kurt vonnegut died

[implicit]

i don't know if anyone here cares, but he was kind of a big deal to me when i was growing up.

here's an article on his life/career:

ny times

[julianREE]

fuck really? I read one of his books, Cat's Cradle, and it was pretty amazing.

makes me want to read the rest of his shit, sad it takes death for people to realize genius.

[alex_844]

his books all have such an interesting perspective on life.

breakfast of champions one of my fave books ever

[snugglepony]

well shit.

this doesn't hit me as hard as john fowles dying last year, but still...

[chromesquared]

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breakfast of champions one of my fave books ever

Seconded, and the movie is great. I was so suprised when I saw Bruce Willis in that role.

[Servo2000]

Fuck.

His last release wasn't all that good, but I always thought he had it in him for another great. He will be missed.

At the very least, he looks good in that suit.

[destructodisk]

Wow, very sad.

I remember watching an interview with him on the Daily Show a couple months back - shocking that he died.

[cultpop 0217]

pretty soon all the great figures of the last century will be gone.

where, i ask, are their successors?

too few and far between.

harrison bergeron is one of my all time favorite short stories. reading vonnegut (and bradbury) in middle school is one of the reasons i love to read.

godspeed, sir.

[LIVENUDEGIRLS]

man... RIP

I've only read three of his books but the guy was brilliant as far as I was concerned.

[Vitamian]

And so it goes, no?

[Brienneoftarth]

Very sad. His books provided alot of solace for me in harder times. If only he could've lived a little longer and other worthless fucks on this planet could've died sooner.

[designersheep]

so it goes...

I've only read Slaughterhouse 5 and Breakfast of Champions, but I liked them both and was planning to read more of him.

RIP

[denimdestroyedmylife]

eh, at least he was old. the natural order of things. many authors aspire to this, creating a body of work, getting some recognition and then dying to solidify their legacy. he's immortal now, anyway.

maybe his work will be taken more seriously now

RIP

[Roflcopterpwnsyou]

And so it goes, no?

EXACTLY WHAT HE WOULD WANT. Probably.

[shoreman1782]

harrison bergeron is one of my all time favorite short stories. reading vonnegut (and bradbury) in middle school is one of the reasons i love to read.

True.

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[cheep]

kurts in heaven now....

probably my favorite author... ive read all of his books, except maybe one or two. breakfast of champions is one of my favorites... i think i need to do a vonnegut tee... use a drawing from that book. im sure he would approve.

[lil brown brother]

RIP Mr Vonnegut

[isoform]

KV shirt-- supreme doesn't have one yet?

anyways..yeah RIP.

[ktothe]

he's immortal now, anyway.

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[RAISED BY WOLVES]

Rest In Peace.

[sybaritical]

Awwhhhh man.

Douglas Coupland put me onto Kurt Vonnegut at a book reading in 1998. I ended up reading the whole back catalogue one after the other. Lost touch with his work in recent years but this still makes me sad.

[mizanation]

R.I.P. kurt vonnegut. and thanks.

[Jux]

Slapstick was a great book. Always wanted to read more of his work.