Comments on: So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, RIP

By: melissa

melissa — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:02:45 +0000

I am very happy to see that so many other people looked up to Mr. Vonnegut as I did. To find someone who thought the way I did about things and had the courage to say them publicly and with such sarcasm amazes me. He is a great influence to my brother and myself, we often find ourselves saying the hi ho at the end of things.
Hi Ho.

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» R.I.P. - Kurt Vonnegut | Geekend | TechRepublic.com — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:59:42 +0000

[...] "Vonnegut’s lessons are the lessons that I think all teenagers should be required to absorb. They’re the lessons that saved me from completely withdrawing into my shell or going Columbine on my classmates."– David Louis Edelman [...]

By: David Louis Edelman

David Louis Edelman — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:53:47 +0000

Thanks, James. You might also want to read my summary of Vonnegut's works I did later that week.

By: James

James — Thu, 03 May 2007 04:38:23 +0000

I am 16 yrs old and I am doing a project on Vonnegut for my AP Composition class. I read this and thought it was great that you did this for Kurt Vonnegut. I love the 3 books I have read so far and i hope I can read all his works.

By: Cindy Blank-Edelman

Cindy Blank-Edelman — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:45:29 +0000

As the sister who introduced you to Kurt Vonnegut, I hereby take credit for all your subsequent literary success. Thanks for writing this; it made me want to go read my Vonnegut novels again….

By: Max

Max — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:54:55 +0000

Very well said, sir. Kurt Vonnegut meant an awful lot to so many of us. He will be sorely missed and the world will be a poorer place without him.

By: Alis Rasmussen

Alis Rasmussen — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:54:50 +0000

Many of the stories from Welcome to the Monkey House are still seared into my brain. The other only short story writer whose work had an equivalent effect on me at that tender age (early adolescence) was Bradbury.

The offspring have read Slaughterhouse Five, but I see I must make an effort to bring more into the house asap.

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» Kurt Vonnegut RIP » Velcro City Tourist Board » Blog Archive — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:39:15 +0000

[...] predictably enough, the blogosphere (sf-nal and otherwise) is heaving with tributes. I liked David Louis Edelman’s look at Vonnegut’s work and the effect it had on him as a young re…,

By: J Alan Erwine

J Alan Erwine — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:59:56 +0000

Very nicely written! He was a major influence on me, and he will certainly be missed. Too bad his death won’t get as much attention as Anna Nicole’s did…at least he contributed something to the world…