A voice of reason is gone

[Bob]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/04/12/obit.vonnegut.ap/index.html

 

[30gAy]

Good riddance. I simply cannot abide dark humor and satire.

 

[Mermaid]

We were to have seen him speak at Butler University on the 27th. God rest his soul.

 

[Bob]

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1609650,00.html

 

[TreeFrog]

Vonnegut's legacy will endure in literature for generations to come.

I'd love to talked with him, as well as Hunter Thompson, for different and obvious reasons. It's those unique folks who follow their own guidance who enrich our lives so much.

 

[mf]

a voice so intelligent and subtle that would make you think instead of beating you over the head with pompous platitudes, is so rare today. he will be missed.

 

[Cil]

""Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."
Loved the guy.

 

[TreeFrog]

We were to have seen him speak at Butler University on the 27th. God rest his soul.

USA Today says that his son will present the talk, from Vonnegut's text which he had already written.