Gingerbread Man on 12/4/2007 at 03:56
Dead at 84.
There was a period where I devoured all the Ginsberg, Vonnegut, Kerouac, and Thompson I could find. And nothing struck me as close to home as Vonnegut.
So it goes.
Stitch on 12/4/2007 at 03:59
And so it goes, indeed.
Nobody broke the rules better than you, Kurt.
:(
TheHurley on 12/4/2007 at 04:04
your recomend his work then?
Nicker on 12/4/2007 at 04:06
Farewell Kurt. Thanks for sitting up from the mud, looking around and sharing what you saw.
:(
Aerothorn on 12/4/2007 at 04:08
Slaughterhouse 5 was one of only two books I read as part of a high school class that I loved. Yay for Kurt.
jstnomega on 12/4/2007 at 04:10
Slaughterhouse Five was as good a cinematic experience as it was a read.
demagogue on 12/4/2007 at 04:19
I imagine him somersaulting through the aether right now with a weird smile on his face.
He had a way of expressing things that will be sorely missed in a world that doesn't take the time any more.*
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* an example I remember (optional reading here): I heard about a graduation speech he gave at my friend's graduation... He wanted to explain the difference between the classical concepts of comedy and tragedy in literature. He drew a graph. "For comedy, the hero starts off down-and-out and ends up with some bounty, he gets the girl or the riches ... Midsummer Night's Dream." He drew an upwards line from the zero-point to the top. "For tragedy, the protagonist starts off on-top and loses everything. He's the prince and everybody he loves dies ... Hamlet." He drew a downwards line from the top to the zero-point.
"And then you have Kafka. The hero starts off at the utter bottom. He's a worthless shit. His job is going no where. Nobody likes him. And then one day he wakes up as a cockroach." He starts the graph at the zero-point and plunges it way below the whole graph. "The classic concept of tragedy doesn't even begin to express how terrifically miserable Kafka's writing is."
The Alchemist on 12/4/2007 at 05:32
Sigh, truly a depressing loss.
henke on 12/4/2007 at 05:38
Quote Posted by Aerothorn
Slaughterhouse 5 was one of only two books I read as part of a high school class that I loved.
Same here, more or less. First book I read in english as well. I liked Player Piano best of (what I've read of) his stuff though.
Didn't know he was still living. But still, sad to see him go.
scumble on 12/4/2007 at 07:22
About time I read some of his work then. My Dad often recommended Slaughterhouse 5.
