Comments on: Kurt Vonnegut: Poo-tee tweet. http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/12/3000 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Chris L. http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/12/3000/comment-page-1#comment-25706 Chris L. Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:52:55 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/12/3000#comment-25706 I don't doubt Mr. Vonnegut was a great story-teller. Honestly, I've only read Cat's Cradle, and that was in high school (long ago). I know too that Vonnegut witnessed things that I will never witness, but the more I read about him, the more I dislike him. Liesl Schillinger's column in Slate confirmed that dislike. Regardless, RIP Kurt Vonnegut. I don’t doubt Mr. Vonnegut was a great story-teller. Honestly, I’ve only read Cat’s Cradle, and that was in high school (long ago). I know too that Vonnegut witnessed things that I will never witness, but the more I read about him, the more I dislike him. Liesl Schillinger’s column in Slate confirmed that dislike.

Regardless, RIP Kurt Vonnegut.

]]> By: Paul http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/12/3000/comment-page-1#comment-25673 Paul Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:12:17 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/12/3000#comment-25673 We carry our actions and thoughts to our graved. R.I.P.. We carry our actions and thoughts to our graved. R.I.P..

]]> By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/12/3000/comment-page-1#comment-25670 Alex Bensky Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:40:12 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/12/3000#comment-25670 Yes, Meryl, he was a science fiction writer. That's not all he wrote, but he wrote science fiction. As Kingsley Amis once put it: "SF's no good," They bellow till we're deaf. "But this is good." "Well, then it's not SF." Player Piano and The Sirens of Titan, for example, are science fiction. Admittedly ninety percent of science fiction is crud but, as Theodore Sturgeon once observed, ninety percent of everything is crud. Yes, Meryl, he was a science fiction writer. That’s not all he wrote, but he wrote science fiction. As Kingsley Amis once put it:

“SF’s no good,”
They bellow till we’re deaf.
“But this is good.”
“Well, then it’s not SF.”

Player Piano and The Sirens of Titan, for example, are science fiction. Admittedly ninety percent of science fiction is crud but, as Theodore Sturgeon once observed, ninety percent of everything is crud.

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