Goodbye, Kurt Vonnegut

The man, the myth, the legend

Kurt Vonnegut is gone. The man, the myth, the legend, succumbed to brain injuries after a fatal fall in his home. He, himself, is probably chuckling on his way to the afterlife. It is possible he would find his final demise amusing, considering everything he had gone through in life. All his questions will be answered, can you even imagine the verbal lashing god is going to get from him? It would be a must-see event.

Kurt Vonnegut was born November 11th, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Kurt and Edith Vonnegut. His father was an architect, while his mother stayed home attending the chidren. He had an older brother, Bernard, and an older sister, Alice, the three of them exhibited vastly different backgrounds. Bernard favored mathematic and science, Alice leaned toward art, and Kurt demonstrated remarkable literary talent.

His literary contributions: Player Piano, released in 1952, published in 1954 retitled Utopia 14, only to re-released again in 1966 as Player Piano.(Novel)
The Sirens of Titan was released in 1959.(Novel)
Penelope was released in 1960, later retitled Happy Birthday, Wanda June in 1970.(Plays and Television Adaptations)
Mother Night was produced in 1961, with a hard cover version released in 1966.(Novel)
Canary In a Cathouse was also released in 1961.(Short Story Collection)
Cat's Cradle entered publication in 1963.(Novel)
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater was released in 1965.(Novel)
Welcome To The Monkey House was released in 1968.(Short Story Collection)
Slaughterhouse Five was released in 1969, with a twenty-fifth anniversary edition released in 1994.(Novel)
Between Time and Timbuktu emerged in 1972.(Plays and Television Adaptations)
Breakfast of Champions appeared in 1973.(Novel)
Wampeters, Foma, and Granfalloons emerged in 1974.(Essay Collection)
Slapstick entered publication in 1976.(Novel)
Jailbird entered publication in 1979.(Novel)
Sun, Moon, Star was released in 1980.(Children's Story)
Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage reached publication in 1981.(Essay Collection)
Deadeye Dick was released in 1982.(Novel)
Books Into Ashes was printed in 1982.(New York Times)
Avoiding The Big Bang was printed in 1982.(New York Times)
Bob and Ray: A Retrospective was contributed in 1982.
Discrimination, Affirmative Action, And Equal Opportunity: An Economic and Social Perspective was contributed in 1982.
Nothing Is Lost Save Honor: Two Essays was released in 1984.(Essay Collection)
Galapagos was released in 1985.(Novel)
A Dream of the Future(Not Excluding Lobsters) appeared in 1985.(Esquire)
He Leadeth Us From Porn: God Bless You, Edwin Meese emerged in 1986.(Nation)
Requiem: The Hocus Pocus Laundromat emerged in 1986.(North American Review)
Bluebeard was released in 1987.(Novel)
Can Great Books Make Good Movies? 7 Writers Just Say No! appeared in 1987.(American Film)
My Fellow American: What I'd Say if They Asked Me was released in 1988.(Nation)
The Courage of Ivan Martin Jirous was released in 1989.(Washington Post)
Slaughter In Mozambique was released in 1989.(New York Times)
Hocus Pocus was released in 1990.(Novel)
Notes from My Bed Of Gloom was released in 1990.(New York Times)
Heinlein Gets The Last Word was released in 1990.(Book Review)
Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980's appeared in 1991.(Essay Collection)
One Hell Of A Country was released in 1992.(The Guardian)Reprinted later that year.(Ottawa Citizen)
America: Right and Wrong was released in 1992.(The Gazette)
Why My Dog Is Not A Humanist was released in 1992.(Humanist)
Make Up Your Mind was released in 1993.(Plays and Televised Adaptations)
Miss Temptation was released in 1993.(Plays and Televised Adaptations)
L'histoire Du Soldat appeared in 1993.(Plays and Televised Adaptations)
Why We Need Libraries was printed in 1994.(Utne Reader)
The Vonnegut Encyclopedia: An Authorized Compendium was delivered in 1996.(Authored the foreward)
Timequake was released in 1997.(Novel)
Stories on beer bottles written in 1997.(Denver Public Libation Ale, 22 ounce bottles, from Wynkoop Brewing Company)
Bernard Vonnegut: The Rainmaker was released in 1998.(New York Times)
The Work To Be Done was printed in 1998.(Rolling Stone)
Old Fashioned Gadgets was printed in 1998(Forbes 266)
Bogombo Snuff Box was released in 1999.(Short Story Collection)
God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian was released in 1999.(Essay Collection)
Last Words For A Century was printed in 1999.(Playboy)
Like Shaking Hands With God: A Conversation About Writing was released in 1999.(Recording)
This is a brilliant example about a writer's lifestyle. Here we see the many different things a writer can do with their life. He left us a detailed how to succeed as a writer template to follow. As contributors for Associated Content, we really do have a lot to thank this man for. We lost a valued pioneer of the literary community, but he has left a lasting impression around the world. Goodbye, Mr. Vonnegut, give him hell!