{"id":2139,"date":"2007-04-12T05:46:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-12T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=2139"},"modified":"2007-04-12T05:46:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-12T11:46:00","slug":"author-kurt-vonnegut-1923-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/12\/author-kurt-vonnegut-1923-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Kurt Vonnegut; 1923-2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/SHOWBIZ\/books\/04\/12\/obit.vonnegut.ap\/index.html\">Vonnegut passed Wednesday<\/a> from complications to a brain injury last week.<\/p>\n<p>I have read several of his books and considered him one of my favourite authors.<\/p>\n<p>He was a little bit crazy, but he nonetheless always sparked philosophical thought.<\/p>\n<p><i><font size=\"-1\">Unto them from whose eyes the veil of life hath fallen may there be granted the accomplishment of their true Wills; whether they will absorption in the Infinite, or to be united with their chosen and preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve the labour and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in any Star, or aught else, unto them may there be granted the accomplishment of their wills; yea, the accomplishment of their wills.<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n<p>May your divine quest by Boku-maru never be threatened by the Hyook even in the face of so-called freedom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2139\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/12\/author-kurt-vonnegut-1923-2007\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2139\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/12\/author-kurt-vonnegut-1923-2007\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-2139\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/12\/author-kurt-vonnegut-1923-2007\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/12\/author-kurt-vonnegut-1923-2007\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vonnegut passed Wednesday from complications to a brain injury last week. 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