RIP Kurt Vonnegut

[lavandulagirl]

I heard this morning that Kurt Vonnegut had died. I realize this is a gardening site, but I know there are several of us, at least, of like mind on other things.

I just want to say that when I was about 11, and had decided to graduate to reading "adult fiction", Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5 was one of the first novels I read. I went on to read just about anything of his I could get my hands on for the next couple of years.

Even in my adult life, when I started selling artwork instead of "using my degree" as Dad says, I used to annoy my father with this quote from Vonnegut: "If you really want to disappoint your parents, and don't have the nerve to be gay, go into the arts."

He's an author I can return to and read again without being bored, and that's saying quite a bit, I think.

[jason]

I heard about this too.

Just yesterday I was telling someone about becoming unstuck in time. He had a long life anyway.

[houseodessey]

That is so sad to me. My first Vonnegut was Cat's Cradle. I did a term paper on it. I didn't like the redundancy of the sources I found at the library so I got my dad (a Literature professor) to read the book and not suprisingly, he had a different take on it. My teacher let me use his notes as sources, along with the rest. It made for a very interesting term paper and some really quality time with my father just before he himself passed away. Good lord, I'm crying now. RIP Kurt.