Line Out - Comments on Kurt Vonnegut, Lizard King http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king = Kurt Vonnegut is the Doors of literature. He's that artist that you encounter as a teenager that literally changes the way you look at the world, the way you look at art and its ability to change the world.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:53:28 -0800 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:53:46 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jeff No offense, John, but this is kind of a subpar eulogy for Kurt... he did so much more than the Doors ever could have done.

]]> Jeff http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c692536 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c692536 Love Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:40:23 -0800 Comment by Jeff But I should qualify my disappointment with the admission of blatant hero worship of Kurt - in my mind, everything he ever produced was a goddamn gem.

]]> Jeff http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c692538 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c692538 Love Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:41:43 -0800 Comment by trent moorman Longlive KV. Sirens of Titan has favoritely soaked many hours of my mind.

]]> trent moorman http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c692544 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c692544 Love Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:46:46 -0800 Comment by fuck the doors Ugh what a TERRIBLE analogy. How dare you besmirch Kurt Vonnegut's legacy and body of work by comparing him to the fucking DOORS?!?!

]]> fuck the doors http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c692638 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c692638 Love Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:35:35 -0800 Comment by segal I still read Breakfast of Champions as the greatest work of satire ever.

Right on.

]]> segal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c692682 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c692682 Love Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:05:06 -0800 Comment by A-Train If Vonnegut was really the Doors of literature, that would mean that at some point in your 20s you'd have that "What the fuck was I thinking?" moment and sell your old paperbacks at Twice Sold Tales. Clearly, this could not happen.

]]> A-Train http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c693071 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c693071 Love Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:06:31 -0800 Comment by Matt @6: Well, in my own case, that's exactly what did happen. Reading KV's obit was like reading about the death of a friend I last knew in junior high.

]]> Matt http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c693220 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/kurt_vonnegut_lizard_king#c693220 Love Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:53:46 -0800