tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12540914.post2757990670745698384..comments2023-04-08T05:20:52.887-04:00Comments on ELgiN StreEt iRReguLars: No cat, no cradle.coyotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13849975141730668288noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12540914.post-69490664476798426442007-04-12T14:53:00.000-04:002007-04-12T14:53:00.000-04:00Of course he'd have made a great ESI. But his memb...Of course he'd have made a great ESI. But his membership would have raised the bar so high, I'd have been kicked out for sure.4th Dwarfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11078187712957062528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12540914.post-76418257181508147152007-04-12T10:44:00.000-04:002007-04-12T10:44:00.000-04:00Excerpt from a fine obit in the New York Times tod...Excerpt from a fine obit in the <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/books/12vonnegut.html?th&emc=th" REL="nofollow">New York Times</A> today by Dinitia Smith:<BR/><BR/>"Mr. Vonnegut eschewed traditional structure and punctuation. His books were a mixture of fiction and autobiography, prone to one-sentence paragraphs, exclamation points and italics. Graham Greene called him 'one of the most able of living American writers.' Some critics said he had invented a new literary type, infusing the science-fiction form with humor and moral relevance and elevating it to serious literature.<BR/><BR/>He was also accused of repeating himself, of recycling themes and characters. Some readers found his work incoherent. His harshest critics called him no more than a comic book philosopher, a purveyor of empty aphorisms. <BR/><BR/>With his curly hair askew, deep pouches under his eyes and rumpled clothes, he often looked like an out-of-work philosophy professor, typically chain smoking, his conversation punctuated with coughs and wheezes."<BR/><BR/>He would have made a great ESI.The Independent Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723383503135303248noreply@blogger.com