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| From | markeichelberger@comcast.net (Mark Eichelberger) |
| Subject | Re: OT: R.I.P. Kurt Vonnegut |
| Date | Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:52:51 +0000 |
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It's interesting you mentioned that you outgrew Vonnegut. To a degree, I also felt that I outgrew Vonnegut. I guess I just associate his books so strongly with that period of my life. But, like you, I still have all of his books...and always will.
Mark
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From: "M. Madler" <mrmadler@mc.net>
> Mark Eichelberger wrote:
> \The first thing I heard when I woke up this morning was the news of his
> death. Kurt Vonnegut's writing had an enormous impact during my teens
> and early twenties. The darkness of his humor was something I could
> really relate to during those years.
> So it goes, indeed.
>
> ***My late teens to mid-20s can be described as my Vonnegut period as
> well, which I then later outgrew although I hung on to my paperback
> copies of his books for years.
> One of my favorite passages from "Slaughterhouse Five" was when Vonnegut
> described his time working as a police reporter at the old City News
> Bureau in Chicago.
> My first full time reporting job was at City News, so I knew that he had
> gotten it right.
>
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