So It Goes
April 12th, 2007I remember seeing Breakfast of Champions in the hands of an upperclassman in my high school debate class when I was a freshman. It took me two years to be able to check it out of the city library, because it was always checked out. I went through a huge Vonnegut phase after that. Reading him felt like entering a new, semi-forbidden world. Cat’s Cradle is my favorite. o
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April 12th, 2007 at 6:48 am
I always found his writing style very relaxed which made it difficult to put his books down.
April 12th, 2007 at 7:06 am
I loved nearly everything he wrote, but am especially partial to “Galapagos”.
April 12th, 2007 at 7:07 am
Slapstick was my favorite.
Hearing an NPR story on Vonnegut this morning, reminded me why I enjoyed his books lo’ those many years ago. Now, I’m gonna have to check out of his stuff at the library.
April 12th, 2007 at 7:50 am
Welcome to the Monkey House was a great collection. My older sister had all of his books. I remember one story of the weighted ballerinas, beautiful people with bags over their heads…smart people with loud noises going off to keep them from thinking…I think of that story frequently although have not read it in over 20 years. Going to dig up that story again. I was maybe 15 when I read it.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:54 am
I love Palm Sunday and Slaughterhouse 5. Such a genius! RIP, Mr. Vonnegut.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Cheers to the man who got me reading - for me, not just for school requirements. Breakfast of Champions was my first, quickly followed by everything else I could get my greedy high school hands on. Much obliged Mr. Vonnegut. Much obliged indeed.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:37 am
He was a fabulous author, a great person, and a voice that needed to be heard. Rest in peace, Kurt.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:48 am
It’s always been Slaughterhouse Five for me.
When I heard he’d passed, I couldn’t think of anything more appropriate than
So it goes…
April 12th, 2007 at 10:52 am
It was Galapagos for me too. I think about that book all of the time and I must have read it 10 or 15 years ago.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:57 am
Cat’s Cradle was my first Vohnnegut experience and is still my favorite. Breakfast of Champions is a close second. I nearly drove off the road this morning when I heard he’d passed away.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:14 am
A true loss. I agree, Cat’s Cradle is likely my favorite. Citing an excerpt from his ‘Bokononism’, I tipped my hat to Vonnegut last Halloween: http://tinyurl.com/2ujga7
April 12th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Sorry he died, but I was not a fan. “So it goes…” wore me out in Slaughter House. Overused, big time!
April 12th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Vonnegut was excellent. I saw him speak once at Stanford a while back, and he was as great in person as he was in print. One of the things he said is that reading a book is superior to meditation, because it’s a meditation with another mind.
The first thing I did this morning after reading the news of his passing was to find the intro to “Breakfast of Champions” and put it on my blog. The audacity, humor and truthfulness of it are still breathtaking more than two decades after it was written.
April 12th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Cat’s Cradle was my all time favorite. I didn’t even know about his passing until I was listening to NPR.
Wonder if there are any blogs dedicated to him out there? Does anyone know?
April 12th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
I am very lucky to have seen him speak at his last university lecture he gave at Ohio State last spring. I almost cried when he walked out on stage. My life has never been the same since I began reading his books.
Rest in peace!
April 13th, 2007 at 10:17 am
It’s funny, I’ve never read anything by him but I felt very sad when I heard he had passed. I almost killed my husband with shame yesterday when I said, “Hmmm. Jonathan Livingston…?”.
“NONONONO! Slaughter House FIIIIVE!”.
Hrmph. English majors.
April 15th, 2007 at 1:13 am
The Sirens of Titan is my favorite. Then Cat’s Cradle, which was the first book of his I read.
It’s sad. But I guess if anyone was ready for death, it would have been him.
April 15th, 2007 at 1:51 am
I only read Slaugherhouse 5. What a weird book. I liked it, though, and I think I might read it again. I always think of Dresden when I think of that book.
April 15th, 2007 at 6:44 am
When I was a young, aspiring writer, I read Vonnegut. Wow. He was original and unique. Very influential for me, too.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
No,no,NOOOOOOOO. I was just checking out your blog,happy as a clam, and I find out that my all time favorite author is dead. Cat’s Cradle will always be the best book written.
“The Elders of Tralfamadore win again!” (Hocus Pocus reference)