Post by: Antibubba on April 11, 2007, 09:21:22 PM
Sorry, no link--my browser keeps crashing whenever I try.
Post by: wmenorr67 on April 11, 2007, 09:52:36 PM
Here is the link to the foxnews.com story.
Post by: BakerMikeRomeo on April 11, 2007, 09:52:54 PM
Link from the wikipedia page. I find it very slightly creepy that there's a "Recently Deceased" template...
~GnSx
Post by: Firethorn on April 12, 2007, 02:18:39 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/books/12vonnegut.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Link from the wikipedia page. I find it very slightly creepy that there's a "Recently Deceased" template...
~GnSx
Link from the wikipedia page. I find it very slightly creepy that there's a "Recently Deceased" template...
~GnSx
Why? People die all the time, oftentimes unexpectably. Templates speed things up. Without a template, in today's fast internet society, without the assistance of a template you'd have a harder time getting the article up while the 'recent' is still true.
Post by: El Tejon on April 12, 2007, 02:45:10 AM
Good-bye, Kurt, you will be missed. I think I'll re-read one of his works this weekend.
Post by: Manedwolf on April 12, 2007, 03:55:28 AM
If you want a book that's a literal punch in the gut with some of the most painful irony ever put to paper, read his "Sirens of Titan".
And "Harrison Bergeron" should be THE warning of all time as to the dangers of PC-ness and trying to declare everyone to be "equal" and "special".
Post by: Manedwolf on April 12, 2007, 03:56:34 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/books/12vonnegut.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Link from the wikipedia page. I find it very slightly creepy that there's a "Recently Deceased" template...
~GnSx
Link from the wikipedia page. I find it very slightly creepy that there's a "Recently Deceased" template...
~GnSx
Really, all the media companies have entire libraries of retrospectives of the lives of politicians and celebrities always at the ready in case one dies. They've always had that.
Post by: Eleven Mike on April 12, 2007, 04:20:27 AM
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If you want a book that's a literal punch in the gut
I think you mean literary.
Post by: Manedwolf on April 12, 2007, 04:24:50 AM
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If you want a book that's a literal punch in the gut
I think you mean literary.
That, too, but meaning meant as stated...you'd have to read it to understand, especially the resolution in the last chapter. It'd make some people want to throw themselves off a bridge.
Post by: Eleven Mike on April 12, 2007, 08:50:17 AM
Post by: Angel Eyes on April 12, 2007, 09:11:28 AM
Vonnegut is dead. So it goes.
Post by: Standing Wolf on April 12, 2007, 09:22:18 PM
Post by: lee n. field on April 13, 2007, 03:31:37 AM
Post by: DJJ on April 13, 2007, 02:41:55 PM
Thatt, too, but meaning meant as stated...you'd have to read it to understand, especially the resolution in the last chapter. It'd make some people want to throw themselves off a bridge.
You mean the repair part, and the messages to Salo? Somehow, I was tickled by that. Wouldn't that be ironic?
Post by: mindwarp on April 13, 2007, 08:51:26 PM
Link to an MP3 of Vonnegut reading one of his works, Breakfast of Champions. For those interested; enjoy...
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Post by: El Tejon on April 14, 2007, 04:58:54 AM
Post by: MechAg94 on April 14, 2007, 02:10:25 PM
Post by: wmenorr67 on April 14, 2007, 03:50:51 PM
Post by: El Tejon on April 15, 2007, 07:27:48 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron
Post by: Manedwolf on April 15, 2007, 07:48:56 AM
Harrison Bergeron, a terrifying tale of a Leftist utopia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron
I second that one. It's the only possible way to make everyone equal, and it is, and should be, terrifying.
Post by: slzy on April 15, 2007, 04:00:19 PM