Comments on: RIP Kurt Vonnegut http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Jon B. Cooke http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-15316 Jon B. Cooke Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:32:24 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-15316 From the NYT News Service obit: "[Kurt Vonnegut] was also accused of repeating himself, of recycling themes and characters. Some readers found his work incoherent. His harshest critics called him no more than a comic book philosopher, a purveyor of empty aphorisms." Sigh. And so it goes... Jon From the NYT News Service obit:

“[Kurt Vonnegut] was also accused of repeating himself, of recycling themes and characters. Some readers found his work incoherent. His harshest critics called him no more than a comic book philosopher, a purveyor of empty aphorisms.”

Sigh. And so it goes…

Jon

]]> By: david http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-15315 david Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:04:52 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-15315 I love Vonnegut. He was one of the few authors my high school friends and I considered "cool". We used to pass around his novels. I love Vonnegut. He was one of the few authors my high school friends and I considered “cool”. We used to pass around his novels.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-15314 Jonathan Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:31:08 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-15314 P.S. as of 9:02am EDT Slaughterhouse-Five was up to #56 on Amazon's top sellers. I guess that Courtney Cox in that show Dirt was right: "nothing sells like death." P.S. as of 9:02am EDT Slaughterhouse-Five was up to #56 on Amazon’s top sellers. I guess that Courtney Cox in that show Dirt was right: “nothing sells like death.”

]]> By: Scott Chantler http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-15313 Scott Chantler Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:18:32 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-15313 One of my heroes. His books are like a life raft for the disaffected. Damn. One of my heroes. His books are like a life raft for the disaffected.

Damn.

]]> By: Ben McCool http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-15312 Ben McCool Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:40:16 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-15312 Cheerio, Kurt. You were one of the very, very best. Cheerio, Kurt. You were one of the very, very best.

]]> By: Tag http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-15311 Tag Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:54:41 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/04/12/rip-kurt-vonnegut/#comment-15311 I saw this a little while ago on the MSNBC site, and all I can say is: What a fucking bummer. Vonnegut, him I'll mourn. I saw this a little while ago on the MSNBC site, and all I can say is:

What a fucking bummer.

Vonnegut, him I’ll mourn.

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