Kurt_Vonnegut says: I'm looking forward to this
tart228 says: hi
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I'm ready to have fun
Kurt_Vonnegut says: gas
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
artroub says: i loved your creation of a religon in cats  rcradele
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tredy2 says: WOW!!!
travisperdu says: hello kurt
Tempest2 says: Hi Mr. vonnegut, thanks!
Nessie says: we're thrilled to have the opportunity to chat with you, Mr. Vonnegut.
Talya says: Kurt, what made you decide now, after your retirement to re- [publish all of this
tart228 says: i have wanted to meet you for so long!
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absinthe says: it's wonderful to have you here mr. vonnegut  :-)
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SchtinkySchneakers says: So Kurt is on the phone and Stevo is typing his responses to questions?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: the colledtion there's 23
tredy2 says: This is an extreme honor Mr. Vonnegut!!
Kurt_Vonnegut says: dug up by a prof at U. of Minn Peter Reed
Talya says: yesh, schtinky
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I never saved anything
SchtinkySchneakers says: ah
tart228 says: do you remember coming to the univ. of evansville?
YESman says: Hi Kurt. V.
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artroub says: you retired? thought just work ine up the next one
Kurt_Vonnegut says: because thought it wouldn't amount to anything
Kurt_Vonnegut says: they are all published stopries
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: I'm nowcompletely in print
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MTEgg says: In the Bogombo collection what is the time span of the published short stories over your career?
SchtinkySchneakers says: well hell...good typing skills is essential for this to work
Kurt_Vonnegut says: tjhis is it my life's work is in print
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: MTE
burke says: there are no manuscripts around to discover?
tart228 says: you're awesome
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artroub says: agree w/tart
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MTEgg says: Are they new stories or may I say vintage work (which I love)
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I was working for GE as a PR and had wife and 2 kids
YESman says: Breakfast of Champions was brilliant. . . .
tart228 says: what advice do you have for an aspiring english major?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: tail end of gfolden age of mag. fiction
MTEgg says: lol
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: working on weekends I made more $ than at Ge I quit and moved to Cape Cod
Kurt_Vonnegut says: about three years later
artroub says: write a lot
SchtinkySchneakers says: I read Breakfast of Champions under an oak tree in Vermont in an afternoon
Kurt_Vonnegut says: TV knocked fiction mags out of business
travisperdu says: many of us admire the short stories
Kurt_Vonnegut says: better for advertisers
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Talya says: Are there any particular storie in the Bagumbo collection that you are particularly fond of?
vegasbob says: How many books have you written?
absinthe says: How do you think the internet ties in with your theory about extended families?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: talya
tredy2 says: Slaughter House Five is one of my favorite books, are you still an antiwar activist?
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tart228 says: is there anyway to get more of your hardback stuff?
artroub says: maybe the computer will bring it back
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: that's like asking to pick fave child
eliza2 says: Mr. Vonnegut, what did you learn from selling Volvo's when you were younger?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: story that works best if "Bagombo"
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
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SchtinkySchneakers says: Then pick a favorite child!
Kurt_Vonnegut says: eliza
willow says: who is your favorite author?
Flyer1205 says: hi y'all
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travisperdu says: computers have really changed the writing scene
MTEgg says: You believe television is destroying the fiction mags? Even Analog?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I never sold Volvos I sold Saabs
MTEgg says: Boo-hoo
Circe says: hi room, hello Mr. Vonnegut
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Flyer1205 says: was tomcat1385 here?
tredy2 says: LOL
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: third in the country when Opened the agency I wanted to get Volvo
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I was turned down
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eliza2 says: my mistake,  what did you learn from selling Saabs?
eliza2 says: lol
SchtinkySchneakers says: Volvos, Saabs...doesnt matter...Jewish slaves in WW 2 made em...either way
Kurt_Vonnegut says: It was massively capitalized
Seedorf says: Does your WWII experiances impact your ideas alot??
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Flyer1205 says: HAS ANY ONE SEEN TOMCAT1385?!
Kurt_Vonnegut says: If had gotten Volvo I would not be a writer I'd be an auto dealer
Kurt_Vonnegut says: :-)
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Ten-Four says: Did you tend to come up with wacky ideas(like the Chinese plague) before writing the stories, or after you had decided on a basic plot?
willow says: who is your favorite author?
burke says: Mr. Vonnegut, I believe you are an important artist in evolving our sense of irony.....do you have any thoughts about your use of it, our use of it, it's importance?
tredy2 says: What are your political affiliations, are you an antiwar activist still??
