remarked that he had been "faced... but nicely faced" by one of his literary heroes.
I've only read
Breakfast of Champions but quite enjoyed it. Of course, now, i feel compelled to read more, because i am a poser.
"Space Travelers" was an awesome episode...one of the first I saw..."How do you copy?" "A Xerox machine, you?"..."Why do they all look like Pacman?"
Additionally, Vonnegut admired anyone that could complete a work of art, even if it was shitty. I feel the same way...but I am also a
lifelong MST3K
geek.
HiFi...did you ever see
www.timmybighands.com while it was up?
R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:52 pm
by JC23by5_Archive
FWIW...I read that Alex Jones was lining Mr. Vonnegut up for an appearance on his radio show shortly before he passed away. Could have been interesting.
R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:38 pm
by Christopher J McGarvey_Archive
I distinctly remember being around the age of 8 or 9 and seeing a paperback copy of Slaughterhouse Five on her bookshelf and I was instantly attracted to it.
My mom told me that wasn't an age appropriate book at the time.
I finally read it when I was fifteen and found out that she never read it herself.
Sadly, she probably never will since that very copy ended up in the hands of some girl I met in the bar one night and somewhat happily never saw again.
He was great beyond all belief and I think Chuck Palahniuk rips him off to no end.
R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:01 am
by minkthinking_Archive
benadrian wrote:Mr. Chimp wrote:minkthinking wrote:benadrian wrote:So it goes...
Ben Adrian
Ben!!!!
I have met you before in the past. I used to live with amber and carly and jon harmon in indianapolis.
what's up, man?
Well played, well played.
Maybe it's becasue it's early, but I'm lost after what Mr. Chimp said.
Ben
Trying to not be a dick to a new person, s'all.[/quote]
apparently i don't have very good forum posting form