News Item - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T12:58:05Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:22991?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A23479&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI had the honor of meeting hi…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-12:537324:Comment:234792007-04-12T23:03:17.631ZCornelia Readhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/corneliaread
I had the honor of meeting him many years ago. I was around 20 at the time and had already read everything of his I could get my hands on. He was both gracious and wry in person. I'm sure I blushed and mumbled abominably.<br />
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Very surreal afternoon--his wife Jill Krementz had asked my foster sister to be in her book HOW IT FEELS TO BE ADOPTED, so we were waiting for her to get home.<br />
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Mr. V invited us to sit down at his kitchen table, where he was talking to Madeline Kahn. Very sad that they're…
I had the honor of meeting him many years ago. I was around 20 at the time and had already read everything of his I could get my hands on. He was both gracious and wry in person. I'm sure I blushed and mumbled abominably. <br />
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Very surreal afternoon--his wife Jill Krementz had asked my foster sister to be in her book HOW IT FEELS TO BE ADOPTED, so we were waiting for her to get home. <br />
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Mr. V invited us to sit down at his kitchen table, where he was talking to Madeline Kahn. Very sad that they're both gone now. They were lovely people. Yes, that's how I feel. If I'…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-12:537324:Comment:234002007-04-12T21:15:08.675ZLarry W. Chavishttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/lchav52
Yes, that's how I feel. If I'm very, very lucky, one day something I write might give someone a few moments of pleasure, reflection, whatever ... Kurt Vonnegut not only influenced his time, he will continue to do so for generations. "Know ... that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day ..."
Yes, that's how I feel. If I'm very, very lucky, one day something I write might give someone a few moments of pleasure, reflection, whatever ... Kurt Vonnegut not only influenced his time, he will continue to do so for generations. "Know ... that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day ..." The world is a better place f…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-12:537324:Comment:231662007-04-12T16:10:25.536ZBill Criderhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/macavityabc
The world is a better place for Vonnegut's having been here, and we'll always have the books to remind us of that.
The world is a better place for Vonnegut's having been here, and we'll always have the books to remind us of that. This is really true! Thanks f…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-12:537324:Comment:231092007-04-12T13:23:38.162ZPatricia Abbotthttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/pattinase
This is really true! Thanks for summing it up.
This is really true! Thanks for summing it up. Vonnegut was such an inspirat…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-12:537324:Comment:230912007-04-12T12:33:41.115ZSteve Allanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/SteveAllan
Vonnegut was such an inspiration. I feel like a member of my family has passed away.
Vonnegut was such an inspiration. I feel like a member of my family has passed away. So it goes.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-12:537324:Comment:230802007-04-12T11:49:22.622ZJ.D. Rhoadeshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JDRhoades
So it goes.
So it goes. Desperately sad news.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-12:537324:Comment:230572007-04-12T08:20:28.745ZJulie Morriganhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Julielew
Desperately sad news.
Desperately sad news. Kurt Vonnegut was his own gen…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-12:537324:Comment:230262007-04-12T05:41:39.359ZDaniel Hatadihttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/danielhatadi
Kurt Vonnegut was his own genre. Damn.
Kurt Vonnegut was his own genre. Damn. This one really breaks my hea…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-12:537324:Comment:230122007-04-12T04:53:56.451ZCharles Ardaihttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/hardcasecrime
This one really breaks my heart. I miss all the writers we've lost over the past few years, but Vonnegut...I have all his books, every one, even the handful of weaker ones, and I've read and re-read them all. What a great writer. What a gifted human being. <br />
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I remember seeing him on Jon Stewart's show a few months back, and already he could barely speak -- emphysema. That was painful. But this, of course, is worse. <br />
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There were no others like him, and I suspect there never will be again.
This one really breaks my heart. I miss all the writers we've lost over the past few years, but Vonnegut...I have all his books, every one, even the handful of weaker ones, and I've read and re-read them all. What a great writer. What a gifted human being. <br />
<br />
I remember seeing him on Jon Stewart's show a few months back, and already he could barely speak -- emphysema. That was painful. But this, of course, is worse. <br />
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There were no others like him, and I suspect there never will be again. RIP :( :( :(tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-12:537324:Comment:230032007-04-12T04:18:30.120ZAnne Frasierhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/annefrasier
RIP :( :( :(
RIP :( :( :(