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Kurt Vonnegut?s 8 Basics Of Creative Writing: Tips For Marketing Your Busin
2008-04-24 02:49:00 The real estate industry, any business for that matter, could take note when searching for marketing ideas and strategies. American author and icon Kurt Vonnegut’s “8 Basics of Creative Writing” provides a few nuggets of wisdom that carry over nicely from his intended target-book readers to consumers. Kurt Vonnegut’s Marketing Advice 1. Use the ...
By: deansguide
Kurt Vonnegut - Cold Turkey
2008-02-28 20:37:00 I apologize for not posting more this week. I've been a little strapped for cash and have had to pick up a part time job, so it's taking me longer to do research. This is a lazy post, I'm aware, but while I work on my next post (which will be a summary of the Don Siegelman situation), I thought you guys might enjoy this article that I found which was published in In These Times in May 2004 by the late Kurt Vonnegut.It's a much needed affirmation that we are not the ones who are insane.Many years ago, I was so innocent I still considered it possible that we could become. the humane and reasonable America so many members of my generation used to dream of. We dreamed of such an America during the Great Depression, when there were no jobs. And then we fought and often died for that dream during the Second World War, when there was no peace. But I know now that there is not a chance in hell of America’s becoming humane and reasonable. Because power corrupts us, and absolute power ...
Continuare a camminare verso l'utopia di guerre al rovescio (Kurt Vonnegut,
2008-01-06 20:00:00 "L'utopia è come una bella donna all'orizzonte. Mi avvicino di due passi, lei si allontana di due passi. Faccio dieci passi e la bella donna si sposta di dieci passi. Per quanto cammini, mai la raggiungerò. A cosa serve l'utopia? Serve a questo: a camminare". Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance With Death Iniziamo l'anno con un' utopia per andare avanti. Una guerra che scorre al rovescio, come dovrebbe svolgersi ogni dannato conflitto in corso. Dal libro di Kurt Vonnegut, Mattatoio n. 5 o La crociata dei bambini, una delle nostre migliori letture dell'anno passato che consigliamo a chiunque non l'abbia ancora letto per l'anno novizio: g.r. "...gli aerei americani, pieni di fori e di feriti e di cadaveri, decollarono all'indietro da un campo d'aviazione in inghilterra. Sopra la francia, alcuni caccia tedeschi li raggiunsero, sempre volando all'indietro, e succhiarono proiettili e schegge da alcuni degli ae...
By: guerrilla radio
Eight Rules for Writing Fiction by Kurt Vonnegut, and a ?Pooh? to Adjective
2007-12-23 18:53:00 I’m getting my act together and taking it on the road. Or more specifically, I’m dusting off my old incomplete novel and putting it on the Internet. The poor thing has really been through a lot, and just needs to get finished one way or another. I figure if I post it, piece by piece, ...
Eight Rules for Writing Fiction by Kurt Vonnegut, and a ?Pooh? to Adjective
2007-12-23 18:53:00 I’m getting my act together and taking it on the road. Or more specifically, I’m dusting off my old incomplete novel and putting it on the Internet. The poor thing has really been through a lot, and just needs to get finished one way or another. I figure if I post it, piece by piece, ...
Eight Rules for Writing Fiction by Kurt Vonnegut, and a ?Pooh? to Adjective
2007-12-23 18:53:00 I’m getting my act together and taking it on the road. Or more specifically, I’m dusting off my old incomplete novel and putting it on the Internet. The poor thing has really been through a lot, and just needs to get finished one way or another. I figure if I post it, piece by piece, ...
Eight Rules for Writing Fiction by Kurt Vonnegut, and a ?Pooh? to Adjective
2007-12-23 18:53:00 I’m getting my act together and taking it on the road. Or more specifically, I’m dusting off my old incomplete novel and putting it on the Internet. The poor thing has really been through a lot, and just needs to get finished one way or another. I figure if I post it, piece by piece, ...
