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  • Farewell, Kurt Vonnegut

    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...

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    Miulang
    "Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain

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    Re: Farewell, Kurt Vonnegut

    What is the Ken Kesey connection? please.
    Since when is psycho a bad thing??
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      Re: Farewell, Kurt Vonnegut

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      Last edited by Leo Lakio; April 12, 2007, 08:09 AM. Reason: Miulang tells it better.

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        Re: Farewell, Kurt Vonnegut

        Originally posted by blueyecicle View Post
        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
        "Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain

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          Re: Farewell, Kurt Vonnegut

          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.
          Since when is psycho a bad thing??
          Sharing withother survivors...
          www.supportandsurvive.org

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            Re: Farewell, Kurt Vonnegut

            And so it goes.

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            • #7
              Re: Farewell, Kurt Vonnegut

              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.
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                Re: Farewell, Kurt Vonnegut

                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.

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                • #9
                  Re: Farewell, Kurt Vonnegut

                  Originally posted by Miulang View Post
                  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
                  "When you dance there are two of you, your spiritual self and your physical self. The spirit has to dance." ~ Aunty Mae Ulalia Loebenstein

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                  • #10
                    Re: Farewell, Kurt Vonnegut

                    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.

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                      Re: Farewell, Kurt Vonnegut

                      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!"
                      But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
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