On November 11, In These Times Senior Editor Kurt Vonnegut will turn 83. Here at the magazine we raise our glasses. He was 29 when he published his first novel, Player Piano, in 1952. Since then he has written 13 others, including Slaughterhouse Five, which stands as one of the pre-eminent anti-war novels of the 20th century and was his first… return to article
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Reader Comments (5)Page 1 of 1 pagesRabbit salutes you Mr Kurt Vonnegut.
You shall henceforth be known as Sir Kurt Vonnegut, to Rabbit and all the kingdom.
Thankyou for your contributions to truth and light and peace.
If we do not get another chance to say this Happy Birthday Sir Kurt, for November 11.
Hop Hop Hooray….....................................................^^............ ................................
Posted by GhostRabbit on Oct 10, 2005 at 7:17 AM Mr Vonnegut, Best wishes and thank you for everything.
Posted by David in Canada on Oct 10, 2005 at 7:16 PM Hi ho,
Thank you for the new book,I’ll certainly get one as soon as possible.May you live a thousand years.
Posted by wwoods on Oct 11, 2005 at 7:08 PM Thanks for all the books…thank you for the laughs.
Thank you for the absurdist affirmation, the voice that tells you that “You all shouldn’t go crazy in the privacy of your own homes…this is a cultural madness, and can be fixed…keep trying….)
I hope you know that this is what you mean to me.
Happy Birthday next month, Mr Vonnegut.
And I’ll keep working on that ‘People’s Choice’ award for the Nobel Peace Prize thing, eh?
You deserve it.
Cheers
Posted by minerva_jones on Oct 14, 2005 at 2:45 AM Salud Senor Vonnegut…
Happy birthday to you. Keep the words coming, yeah? Here’s a poem for you.
In These Times
I drink to thee
and thy alter-egos
for longevity
and most definitely
for more laughter!Selamat Hari Lahir Mr. Vonnegut. (It means happy birthday in Malay)
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