Tag: vonnegut
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April 14, 2007 03:23 PM EDT --
I loved his writing:
The Tralfamadorians assert that there are no less than seven sexes on planet earth, all but two invisible to humans, and they try to explain to Billy why some are necessary . . .
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April 12, 2007 08:24 AM EDT --
My favorite words by Kurt Vonnegut are....
Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the . . .
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April 12, 2007 01:18 PM EDT --
A self-described "trafficker in climaxes and thrills and characterization and wonderful dialogue and suspense and confrontations," Kurt Vonnegut was one of the funniest, most incisive and deeply . . .
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July 29, 2008 02:32 PM EDT --
New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
~Kurt Vonnegut
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April 16, 2007 02:53 PM EDT --
Kurt Vonnegut and me. (And, of course, countless others)
I remember during the Viet Nam war years, we used to pass around dog eared copies of his books (like controlled substances) to savor and discuss, . . .
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April 18, 2007 02:18 PM EDT --
I am devastated that my all-time favorite writer, Kurt Vonnegut, just passed away. If you have not read him, you have missed many great treats. My favorite is Cat's Cradle, although his . . .
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April 12, 2007 02:54 AM EDT --
NY Times article - Kurt Vonnegut dead at age 84
I remember the first words of the first Vonnegut novel I ever read.
"Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time."
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November 08, 2007 12:23 PM EST --
http://www.troubling.info/vonnegut.html
I think this link speaks for itself.
simple, yes.
wise, yes.
Funny, yes.
You can't . . .
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April 13, 2007 01:36 AM EDT --
There are dozens of great articles published on Gather today celebrating the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., who died last night at the age of 84. People have expressed their admiration for . . .
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April 13, 2007 11:26 PM EDT --
Kurt Vonnegut passed away on 11th April, just three days ago and immersed in my multifarious activities with increasing horror of watching TV with all its sensationalism, I failed to know one . . .
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June 01, 2009 09:49 AM EDT --
“I do believe evolution is being controlled by some sort of divine engineer. I can’t help thinking that.. and this engineer knows exactly what he or she is doing and why and where . . .
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April 12, 2007 07:59 PM EDT --
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1922-2007
So it goes. Kurt Vonnegut has died at the age of 84. It happened last night according to the news sites, of complications from a fall. I think he would have been amused at . . .
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May 02, 2008 06:32 AM EDT --
"There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too."
Kurt Vonnegut, author
Mother . . .
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August 07, 2007 07:54 PM EDT --
This summer, I, Ophelia discovered Kurt Vonnecut. You see, Mistress Elizabeth was embarrassed when Kurt died this Spring and everyone on Gather was paying tribute to this famous writer and she hadn't . . .
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April 13, 2007 11:32 PM EDT --
The radio told me on Thursday morning, April 12, that my favorite author had passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2007. He had been suffering from brain injuries, a result from a fall he experienced . . .
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February 26, 2008 08:57 PM EST --
Political Quote for ToDay
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution,
and I don't know what can be done to fix it.
This is it: Only nut cases want to . . .
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April 12, 2007 06:28 PM EDT --
Sometimes when I wake up for my midnight ramblings, the internet shows me some news that takes dome of the 'merry' out of my 'merry midnights'. As is the case this evening. . . .
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February 11, 2009 03:58 PM EST --
If WNW readers are anything like the WNW staff, then they are probably addicted to Lost, the ABC hit show about the goings-on of a mysterious island. What’s even better are the literary references . . .
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April 12, 2007 12:31 PM EDT --
A few words of wisdom for our times from Kurt Vonnegut, author (Slaughterhouse Five), dead today from complications related to accidental head injuries:
“Being a Humanist means trying to . . .
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August 11, 2008 08:27 PM EDT --
I found this article written by Kurt Vonnegut and decided it worthy of sharing.
How to Write With Style
by Kurt Vonnegut
Newspaper reporters and technical writers are trained . . .
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