Kurt Vonnegut JR (11/11/22-4/11/07)

Posted April 12, 2007 * Comments(5)

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Another great writer dies. I saw him speak on the UGA campus in the early 90′s. He seemed hilarious and possibly drunk.

5 Comments so far

  1. mirick on April 14th, 2007

    Vonnegut’s rules for short stories

  2. allycks on April 16th, 2007

    I was at that speech, too. (maybe we went together) When somebody asked him what advice he’d give a young writer who wanted to be successful, he said, “Give up. You cannot be successful.” It was like a scene out of one of his books, because the whole place went dead quiet, and everyone was like, Is he just messing with our heads, or what… that’s not what he’s supposed to say, or is it?

  3. chi li on April 16th, 2007

    I remember him commenting on the stealth bomber, which had just come out. “They spent a million dollars each on these damn things, and I can still see it.”

  4. mirick on April 19th, 2007

    Fresh Air had a very good interview with him. If you’re on iTunes, subscribe to the Fresh Air podcast Here. Warning: Link will launch iTunes if you got it.

  5. the 10,000 things » Sacco and Vanzetti on August 23rd, 2007

    [...] On this day 80 years ago, two Italian immigrants were executed by the state of Massachucettes for thier alleged involvement in theft and murder. Many believe the case was actually about anti-immigrant and anti-anarchist sentiments in the community. Ancient history, right? Additional thanx to the late Kurt Vonnegut JR. for first turning me on to these events throgh his novel Jailbird. [...]