Doing the numbers, Vonnegut sells more books while dead than Mailer
2007-11-24 16:02:00 Crunching the numbers from BookScan for authors who rececently passed away, Associated Press writer Hillel Italie says that when it comes to the dead authors' society, Kurt sells more books than Norman:read more
By: Communati.com
kurt vonnegut, meet sammy davis junior
2007-11-05 04:02:00 rather strange bedfellowsread more | digg story
By: johnny wildcat
Slapstick - Kurt Vonnegut
2007-09-14 18:01:00 A few days ago I finished reading, Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut. Supposedly, the book got poor reviews, but I actually found it to be a great and quick read. I'm not big into science fiction and even though a lot of Vonnegut's books are fantasy, I enjoy the creative leaps he takes with in the novels. I've only read two of his books, Slaughterhouse V and Slapstick, but it's enough to know I want to read more of his work.Yesterday when I was doing my laundry I started reading Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell. Even though I don't necessarily find his work as interesting as Vonnegut's, the writing is worlds apart. Orwell is an amazing writer. The way he points out facts and the smallest possible observations make the reader feel like they are right there in the midst of action. Hopefully I'll remember some of the techniques they both used when writing because, in my opinion, both of them are geniuses.While reading up on George Orwell I came across his, "Rules for Writer...
By: Maple Takedown
Seeking Book Suggestions
2007-08-23 13:13:00 Every few months, I ask for new book suggestions since I tend to go through books rather quickly during my bus and Metro commute. Today is one of those days. If you have any suggestions, please leave a comment or e-mail me at seanramblings at yahoo [dot] com.Of course, asking for book suggestions can be vague since you probably have no idea what I like to read. Therefore, here is a list of books I have read over the past few months, which I hope will help:- The Harry Potter series- ?Can I Keep My Jersey? 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond? by Paul Shirley- "Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas" by Chuck KlostermanActually, I can't remember what I read before I started to re-read the Harry Potter series. I'm also a big fan of David Halberstam, Kurt Vonnegut and Nick Hornby. Thanks for your help!
By: Sean's Ramblings
Video of Quotes from Kurt Vonnegut is The Resident's People With a Global W
2007-07-12 06:31:00 Interesting.
15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will
2007-06-09 05:08:00 15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will
Yankees Quick Check: Pitching + Run Support + Defense=Win
2007-05-29 22:54:00 Tyler Clippard came through for his seasoned, big league teammates Tuesday night against the White Sox. In return, the defense and the offense chipped in to help him out. This Yankees' season could have been scripted by the late, great, Kurt Vonnegut himself, as this cosmically challenged team found itself fraught with a plague of injuries, poor plays, and silent bats in the lineup. If momentum ends with the next day's starter, the Yankees have stumbled every fifth day with a new, unproven arm sent out to the mound to earn his first major-league win and to keep the team from slipping further down the greased pole that is the AL East standings. Tuesday night's game represented the prototype game which the Yankees need if they are to get back to .500 and then mount some sort of run at either a wild card berth, or, dare I say it, the division title. There's been a lot written about the talent that's on this team and how eventually these players will begin to play better baseball b...
By: Mr. Grudge
Kurt Vonnegut Dies :: Loss of another shining beacon
2007-05-28 00:00:00 A writing hero of mine, Kurt Vonnegut passed away. His books filled my teen years with enjoyment and wonder. I hang my head low, for the kids today will need him now as much as I did then. ?And I say to Sam now: ?Sam?here?s the book.? It?s so short and jumbled and jangled, Sam, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again. Everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre, and it always is, except for the birds. And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like ?Poo-tee-weet?? ?Billy and the rest wandered out onto the shady street. The trees were leafing out. There was nothing going on out there, no traffic of any kind. There was only one vehicle, an abandoned wagon drawn by two horses. The wagon was green and coffin shaped. Birds were talking. One bird said to Billy Pilgrim. ?Poo-tee-weet???
