Kurt Vonnegut -- Dead at 84 (17)
I had read a few stories in Welcome to the Monkey House, he had a unique style.
There was also that classic line in the movie Back to School
There was also that classic line in the movie Back to School
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"God forbid should I die" Well I would have said "God forbid I should die before my time!"
A true literary giant, in the best hard-as-nail American tradition is dead. When it's Norman Mailers' time an era will truly come to an end.
A true literary giant, in the best hard-as-nail American tradition is dead. When it's Norman Mailers' time an era will truly come to an end.
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You've got to include Gore Vidal on that list. I am not sure how long he's going to be around.
There's an interesting anecdote about Mailer and Vidal both sitting in a studio about to go on for an interview. Vidal said something that annoyed Mailer who promptly head-butted him. He later explained his action as "making sure that the interview had the right amount of tension".
There's an interesting anecdote about Mailer and Vidal both sitting in a studio about to go on for an interview. Vidal said something that annoyed Mailer who promptly head-butted him. He later explained his action as "making sure that the interview had the right amount of tension".
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Mr. Icarus,
Then why stop there. Let's include all moribund American novelists:
John Updike
Tom Wolfe
Salinger (b 1919 he's got to go any day)
__ll
Then why stop there. Let's include all moribund American novelists:
John Updike
Tom Wolfe
Salinger (b 1919 he's got to go any day)
__ll
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Ms. LL,
You will find that Tom Wolfe is relatively young and vigorous. He'll outlive us all.
plarkin
You will find that Tom Wolfe is relatively young and vigorous. He'll outlive us all.
plarkin
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Mr. plarkin,
Wolfe b. 1931. In my book that makes him old.
_ll
Wolfe b. 1931. In my book that makes him old.
_ll
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LL you're quite right. I stand corrected. Let me amend my statement. He's venerable but still quite vigorous!
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Agreed add to that list E.L. Doctorow, the finest purveyor of the American historical novel.
I have just finished reading "The March", a blend of fiction and history. It describes the march of General Sherman through the South towards the end of the civil war.
Born in 1931.
I have just finished reading "The March", a blend of fiction and history. It describes the march of General Sherman through the South towards the end of the civil war.
Born in 1931.
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I personally liked Kurt short fiction best. Harrison Bergeron is my favorite short story. The concept of the domination of the mediocre in society is a frightful, almost prophetic theme, as evidenced by the popularity of reality shows.
TET
TET
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The march of William Tecumseh Sherman is controversial to this day in the south. Basically here was an army foraging off the land and burning and pillaging southern towns. The irony is that Sherman had lived in the south before the war and understood and sympathized with the southern way of life. The reason he gave in his biography for pursuing the war with such vigor was that he couldn't abide treason.
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I wonder what the southern boys made of the M4 Sherman tank that they had to use during WWII? I can imagine the memory then must have been fresher than it's now.
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This is an ongoing American military tradition to honor great generals by naming battle field equipment after them. I don't recall if anything was named after the rebel general Robert E. Lee (other than the car from the Dukes of Hazard :)) considering that he was an iconic leader and was offered the command of the Union armies before opting for Virginia. I wonder if anyone knows or did his rebel stint make him ineligible?
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I can't live without a culture anymore and I realize I don't have one. What passes for a culture in my head is really a bunch of commercials and this is intolerable. It may be impossible to live without a culture."
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Kurt Vonnegut
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I agree and sympathise with those sentiments; however, mass culture can be easily avoided. And you can build your own culture by doing things and choosing to associate (in friendship) with people who are similarly inclined.
Rule #1: Never watch network TV with the exception of PBS
Rule #2: Avoid like the plague events like the Super Bowl
Rule #3: Avoid Hollywood
Rule #4: Have an international view. Pick and choose your culture from around the world.
Rule #1: Never watch network TV with the exception of PBS
Rule #2: Avoid like the plague events like the Super Bowl
Rule #3: Avoid Hollywood
Rule #4: Have an international view. Pick and choose your culture from around the world.
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"All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is.
Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber."
~Kurt Vonnegut~
Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber."
~Kurt Vonnegut~
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Once speaking of his own death he said: "God forbid should I ever die I'd like to have the epitaph that the beauty of music tells me that there's a God."
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