Farewell, Kurt Vonnegut

[Miulang]

And thanks for the ride! It was a long and glorious journey. Hope you and Ken Kesey have fun wherever you are, taking that next ride to somewhere...

Story (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18066068/)

Miulang

[blueyecicle]

What is the Ken Kesey connection? please.

[Leo Lakio]

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[Miulang]

What is the Ken Kesey connection? please.
They were part of a group of writers (along with the likes of Hunter Thompson, Tim Leary and Tom Wolfe) who wrote in a peculiar stream of consciousness style that was popular in the 1960s (along with acid rock). And yes, both are daid.

Miulang

[blueyecicle]

Thanks, I know about Ken Kesey he is local to Eugene where I live.
They celebrate him and have parks in his honor etc...
But I did not know about the others.

[Glen Miyashiro]

And so it goes.

[alohabear]

Player Piano and Slaughterhouse Five are my faves of his ....RIP
Sad thing is more people will be talking about Anna Nicole than Kurt Vonnegut.

[Honoruru]

I grew up with Kurt Vonnegut (his books, not the acutal man) during the 60s and 70s. I loved his iconoclastic temperament and style. I think I'll re-read some of his novels in remembrance. Maybe Slaughterhouse Five or Cat's Cradle.

[greentara]

They were part of a group of writers (along with the likes of Hunter Thompson, Tim Leary and Tom Wolfe) who wrote in a peculiar stream of consciousness style that was popular in the 1960s (along with acid rock). And yes, both are daid.

Miulang

Give thanks for The Electric Cool Aid Acid Test ~ Greatfull Dead ~ The Merry Pranksters ~ Hunter Thompson and of course Mr. Vonnegut :cool:

[Leo Lakio]

I can respect his place in the pantheon of influential American writers, but I have to confess that his works never resonated with me - and I read several of them at three distinctly different points in my life. Nonetheless, au revoir.

[scrivener]

One of the nicest tributes I heard yesterday was at the end of Stephen Colbert's intro. "Welcome to the Monkeyhouse...this is the Colbert Report!"