"When Hemingway killed himself he put a period at the end of his life; old age is more like a semicolon."

So it goes.

And what a way to end an era. :( He was truly an instrumental and wonderful novelist and author. Rest in piece. (And read his works!)

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/12/arts/web-0412obit.php
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_...s/obit_vonnegut

I remembering hearing about this. I remember seeing interviews with him... he always seemed somewhat different.

End of an era, indeed. He's what inspired me to get into books. Not just read them, but completely engross myself in them.

RIP

amazing writer. loved slaughter-house five.

RIP

I kind of believed his perception of death and time (minus the aliens) in Slaughterhouse-5. Does that make me crazy?

Gosh darn, who is going to make fun of society now??

Get some wine, smoke a cigar and read.