I was 'turned on' to Vonnegut in the early '70s when I was still in high school -- I absorbed a number of his books like they were oxygen. And Player Piano was part of the AP curriculum. I remember most fondly the God Bless You, Mr. R, Cat's Cradle period the best. In later years I thought he'd become a terrible bore, esp. about the Dresden bombing. He's entitled to his opinion, having lived through it, but I don't think it was emblamatic of the Allies aims during that incredible apocalyptic holocaust.
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On Apr 12, 2007, at 10:18 PM, urth-request at lists.urth.net wrote:
I'm still digesting the news to offer any cogent comments. There has been some discussion of his passing in the Patrick O'Brian mail group to which I belong.
Bruce Trinque
Steven