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November 2008 
Kurt Vonnegut is dead
Posted on Apr 15th, 2007
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Ryan
Ryan
Kurt Vonnegut, One of my favorite authors, passed away recently. I'd just finished rereading Slaughterhouse Five and wondering how much longer he'd hang on.
Throughout Slaughterhouse Five, the phrase "so it goes" was used in response to any kind of death. There were numerous attempts by fans to insert it at the end of the obituary in Vonnegut's wikipedia article. Such attempts which were removed by editors as vandalism. Pity.
The website Vonnegut.com has nothing but a crudely drawn picture of an empty, open cage, a date of birth and death, and a drawing strongly reminiscent of those from Vonnegut's novels.
According to a 2006 quote from Vonnegut, he was prepared to die.
(edit: the site has links now, to other text)
Throughout Slaughterhouse Five, the phrase "so it goes" was used in response to any kind of death. There were numerous attempts by fans to insert it at the end of the obituary in Vonnegut's wikipedia article. Such attempts which were removed by editors as vandalism. Pity.
The website Vonnegut.com has nothing but a crudely drawn picture of an empty, open cage, a date of birth and death, and a drawing strongly reminiscent of those from Vonnegut's novels.
According to a 2006 quote from Vonnegut, he was prepared to die.
- The Army kept me on because I could type, so I was typing other people's discharges and stuff. And my feeling was, 'Please, I've done everything I was supposed to do. Can I go home now?' That's what I feel right now. I've written books. Lots of them. Please, I've done everything I'm supposed to do. Can I go home now?"
(edit: the site has links now, to other text)
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