Saddened to read this morning that Kurt Vonnegut has passed away. The world is a poorer place without him.
Poo tee weet.
Update: I logged this early yesterday, upon my first shocked reading of Vonnegut's passing. Since then the blogs have been filled with eulogies far more eloquent than I could muster. Friend George at Fool in the Forest expresses many a shared sentiment.
From a Guardian obit: "We are put on earth to fart around," said Vonnegut, "don't let anyone tell you any different.".
ReplyDeleteI haven't actually returned to any of the novels in years (I need to rectify that) but reading Cat's Cradle, Sirens of Titan -- heck everything Vonnegut wrote from the beginning through Breakfast of Champions -- was and is hugely influential on how I write, how I think, and how I look at the world. What a sweet cynical funny funny (did I mention funny?) soul he was.
Poo Tee Weet, indeed.