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to: Bill Lucy
from: Rich Gauszka
date: 2007-04-12 18:58:40
subject: Re: RIP Kurt Vonnegut

From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
news:MPG.20887d5a61b5bc4f98972d{at}news.barkto.com...
> In article , gauszka{at}hotmail.com says...
>>
>> "Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
>> news:MPG.2087e82a6fdf97398972b{at}news.barkto.com...
>> > Yes, I will say it...
>> >
>> > "So it goes."
>>
>> Never cared that much for 'Slaughterhouse-Five'.  Yeah - I know I'm
>> probably
>> in the minority on that one. - really did like 'Weapon Shops of Isher'.
>>
>> It's sad that many of the 'Golden Age' writers will type no more.
>
> His most famous book was not his best book by far, IMO. I love "Sirens
> of Titan" more than any other book written at that time.

Most of Vonnegut's quotes were entertaining. I got a chuckle today out of
ABC rebroadcasting his threat to sue the cigarette companies

http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcriptNOW140_full.html
DAVID BRANCACCIO: Well, you were writing about maybe you want to sue your
cigarette companies? You smoked all those years and there's a warning on
the package saying that this will --

KURT VONNEGUT: Brown and Williams, on their package, promise to kill me.
And they haven't done it. I mean, here I am 83.

DAVID BRANCACCIO: False advertisers on the cigarettes?

KURT VONNEGUT: Yes.

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