By: coolass.com
David Halberstam and Kurt Vonnegut
2007-04-26 03:21:00 In just the past few weeks, two of my favorite authors passed away. I was first introduced to both David Halberstam and Kurt Vonnegut in college. Although I do not remember the specific class (one was for a history course, the other politics), I certainly remember reading both Vonnegut?s ?Player Piano? and ?Galapagos.? I liked Vonnegut?s style of writing and the ideas presented in his books. Over the years, I?ve probably read another half dozen of his books. I don?t exactly know how to describe his books, but there were always parts that made me smile and parts that made me think. So it goes. By the way, Vonnegut has a terrific cameo in ?Back to School? starring Rodney Dangerfield.I read Halberstam?s ?The Fifties? in one of my favorite college classes, a senior level history class about United States history in the 1950s. What struck me most about the book was the way Halberstam took nearly every part of the decade and wrote in-depth chapters for each topic. There was such ...
By: Sean's Ramblings
Politics: Fox News trashes Kurt Vonnegut
2007-04-17 05:20:00 FOX news, News and World, stupid people, Video, Videos, weenie
By: What a Weenie!
Kurt Vonnegut Dies :: Loss of another shining beacon
2007-04-15 00:00:00 A writing hero of mine, Kurt Vonnegut passed away. His books filled my teen years with enjoyment and wonder. I hang my head low, for the kids today will need him now as much as I did then. ?And I say to Sam now: ?Sam?here?s the book.? It?s so short and jumbled and jangled, Sam, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again. Everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre, and it always is, except for the birds. And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like ?Poo-tee-weet?? ?Billy and the rest wandered out onto the shady street. The trees were leafing out. There was nothing going on out there, no traffic of any kind. There was only one vehicle, an abandoned wagon drawn by two horses. The wagon was green and coffin shaped. Birds were talking. One bird said to Billy Pilgrim. ?Poo-tee-weet???
By: coolass.com
Flashback: Kurt Vonnegut on Daily Show
2007-04-14 20:58:00 God, how we will miss this man ....Trouble viewing this video? Click Here.(Yet another hat tip to Al Buono.)Also See: Custodians of chaos: In this extract from his forthcoming memoirs, Kurt Vonnegut is horrified by the hypocrisy in contemporary US politics. Technorati tags: Comedy Central, Daily Show, Kurt Vonnegut, Jon Stewart, A Man Without a Country, video
Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at age 84
2007-04-14 20:47:00 By CHRISTIAN SALAZAR,Associated Press WriterNEW YORK - Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse- Five" and "Cat's Cradle," died Wednesday. He was 84. Vonnegut, who often marveled that he had lived so long despite his lifelong smoking habit, had suffered brain injuries after a fall at his Manhattan home weeks ago, said his wife, photographer Jill Krementz.The author of at least 19 novels, many of them best-sellers, as well as dozens of short stories, essays and plays, Vonnegut relished the role of a social critic. He lectured regularly, exhorting audiences to think for themselves and delighting in barbed commentary against the institutions he felt were dehumanizing people."I will say anything to be funny, often in the most horrible situations," Vonnegut, whose watery, heavy-lidded eyes and unruly hair made him seem to be in existential pain, once told a gathering of...
Kurt Vonnegut is dead
2007-04-14 12:39:00 Just a brief stopgap post today, and I assure you a longer piece will be along shortly as time and energy permit. I just wanted to say I was deeply saddened to hear about the death of Kurt Vonnegut, whose novels I used to devour on a regular basis. He was a standing example of what was good about American culture, and American socialists aren?t so thick on the ground that the loss of an articulate radical is easily missed.I expect there will now be something of a run on sales of Slaughterhouse Five, and rightly so. But do yourself a favour and dig a little deeper. Check out Mother Night or Cat?s Cradle. Maybe even Bluebeard. But certainly don?t miss Mother Night.Rud eile: From What Next?, this sterling defence of James Connolly by Rayner Lysaght may be of interest to regular readers.
Kurt Vonnegut on Second Life
2007-04-14 03:26:00 This is a machinema video of Kurt Vonnegut's interview inside Second Life with John Hockenberry of The Infinite Mind - public radio's premiere mental health program. If you haven't yet been on Second Life, you can get a feel for it by watching this video.
Exclusive: Kurt Vonnegut's 'Sirens Of Titan' Being Adapted For Big Screen
2007-04-14 00:51:00 MTV News exclusive: Kurt Vonnegut's "Sirens of Titan" is being adapted for the big screen. Writer James V. Hart revealed details about the script.
