RIP Kurt Vonnegut

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:03 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_ ... t_vonnegut

I am actually a little teary eyed right now. I haven't felt this bad since Hunter Thompson killed himself. What a great man, and what a loss to the literary world.

Post by **JWR** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:21 pm

Yes another of the greats has left us in body but left behind a great body of work for us to remember him by.

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:25 pm

I remember what started it for me. My seventh grade class read Harrison Bergeron. From that point on, I was hooked.

transmet · Post by **transmet** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:21 am

Sad, soul-crushing news that has left me between that state of melancholy and blind numbness. He was a very unique literary icon who was part Twain, Thompson and Bradbury. I was fortunate enough to have been able to see one of his lectures at the UCLA Hammer Museum a few years back for the release of Bagombo Snuff Box. He was such an eloquent speaker, who captivated everyone's attention. I remember we sat behind Shatner & Nimoy, and later I was able to get my copy of the book signed - such a great day. My God, was that really back in 1999? Wow...

I'm going to go curl up in a ball now.