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Title: Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut.
Post by: Foxy Brown on April 12, 2007, 05:14:45 AM

Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like “Slaughterhouse-Five,” “Cat’s Cradle” and “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died last night in Manhattan. He was 84 and had homes in Manhattan and in Sagaponack on Long Island. (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/books/12vonnegut.html?bl&ex=1176523200&en=89fa78a51b1695e0&ei=5087%0A)

Title: Re: Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut.
Post by: soveryshiny on April 12, 2007, 01:27:52 PM

Sad.  Wonder if anyone will make the joke at his funeral that he did at Asimov's...

Title: Re: Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut.
Post by: reyfer on April 12, 2007, 02:57:57 PM

"And if I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, "Kurt is up in heaven now." That's my favorite joke."

-Kurt Vonnegut

Title: Re: Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut.
Post by: soveryshiny on April 12, 2007, 03:16:41 PM

Exactly.  Full quote:
"I am, incidentally, Honorary President of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that totally functionless capacity. We had a memorial service for Isaac a few years back, and I spoke and said at one point, "Isaac is up in heaven now." It was the funniest thing I could have said to an audience of humanists. I rolled them in the aisles. It was several minutes before order could be restored. And if I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, "Kurt is up in heaven now." That's my favorite joke."

Just wonder if they'll actually do it.

Title: Re: Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut.
Post by: Tyball on April 12, 2007, 04:21:54 PM

God Bless You Mr. Vonnegut; rest in peace.  8)

Title: Re: Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut.
Post by: Asmodai on April 12, 2007, 10:13:25 PM

Awww. One of my favorite authors. Still 84 is pretty good. :)

Title: Re: Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut.
Post by: magicnumber on April 13, 2007, 06:54:34 AM

Man. Vonnegut, sir, you rocked them all  :heart:

Title: Re: Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut.
Post by: Saburo on April 13, 2007, 07:37:07 AM

So it goes.

Title: Re: Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut.
Post by: Dyka on April 14, 2007, 01:42:02 AM

I swear I've heard his name in a few places. I'm not a reader these days so I know I haven't read aynthing by him.

Was he in any movies? Are there actors with similar names out there?

Dammit.

Title: Re: Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut.
Post by: Saburo on April 16, 2007, 11:08:10 PM

Quote from: Dyka on April 14, 2007, 01:42:02 AM

Was he in any movies? Are there actors with similar names out there?

He had a cameo role in "Back to School" (starring Rodney Dangerfield) playing himself.