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#296799 - 12/04/2007 07:49 At a complete loss for words... and profoundly sad...
webroach old hand Registered: 23/07/2003 Posts: 869 Loc: Colorado	Kurt Vonnegut passed away... _________________________ Dave
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#296800 - 12/04/2007 11:25 Re: At a complete loss for words... and profoundly sad... [Re: webroach]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12341 Loc: Sterling, VA	Here's an obituary on Aint it Cool News. _________________________ Matt
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#296801 - 12/04/2007 14:23 Re: At a complete loss for words... and profoundly sad... [Re: webroach]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	I hate this: Quote: The story, which describes a world in which machines have taken over, led to the author being dismissed as a science fiction writer. Kurt Vonnegut was always a science-fiction writer. But since some bigwigs thought it was worth reading anyway, he gets reclassified as "literature". I hate it that science-fiction is ghetto literature when it is, more often than not, far more compelling and literate than comparable non-genre fare. That said, the loss of Kurt is sad news and a loss for all of us. Very, very sad that he lost his life to brain injury. I'm sure the loss of his faculties would be what would have scared him the most. At least those injuries were short-lived. _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#296802 - 12/04/2007 14:30 Re: At a complete loss for words... and profoundly sad... [Re: webroach]
visuvius addict Registered: 18/02/2002 Posts: 658	This guy was pretty much the epitome of "cool." R.I.P.
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#296803 - 12/04/2007 19:38 Re: At a complete loss for words... and profoundly sad... [Re: visuvius]
furtive old hand Registered: 14/08/2001 Posts: 886 Loc: London, UK	I've never heard of him! _________________________ Mk2a RioCar 120Gb - now sold to the owner of my old car Rio Karma - now on ebay...
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#296804 - 12/04/2007 19:54 Re: At a complete loss for words... and profoundly sad... [Re: furtive]
Robotic pooh-bah Registered: 06/04/2005 Posts: 2026 Loc: Seattle transplant	Quote: I've never heard of him! Slaughterhouse 5 was his most famous piece. It made for an (astonishingly) good film, too. More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut _________________________ 10101311 (20GB- backup empeg) 10101466 (2x60GB, Eutronix/GreenLights Blue) (Stolen!)
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#296805 - 16/04/2007 16:49 Re: At a complete loss for words... and profoundly sad... [Re: webroach]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	Quote: Are we totally, absolutely sure he's not alive? I just think it'd be silly to accept his death without checking Dresden for his younger self first. and, perhaps most profoundly: Quote: So it goes. -The Onion _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#296806 - 17/04/2007 12:59 Re: At a complete loss for words... and profoundly sad... [Re: webroach]
tonyc carpal tunnel Registered: 27/06/1999 Posts: 7058 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA	Fox News looks back at Vonnegut's life in their own special way. _________________________ - Tony C my empeg stuff
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#296807 - 17/04/2007 14:07 Re: At a complete loss for words... and profoundly sad... [Re: tonyc]
Robotic pooh-bah Registered: 06/04/2005 Posts: 2026 Loc: Seattle transplant	Quote: Fox News looks back at Vonnegut's life in their own special way. That's way beyond the typical misdirection that Fox is famous for. That's just plain harsh. _________________________ 10101311 (20GB- backup empeg) 10101466 (2x60GB, Eutronix/GreenLights Blue) (Stolen!)
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#296808 - 17/04/2007 14:22 Re: At a complete loss for words... and profoundly sad... [Re: tonyc]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	Wow. _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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#296809 - 17/04/2007 14:34 Re: At a complete loss for words... and profoundly sad... [Re: Robotic]
webroach old hand Registered: 23/07/2003 Posts: 869 Loc: Colorado	Quote: Quote: Fox News looks back at Vonnegut's life in their own special way. That's way beyond the typical misdirection that Fox is famous for. That's just plain harsh. Meh. I care about what Fox thinks just about as much as I care what David Duke thinks. <shrug> _________________________ Dave
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#296810 - 17/04/2007 14:38 Re: At a complete loss for words... and profoundly sad... [Re: webroach]
Robotic pooh-bah Registered: 06/04/2005 Posts: 2026 Loc: Seattle transplant	Quote: Meh. I care about what Fox thinks just about as much as I care what David Duke thinks. <shrug> I don't watch any Fox, but I had the impression that their news was mostly smoke and mirrors- lots of fluff. I never thought it would include outright character attacks. _________________________ 10101311 (20GB- backup empeg) 10101466 (2x60GB, Eutronix/GreenLights Blue) (Stolen!)
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