Kurt Vonnegut died this morning in Manhattan. He was 84.
To hear him read an excerpt of his most famous work, Slaughterhouse Five, go to this interview at Salon. It's my favorite part.
From Slaughterhouse Five:
Billy licked his lips, thought a while, inquired at last: "Why me?" "That is a very Earthling thing to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?" "Yes." Billy, in fact, had a paperweight in his office which was a blob of polished amber with three lady-bugs embedded in it. "Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why."
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Well I must be in hell; while I was in heaven I was looking forward to meeting him.