Comments on: Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:38:38 +0000

So it goes.

By: Carl Weaver

Carl Weaver — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:12:57 +0000

Thanks, Doug. It broke my heart this morning to hear of Vonnegut’s passing but then decided that in fact he had not existed at all except as a figment in my own imagination. A figment, mind you, I heard speak at Duke University a little over ten years ago.

I never spoke back. He seemed so lifelike.

I will miss him dearly, though he was never in my life any more than he is right this moment.

Hi ho.

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:46:42 +0000

I hope you don’t mind Steve, I edited your comment to link directly to the Times piece. Thanks.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:40:04 +0000

According to the NY Times, he didn’t really “drop out” of U of C:

“He also studied for a master’s degree in anthropology at the University of Chicago, writing a thesis on ‘The Fluctuations Between Good and Evil in Simple Tales.’ It was rejected unanimously by the faculty. (The university finally awarded him a degree almost a quarter of a century later, allowing him to use his novel ‘Cat’s Cradle’ as his thesis.)”

By: Storey

Storey — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:17:31 +0000

I think you'll also enjoy this tearjerking video tribute to the late Mr. Vonnegut: http://digg.com/videos/people/Kurt_Vonnegut_Tribute