when I woke up this morning Kurt Vonnegut was dead
by John at 4/12/2007 06:47:00 AM
Kurt Vonnegut is dead.
Several years ago, I spent many months reading every Vonnegut novel in my local library. Goose (still a puppy, then) even tore the cover off one (Cat's Cradle?) and I asked the librarian if I could pay some money to compensate them for the damage. I think she charged me a dollar, taped the cover back on the book (tooth holes and all), and put it back on the shelf. Go librarian!
Anyway, if you haven't yet spent time reading Vonnegut, it is of course not too late to start just because he is now dead. I suggest Player Piano, Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, or Jailbird, in no particular order. But just pick up whatever they have around and read it.
"We do, doodley do, doodley do, doodley do,
What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;
Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,
Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust."
Several years ago, I spent many months reading every Vonnegut novel in my local library. Goose (still a puppy, then) even tore the cover off one (Cat's Cradle?) and I asked the librarian if I could pay some money to compensate them for the damage. I think she charged me a dollar, taped the cover back on the book (tooth holes and all), and put it back on the shelf. Go librarian!
Anyway, if you haven't yet spent time reading Vonnegut, it is of course not too late to start just because he is now dead. I suggest Player Piano, Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, or Jailbird, in no particular order. But just pick up whatever they have around and read it.
"We do, doodley do, doodley do, doodley do,
What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;
Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,
Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust."
Labels: books, pop culture
