tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post117637486308186563..comments2024-03-27T03:49:00.205-05:00Comments on StoverBlog: MWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072845997157010606noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-69553711799375655072007-06-12T16:17:00.000-05:002007-06-12T16:17:00.000-05:00first time reader and poster here, and i know i'm ...first time reader and poster here, and i know i'm late hopping on the bus - my apologies. somehow i never thought to look for an online blog from my favorite author... intelligence sometimes doesn't guarantee common sense.<BR/><BR/>to hear matthew stover lament vonnegut's passing has a special significance for me, as vonnegut's works were my favorites for a long time... until i read heroes die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-13524069537146674422007-04-19T07:22:00.000-05:002007-04-19T07:22:00.000-05:00I was reading Vonnegut's wiki, and it sounds just ...I was reading Vonnegut's wiki, and it sounds just like Matt... "Rules for writing a short story"<BR/><BR/>A couple excerpts: <BR/><BR/>3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.<BR/><BR/>6. Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them — in order that the reader may see what they are made of.<BR/><BR/>Rob Lockehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11065030851370296894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-10758275472729988902007-04-17T11:05:00.000-05:002007-04-17T11:05:00.000-05:00So it goes.One of my favorite Vonnegut moments is ...So it goes.<BR/><BR/>One of my favorite Vonnegut moments is from an odd source. In the Rodney Dangerfield movie "Back to School", Rodney has to write an analysis of Vonnegut's work, so he hires Kurt Vonnegut to ghost write it with him (or for him). Later, the english professor rails on Dangerfield in front of the whole class, telling him that his paper shows that he has no understanding of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-66216847887850414072007-04-16T20:40:00.000-05:002007-04-16T20:40:00.000-05:00I am truly going to miss that grumpy old bastard. ...I am truly going to miss that grumpy old bastard. I loved his books, but I loved watching him make his interviewers cringe even more. (The CBC has been playing his last radio interviews over the past few days & they are lots of fun!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-1176446373130484402007-04-13T01:39:00.000-05:002007-04-13T01:39:00.000-05:00Kurt Vonnegut was one of the few people who I felt...Kurt Vonnegut was one of the few people who I felt was worthy of respect. So few people can fall into that category. <BR/><BR/>I hate to seem like a suckup, but you are one of the few others. <BR/><BR/>The list of those respected who are living always shrinks, and the list of those living who deserve contempt constantly grow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com