Vonnegut was one of my favorite authors when I was young, as his books were very fluid, smart, and fun to read. As I grew up, it was easy to see through Kurt, and to wonder why so few people who were huge Vonnegut fans missed the simple point that the man was miserable due to a gaping whole by having little faith, as was his writing.
Despite that, in an age of vapid writing and the mass churning of Patterson novels and their clones, rereading Cat's Cradle is a breath of fresh air. I wish we had more Vonneguts out there.
Godspeed Kurt. You certainly were one of a kind.
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