Kurt Vonnegut Died
2007-04-13 10:32:00 Although I don’t read as much literature as I would like to, I have enjoyed Kurt Vonnegut’s writing a few times. Cory Doctorow mentioned his passing. Kurt was interviewed here, here, here, here, here, and here…. Source: default@goarticles.com (Steve Hill)
By: AllToSearch
'So It Goes': Looking Back At Kurt Vonnegut's Big-Screen Impact
2007-04-13 01:54:00 MTV News takes a look back at Kurt Vonnegut's impact on the big screen, talking with many of the late writer's frequent film collaborators.
In Memoriam — Kurt Vonnegut
2007-04-13 00:00:00 Kurt Vonnegut died on 11 April. He was a huge influence.
Rest in Peace Kurt Vonnegut
2007-04-12 23:22:00 Kurt Vonnegut November 11, 1922 - April 11, 2007 Rest in Peace The Incurable Allure of Carrots...
Kurt Vonnegut, Counterculture?s Novelist, Dies - New York Times
2007-04-12 23:18:00 Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent caught the temper of his times, is dead at the age of 84
By: webtourz
U.S. literary great Kurt Vonnegut dies
2007-04-12 18:57:00 NEW YORK, April 12: Kurt Vonnegut Jr., whose novels such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle" resonated with a generation, has died in New York at the age of 84.
By: newkerala.com
Novelist Kurt Vonnegut Dies at 84
2007-04-12 18:54:00 From CNN.com - Entertainment: NEW YORK (AP) -- Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and quest...
So it goes? In Memory of Kurt Vonnegut
2007-04-12 18:34:00 So it goes... In Memory of Kurt Vonnegut
By: Current Era Blog
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Dies at the Age of 84
2007-04-12 17:50:00 Kurt Vonnegut died at the age of 84, due to injuries from a fall. Vonnegut was a favorite author of mine, and I’m sorry to hear that he has passed. You can read the news article here.
Rest in Peace, Kurt Vonnegut
2007-04-12 17:18:00 Not a cartoonist (though derrided by some as a ‘comic book philosopher’), Vonnegut was nevertheless one of my favorite authors, and an imposing figure in the history of American literature. His idiosyncratic writing style produced works of an addictive quality that whisked readers along paths both whimsical and bizzare, and yet infused with a nagging ...
By: Toon Brew
RIP Kurt Vonnegut
2007-04-12 16:30:00 Kurt Vonnegut, Writer of Classics of the American Counterculture, Dies at 84 If you haven’t read Slaughterhouse Five or Breakfast of Champions what are you waiting for?
By: I want - I got
Kurt Vonnegut, Counterculture?s Novelist, Dies
2007-04-12 16:09:00 This was how I always pictured him. Smoking a joint and thinking. To be able to sit down with him hunter s thompson and spalding gray. Whom are all dead now. We have shit people that make the news and Dan Brown cranks out paint by number books. Read any of Vonneguts books and you will get a slight insight of what it means to be entertained. Dearly missed. Celsius
By: GorillaSushi
Kurt Vonnegut, RIP age 84
2007-04-12 14:20:00 NEW YORK — In books such as “Slaughterhouse-Five,&rdq-uo; “Cat’s Cradle,” and “Hocus Pocus,” Kurt Vonnegut mixed the bitter and funny with a touch of the profound. Vonnegut, regarded by many critics as a key influence in shaping 20th-century American literature, died Wednesday at 84. He had suffered brain injuries after a recent fall at his Manhattan home, said his wife, photographer Jill Krementz. I never really got into reading him. From a distance, a talented writer he may have been, and by that I mean talented at writing what he was envisioning.. but what he envisioned was at the high end of the weird scale, certainly. The man was a prisoner in WWII, and as a result was in Dresden when they firebombed the place. He always claimed that that incident didn’t have anything to do with the weirdness factor that always followed him around.  If that’s true, then the event causing the behavior …if there was one…I would ...
By: BitsBlog
Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84.
