God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut

The CNN headline at this late hour has announced that Kurt Vonnegut,
one of my favorite authors, has passed. He was 84. He wrote many witty, funny, sad, influential, thought provoking books—like Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, and, a personal favorite, Breakfast of Champions. Thank you Mr. Vonnegut, and goodnight.

Comments

[Megan]

What a man. I'm so sad. But what a legacy he has left!

[Lisa]

Here, here. One of my favorites too. Read my first Vonnegut when I was 13.

[kiwi]

My husband has been hanging on to a copy of Jailbird until this day. He wanted to have one last Vonnegut book to read after he was gone since there would never be another one.
No d*mn cat...no d*mn cradle.

[lisa s]

i just heard.... sigh.... the last i saw him was on bill maher and he was EXCELLENT....

[chantal]

Breakfast of Champions is my favorite Vonnegut book, too.

[Shelly Leer]

Kurt Vonnegut was a classmate of my mother's, as was Madelyn Pugh, writer on the I Love Lucy Show. Two years ago he gave a talk at the IAC Indianapolis Art Center. I am a volunteer there so I took my mom to see him. He was a little bit grouchy in his old age. Anyway, my teenage son met him and had him sign a copy of Slaughterhouse Five. When he was outside the door having a smoke and looking in, I smiled at him and he flipped me the bird! It was really funny, this famous writer and artist standing with the masses outside smoking and peering in. Anyway, our city is honoring him in so many ways.