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Comments (4)
I've always thought Kurt was highly overrated. Too bad I can't hang out for the next 200 years and see how he fits in the pantheon of American writers in the future. My expectation? "Kurt who?"
Posted by GarandFan | November 9, 2009 8:25 PM
Posted on November 9, 2009 20:25
JOHN:
Just what I needed... A little post-nihilist existentialism to brighten my day.
GF:
I tend to agree with you, but if Vonnegut had written nothing but Harrison Bergeron, he justified his existence.
Posted by Terwiliger | November 10, 2009 12:44 AM
Posted on November 10, 2009 00:44
HEY T, G
I loved "Blackbeard", so I forgive his animosity towards mankind. I like to be reminded occassionally that when I take myself to seriously, Vonnegut is there to say sometimes absurdity reigns.
Posted by john cox | November 10, 2009 1:08 AM
Posted on November 10, 2009 01:08
JOHN:
Do you mean Bluebeard? I had to read that in a college Lit class. That was a decent book.
I think the bulk of Vonnegut's "work" wasn't particularly well-written. I would put it several steps below Dave Barry, but Kurt got a pass because he was a Lefty, & the literary types that dominated universities when I had to read him (I can only expect that they're worse now) were mightily impressed with the outlandish things he wrote--especially when they offended the sensibilities of Right-leaning folk... but such is the way of the hoity-toity realm of the "artsy" communities.
Posted by Terwiliger | November 13, 2009 2:41 AM
Posted on November 13, 2009 02:41