2007-04-12 14:14:00 After reading an article in the NY Times, I think I will buy a book of his. A high school teacher of mine had given me a book by Vonnegut when I was in my teens, but I never read it. At the time I was interested in full out sci-fi or fantasy ...
Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84.
2007-04-12 14:14:00 After reading an article in the NY Times, I think I will buy a book of his. A high school teacher of mine had given me a book by Vonnegut when I was in my teens, but I never read it. At the time I was interested in full out sci-fi or fantasy ...
Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at age 84
(AP)
2007-04-12 14:02:00 AP - Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," died Wednesday. He was 84.
Sol LeWitt 9 September 1928 - 8 April 2007 and Kurt Vonnegut 11 November 1
2007-04-12 12:31:00 This week marks the passing of American minimalist artist Sol LeWitt, and cult novellist Kurt Vonnegut. LeWitt is best known for his wall drawings, complex grids of lines originating in simple rules and formulae, whilst Vonnegut is known both in literary circles for his innovative use of pop novel conventions (like time travel) and by ...
Kurt Vonnegut: November 11, 1922/April 11, 2007
2007-04-12 10:51:00 Kurt Vonnegut, the writer, novelist, speaker and, above all else, free-thinking iconoclast, is dead at the age of 84. Ironically, while he was a nearly life-long cigarette smoker, cancer did not claim him but a brain injury, suffered during a fall, finally conspired to take his life. He died at his home in New York. Vonnegut ...
Kurt Vonnegut
2007-04-12 09:26:00 I?m sure millions of readers will be as saddened as I am to learn of Kurt Vonnegut?s death today. He had a huge impact on my world view during my school days, and indeed was key in developing an awareness in me for modern American literature. He was a kind and humane man, and he ...
Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies - NYTimes News Service
2007-04-12 09:13:00 Novelist Kurt Vonnegut diesBy Dinitia SmithNew York Times News ServicePublished April 11, 2007, 10:49 PM CDTNEW YORK -- Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle" and "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died Wednesday night in Manhattan. He was 84 and had homes in Manhattan and in Sagaponack on Long Island.His death was reported by Morgan Entrekin, a longtime family friend, who said Vonnegut suffered brain injuries as a result of a fall several weeks ago. Vonnegut wrote plays, essays and short fiction. But it was his novels that became classics of the American counterculture, making him a literary idol, particularly to students in the 1960s and '70s. Dog-eared paperback copies of his books could be found in the back pockets of blue jeans and in dorm rooms on campuses throughout the United States.Like Mark Twain, Vonnegut used humor to tackle the b...
Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84
(AP)
2007-04-12 08:57:00 AP - Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," died Wednesday. He was 84.
R.I.P., Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Your voice will be missed.
2007-04-12 08:11:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/-11/books/11cnd-vonnegut.html?_r-=1&hp&oref=slogin Kurt Vonnegut has left us. He passed away Wednesday night in Manhattan; the link in the title has the New York times report. My first Vonnegut book was at the age of 12, when I read "Cat's Cradle". I was too young to understand it well then, but I was intrigued and entertained. Next at about 13, I read "Slaghterhouse Five", and it was then that I first fully appreciated his literary genius. I've since read all except (about three?) of his books, and still own some today. He has always been one of my few must-have authors, present on every bookshelf I have owned. Probably my favorite of his, what I consider his defining work, is "Hocus Pocus". Listen: I was never lucky enough to go to a school that was open-minded enough to teach Vonnegut in class, but we junior high boys read him anyway, dodging the principal because of the naughty words. We would stand around in a circle and read "God Bless You Mr, ...
Writer Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84
2007-04-12 08:01:00 New York, April 12 : American writer Kurt Vonnegut, author of biting comedic novels such as "Slaughterhouse 5" and "Cat's Cradle", has died at the age of 84 after suffering a fall.
By: newkerala.com
Works by Kurt Vonnegut
2007-04-12 07:23:00 (AP) -- Works by Kurt Vonnegut. All are books unless otherwise noted: 'Player Piano,' 1951 'The Sirens of Titan,' 1959 'Canary in a Cat House,' 1961 (short works) 'Mother Night,' 1961 'Cat's Cradle,' 1963 'God Bless You, Mr.
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