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in Memorium
Jan. 23rd, 2008 06:28 pmI guess everyone must know by now, but ... In Memorium ~ Rest in Peace ... Heath ...
Kurt Vonnegut
Apr. 13th, 2007 09:29 pmKurt Vonnegut has shuffled off this mortal coil.
... He was a formative influence for me, literature-wise. Yup! That lets ya'll know I'm a baby boomer! Tail end for sure, but I just snicked in there. I don't think it's too off topic to mention it since most of my flist is SF oriented, and time and space travel was an important device to get across the mental trauma in Slaugherhouse 5, not to mention some of his earlier pieces.
I just need to acknowledge this - no need to reply.
... He was a formative influence for me, literature-wise. Yup! That lets ya'll know I'm a baby boomer! Tail end for sure, but I just snicked in there. I don't think it's too off topic to mention it since most of my flist is SF oriented, and time and space travel was an important device to get across the mental trauma in Slaugherhouse 5, not to mention some of his earlier pieces.
I just need to acknowledge this - no need to reply.
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Jan. 26th, 2007 09:11 amThe Sydney Festival has just been on and my Mum went to see the stage adaptation of the May Gibbs Australian children's classic "Snugglepot and Cuddlepie". Mum said it was fabulous, and it's made me homesick for things Australian. So I've changed the look of my journal. ( read more )
