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Kurt Vonnegut — so it goes

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

Kurt Vonnegut was already fairly famous by the time I became a fan — which would have been in my late teens — but I still felt like someone who had discovered a cool, underground band that no one else was into. His books weren’t quite science fiction, and were ... Continue reading »

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Mark Dowds
2 years ago

Mathew, I share your sadness. I discovered Vonnegut quite late at a Douglas Coupland reading. Douglas Coupland (one of my favorite authors) rated him as his inspiration and model. On that note I bought 8 of his books and devoured them over the last few years. Stories of Tramalfadore (spelling?) etc will last in my mind for years to come. A sad day

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Rob Hyndman
2 years ago

I'd never before made the connection between Vonnegut and Zevon - but now it makes perfect sense. Thanks for that. Is it just me, or do we need Vonnegut now more than ever?

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Mathew
2 years ago

I think we need them both now more than ever :-)

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Storey
2 years ago

So it goes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atABhlMLYvU

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engtech
2 years ago

Strange coincidence -- I was in Victoria on vacation, completely disconnected from any news and buying several used Vonnegut paperbacks at exactly the time this happened.

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