No Damn Cat, No Damn Cradle
April 12th, 2007 by 
Steven Gould
Kurt Vonnegut. November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007
It always amazed me how much he looked like Mark Twain.
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April 12th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
This one really hurts. I have been reading Vonnegut since way before I had a clue what he was writing about, and it’s a punch in the gut to lose him. Guess I expected him to live forever. Now I know what I’ll be (re-)reading this weekend.
April 13th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Interestingly, according to the Associated Press obit that appeared in 14Apr edition of the Stars & Stripes, Norman Mailer referred to him as “our own [generation's] Mark Twain.” Prominently noted as a subtitle to the headline was his standing as an ex-POW… you all probably know the rest.
April 14th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
I sooo agree with this. He has a lot in common with Twain.