I've never read Kurt Vonnegut, but of course I've heard much about him. I was sad to read of his death yesterday; the world doesn't want to lose its good writers! Now I need to pick something up that he wrote, but it's too bad I'll be reading it after his death instead of before.
I feel the same way--it's so sad to lose one of America's writing icons. I haven't read much Vonnegut, but I did read Slaughterhouse Five as a teenager and enjoyed it. I read his short stories in Welcome to the Monkey House later, and liked them, but a lot of critics didn't like the collection as much as his earlier work. The short story "Who Am I This Time" was one of my husband's favorites from that collection, and Jonathan Demme made a poignant little movie adaptation that was shown on PBS, I think. I remember liking the story and the movie :)
I almost drove into a telephone pole when I heard the news. Made me very sad. As I wrote on my own blog, I've been a fan of his ever since high school, when I had a walk-on role in Welcome to the Monkey House, which dramatized "Harrison Bergeron", "Who are we This Time?" The Euphio Question" and "The Kid Nobody Could Handle." I read a few of his novels, but particularly liked his short stories. It's sad to think that there will never be anymore.
I've never read Kurt Vonnegut, but of course I've heard much about him. I was sad to read of his death yesterday; the world doesn't want to lose its good writers! Now I need to pick something up that he wrote, but it's too bad I'll be reading it after his death instead of before.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way--it's so sad to lose one of America's writing icons. I haven't read much Vonnegut, but I did read Slaughterhouse Five as a teenager and enjoyed it. I read his short stories in Welcome to the Monkey House later, and liked them, but a lot of critics didn't like the collection as much as his earlier work. The short story "Who Am I This Time" was one of my husband's favorites from that collection, and Jonathan Demme made a poignant little movie adaptation that was shown on PBS, I think. I remember liking the story and the movie :)
ReplyDeleteI almost drove into a telephone pole when I heard the news. Made me very sad. As I wrote on my own blog, I've been a fan of his ever since high school, when I had a walk-on role in Welcome to the Monkey House, which dramatized "Harrison Bergeron", "Who are we This Time?" The Euphio Question" and "The Kid Nobody Could Handle." I read a few of his novels, but particularly liked his short stories. It's sad to think that there will never be anymore.
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