Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies[views:5046][posts:39]______________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 2:07am - the_reverend ""] http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/04/12/obit.vonnegut.ap/index.html worst news ever |
| __________________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 2:21am - DaveFromTheGrave ""] yeah that sucks |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 2:39am - RichHorror ""] I read that earlier. Such a bumout. |
| _______________________________ [Apr 12,2007 6:20am - Murph ""] shitty. very shitty. |
| ________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 7:01am - retzam ""] RIP |
| __________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 8:31am - succubus ""] RIP indeed. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 8:34am - pat_from_nh ""] Looks like I'll be smoking a pack of Pall Malls in his honor. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 10:03am - I_am_not_me ""] Lame. |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 10:34am - brian_dc nli ""] RIP. One of my favorite authors, if not the absolute favorite. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 10:44am - litacore ""] awesome writer. I'm going to watch 'Back to School.' |
| ____________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 12:15pm - dreadkill ""] litacore said:awesome writer. I'm going to watch 'Back to School.' excellent way to remember him. i love that movie. |
| ___________________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 1:06pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] i've been meaning to read Slaughterhouse Five... i guess i'll have to get on that. |
| ___________________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 1:19pm - diarrhea_blumpkin ""] i think im gonna go read breakfast of champions again |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 1:34pm - Mike_Giallo ""] This is really the worst news ever, Aaron? Come on. I can think of way worse. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 1:36pm - the_reverend ""] yeah, it's not like zombies raped my girlfriend. |
| ___________________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 1:40pm - diarrhea_blumpkin ""] or even worse,,, zombie Jesus |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 1:58pm - HailTheLeaf ""] The lack of news coverage on this great man's death is disgusting to put it mildly. I've had to sit thru months of crap about a dead fake blonde with fake tits, yet I watched MSNBC for an hour and a half this morning and never heard a word about Kurt Vonnegut. Where are the hour-long specials celebrating his work and life? Oh wait, he was an intellectual who actually did something with his life and therefore isn't as interesting to the media or american public as someone with alot of money who's had plastic surgery. Apparently Imus is more worthy of our attention...why don't we just start wearing helmets and water wings now people? Let's get it over with. |
| _____________________________ [Apr 12,2007 2:33pm - pam ""] One of those occasions HTL makes a great point. I had no idea until Jon told me just now. Too bad. |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 2:46pm - dreadkill ""] harrison bergeron was an excellent story |
| ______________________________ [Apr 12,2007 3:16pm - Yeti ""] i agree HTL. |
| __________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 3:18pm - Dankill ""] Harrison Bergeron is one of his most powerful and important stories these days |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 5:38pm - y_ddraig_goch ""] Who the hell is he? |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 5:41pm - MikePile ""] HailTheLeaf said:The lack of news coverage on this great man's death is disgusting to put it mildly. I've had to sit thru months of crap about a dead fake blonde with fake tits, yet I watched MSNBC for an hour and a half this morning and never heard a word about Kurt Vonnegut. Where are the hour-long specials celebrating his work and life? Oh wait, he was an intellectual who actually did something with his life and therefore isn't as interesting to the media or american public as someone with alot of money who's had plastic surgery. Apparently Imus is more worthy of our attention...why don't we just start wearing helmets and water wings now people? Let's get it over with. you're a fucking idiot if you think Vonnegut would want his death to be turned into a media crapstorm. Just let the dead guy chill. |
| _____________________________ [Apr 12,2007 5:47pm - pam ""] y_ddraig_goch said:Who the hell is he? ...are you serious? Or being a smart ass? |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 5:53pm - y_ddraig_goch ""] pam said:y_ddraig_goch said:Who the hell is he? ...are you serious? Or being a smart ass? I'm serious, I don't think I've read anything that was written since the 1920s I really dislike modern literature. HP Lovecraft is the most recent author I enjoy even he's a bit too current for my tastes, I prefer literature from the romantic era. I'm addicted to ancient texts though, give me the Iliad or the Odyssey, or the sagas of the Norsemen over any of the other stuff that's being pumped out now. |
| _______________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 5:57pm - y_ddraig_goch ""] I blame it on public schools, they don't introduce you too enough literature, there are a few current authors I dig, but it's hard to get into a lot of them when I don't get recommended them. Usually I stumble upon the authors I read through fate, I guess fate has kept me ignorant of this man's works. what's his best? |
| ___________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 7:35pm - dreadkill ""] you're missing out, son |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 10:51pm - HailTheLeaf ""] MikePile said:HailTheLeaf said:The lack of news coverage on this great man's death is disgusting to put it mildly. I've had to sit thru months of crap about a dead fake blonde with fake tits, yet I watched MSNBC for an hour and a half this morning and never heard a word about Kurt Vonnegut. Where are the hour-long specials celebrating his work and life? Oh wait, he was an intellectual who actually did something with his life and therefore isn't as interesting to the media or american public as someone with alot of money who's had plastic surgery. Apparently Imus is more worthy of our attention...why don't we just start wearing helmets and water wings now people? Let's get it over with. you're a fucking idiot if you think Vonnegut would want his death to be turned into a media crapstorm. Just let the dead guy chill. No one's death should be a media crapstorm, the point was more that Vonnegut's life and death deserve more attention than fake tits and stupid D.J.s. |
| _______________________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 10:56pm - Chris_From_Shit_Fuck ""] His son taught at my high school, and he was a damn good teacher. Said I'd like his dad's stuff, and I did. Read everything I could get my hands on, and I read Slaughterhouse Five a couple of times a year. Such depressing news. |
| ______________________________ [Apr 12,2007 11:02pm - pam ""] I'm about to crack Slaughterhouse Five as soon as I'm done with the book I'm reading right now. |
| _____________________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 11:30pm - theaccurseddrummer ""] My top 5 K.V. books... Welcome to the Monkey House Cat's Cradle The Sirens of Titan Slaughterhouse Five and A Man Without a Country Rest in Peace, your wit & wisdom will be missed. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 11:35pm - RichHorror ""] [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 11:39pm - Mike_Giallo ""] y_ddraig_goch said:I blame it on public schools, they don't introduce you too enough literature, there are a few current authors I dig, but it's hard to get into a lot of them when I don't get recommended them. Usually I stumble upon the authors I read through fate, I guess fate has kept me ignorant of this man's works. what's his best? I read Kurt Vonnegut in school. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 11:40pm - RichHorror ""] Great story, Mike. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 11:42pm - Mike_Giallo ""] RichHorror said:Great story, Mike. I hope you wind up homelss you repulsive sack of shit. |
| ______________________________ [Apr 12,2007 11:42pm - pam ""] Quite a tribute there, Giallo. Very touching. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 12,2007 11:43pm - RichHorror ""] Mike_Giallo said:RichHorror said:Great story, Mike. I hope you wind up homelss you repulsive sack of shit. Even if I do, you'll still be italian. |
| _________________________________ [Apr 13,2007 11:59am - xmikex ""] I'd trade any of you for Vonnegut. I also said the same thing about Eddie Guerrero... and I still meant it. |
| __________________________________________ [Apr 13,2007 6:15pm - lbprovidenceNLI ""] so it goes... |
| _______________________________ [Apr 13,2007 7:47pm - Eddie ""] lbprovidenceNLI said:so it goes... This should of been the title of the thread. |