Damn.

We lost one of the great American novelists today: Kurt Vonnegut. He died today at the age of 84.

Vonnegut was an amazing influence on literature, and I could wax poetic for ages about his works. But I'll just let a quote from Gore Vidal sum it all up: "He was sort of like nobody else... Kurt was never dull." Rest in peace, Kurt.

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