At 01:02 PM Sunday 4/15/2007, jon louis mann wrote:
CBS today broadcast a memorial to Kurt Vonnegut on
Sunday Morning. He appeared on the Jon Stewart show
in 1995 and was quoted as saying,
our planet's immune system is trying to get rid of
us, and should...
Unfortunately, statements like that
On 4/12/07, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: CNN Breaking News [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Kurt Vonnegut, whose novels included Slaughterhouse Five and
Cat's Cradle, has died at 84, his wife tells The Associated Press.
Have you read anything by Vonnegut? Did it make an
On 4/13/07, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Martin is a decent fellow. I think his remarks reflect how things are
done differently over on Culture and not any sort of personal attack.
Over yonder folks are expected to add comment to posted news items.
Austere postings of the sort
Martin Lewis wrote:
On 4/13/07, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Martin is a decent fellow. I think his remarks reflect how things are
done differently over on Culture and not any sort of personal attack.
Over yonder folks are expected to add comment to posted news items.
Austere
On 13 Apr 2007, at 15:31, Julia Thompson wrote:
Ronn! does have the habit of posting bare stuff. He has occasionally
been my first source of information on things. (If I had read brin-l
that morning *before* anything else, it would have been, in that
case.)
Then other people respond,
At 09:31 AM Friday 4/13/2007, Julia Thompson wrote:
Martin Lewis wrote:
On 4/13/07, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Martin is a decent fellow. I think his remarks reflect how things are
done differently over on Culture and not any sort of personal attack.
Over yonder folks are
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Subject: Re: Kurt Vonnegut
Robert Seeberger wrote:
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From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs
On 4/12/07, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: CNN Breaking News [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Kurt Vonnegut, whose novels included Slaughterhouse Five and
Cat's Cradle, has died at 84, his wife tells The Associated Press.
Have you read anything by Vonnegut? Did it make an impression on
Martin Lewis wrote:
On 4/12/07, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: CNN Breaking News [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Kurt Vonnegut, whose novels included Slaughterhouse Five and
Cat's Cradle, has died at 84, his wife tells The Associated Press.
Have you read anything by Vonnegut? Did
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From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: Kurt Vonnegut
Martin Lewis wrote:
On 4/12/07, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
From: CNN Breaking News [EMAIL
On 13 Apr 2007, at 00:36, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Martin is a decent fellow. I think his remarks reflect how things are
done differently over on Culture and not any sort of personal attack.
Over yonder folks are expected to add comment to posted news items.
Austere postings of the sort that
2-3 weeks to humanity.. but can't resist putting my nose in based on a
recent bit of television from some airport I was in.
New book out for women in business called Corporate Dominatrix- discussing
6 archetypes of women and how to get things accomplished. Kinda sounded
fun. In
Robert Seeberger wrote:
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From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: Kurt Vonnegut
Martin Lewis wrote:
On 4/12/07, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
From
At 03:16 PM 5/13/2004 -0700 Deborah Harrell wrote:
For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us
never mention the Beatitudes.
Maybe you just don't hang around the right type of Christians?
At 05:02 PM 5/13/2004 -0700 Dave Land wrote:
Another gem from Vonnegut's piece:
Even crazier
JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 03:16 PM 5/13/2004 -0700 Deborah Harrell wrote:
For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us
never mention the Beatitudes.
Maybe you just don't hang around the right type of
Christians?
First, *I* didn't write that -- it's a quote from the
KV
Dave Land wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
I don't recall reading any Vonnegut novels (though I'm
sure I must have read some short stories in
anthologies) - have to remedy that.
Not sure whether my word has any weight for you, but I read most of what
he wrote, and have enjoyed it
G. D. Akin wrote:
Carries weight with me; I've read everything he's written. The only book I
didn't really like was God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.
To begin reading, go to Slaughterhouse Five first, then The Sirens of
Titan.
Yes, and don't stop there. Vonnegut's books are not only hilarious in
Dave Land wrote:
G. D. Akin wrote:
Carries weight with me; I've read everything he's written. The only book I
didn't really like was God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.
To begin reading, go to Slaughterhouse Five first, then The Sirens of
Titan.
Yes, and don't stop there.
I have liked all of Vonnegut's. Some of his more recent I don't feel
works as well. I loved 'God Bless You Mr. Rosewater' and 'Mother
Night.' They are not science fiction but have strong moral points.
Except for one or two short stories everything else of his I've read
is science fiction
Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
I don't recall reading any Vonnegut novels (though
I'm sure I must have read some short stories in
anthologies) - have to remedy that.
snip
Vonnegut skewers left, right, center and dimensions
that even
Libertarians don't
Deborah Harrell wrote:
[extensive snippage]
...Of course, I have no idea if this is what he
intended, but he's talking about the psychological
concept of thrownness, and he describes it better
than many articles that purport to be /about/
thrownness.
There's a term that's new to me...sounds
Julia Thompson wrote:
Dave Land wrote:
G. D. Akin wrote:
Carries weight with me; I've read everything he's written. The only
book I
didn't really like was God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.
To begin reading, go to Slaughterhouse Five first, then The Sirens
of
Titan.
Yes, and
G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
FW: [Larryniven-l] Kurt Vonnegut on the state of the
worldFrom the Larry Niven list:
A bit too long to post.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0512-13.htm
[small excerpt]
Doesnt anything socialistic make you want to throw
up? Like great public
Deborah Harrell wrote:
I don't recall reading any Vonnegut novels (though I'm
sure I must have read some short stories in
anthologies) - have to remedy that.
Not sure whether my word has any weight for you, but I read most of what
he wrote, and have enjoyed it tremendously. His writing was one
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