YESman says: What fears and/or reservations concerning moder technology influenced your works?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: burke
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SchtinkySchneakers says: this is chaotic
burke says: yes?
YESman says: that's modern
MTEgg agrees with Schtinky
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Seedorf says: Kurt, Does your WWII experiance affect your writing???
Kurt_Vonnegut says: My education was as a chemist so I never got into vocabulary of literature in detail
travisperdu says: television is over rated
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Irony has dif ,eanint to a chemist
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Irony is saying one thing ands meaning other
SchtinkySchneakers says: no...television is underrated
sweetpimip42 says: IS THIS ROOM 4 OLD PEOPLE
PacificAnn says: :)
Kurt_Vonnegut says: a form of humor
Talya says: GUYS:  Wait til Kurt Types GA to put out your questions
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: so I'm sorry I'm not well ed enough to disc lit in a techn. way
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Kurt_Vonnegut says: trendy
eliza2 says: Were any of your characters autobiographical?  P.S.  My favorite is Rosewater
tart228 says: do you ever meet people in person? like for coffee or something? b/c i REALLY want to meet you.
MTEgg says: Ok Talya
tredy2 says: What are your current political affiliations Mr Vonnegut
travisperdu says: a lot more people than usual
burke says: I'm sorry the question seemed that way,
tredy2 says: are you still anti war?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Yes,
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I am
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tredy2 says: GOOD
SchtinkySchneakers says: who isnt fundamentally anti-war?
Ishie- says: Good point
YESman says: Mr. Vonnegut, what do you see as the greatest threat to humanity in the next century, technology or religion?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I am a pacifist and people have asked what would happen iof you had a daughter that was threatened
jc2 says: should we distrust the gov
MTEgg says: Someone who makes out like a bandit on it.
travisperdu says: where did you attend college? your degree?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: My body would insist on killing the threatener
SchtinkySchneakers says: Is KUrt an atheist?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: but the results of military actions
absinthe says: a humanist
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: have been ambiguous
markleaver says: like Ghandi who, when asked what he thought of Western civilization, calmy replied--"I think it would be a good idea"
Kurt_Vonnegut says: most rec, in Yugo
YESman says: Mr. Vonnegut, what do you see as the greatest threat to humanity in the next century, technology or religion?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: CNN telling us where to send bombs next
sweetpimip42 says: THIS ROOM IS STUPID
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Seedorf says: Kurt, Where is your favorite Place to write???
willow says: mr. vonnegut, which authors most influenced your work?
tredy2 says: Yes, Thank You Sir!!
sweetpimip42 says: LETS TALK BOUT SEX
sweetpimip42 says: LOL
Kurt_Vonnegut says: yes
Kurt_Vonnegut says: YESmaan
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Tempest2 says: The LRepublicans aren't
Kurt_Vonnegut says: third possibility
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: the champion threat
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: nature...
Talya says: Sweet, we are talking about books,  there are other rooms for that
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SchtinkySchneakers says: SHould we thank god that missles have cameras in them so we can see the destruction up close?
absinthe says: you mean winner takes all?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: the planet is responding violently to the damage we are doing to it with techn.
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: wrote a piece for Playboy about year 2000 and incurable diseases
travisperdu says: where did you receive your education, what degree did you earn?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: AIDS and antibiotics not working
ShAmRoCkS_BiGGesT_fan says: who is this dude that is supposed to be here
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tart228 says: you're my hero.
Kurt_Vonnegut says: our planet's immune system is trying to get rid of us
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
willow says: kurt vonnegut
tredy2 says: Are you an agnostic Mr Vonnegut??
SchtinkySchneakers says: Drug cocktails for AIDS work better than anything we've had so far
tart228 says: how are you
Ten-Four says: Did you tend to come up with wacky ideas(like the Chinese plague) before writing the stories, or after you had decided on a basic plot?
coug says: I'm watching Encounters, does mainstream Sci-fi measure-up to-say venus on the half
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ten
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Seedorf says: Why does all of our communication technology push us futher apart??
artroub says: how much itime per day did you write when active
whiperwill says: Kurt, I truely loved your advise for college graduates
markleaver says: just the dawning of the industrial age--many chemical reactions still not understood
Tempest2 says: Mr. Vonnegut are you familiar with Gaia and Lovelock's work on this?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I was in a privil. position
tredy2 says: that was not his whiperwill
Kurt_Vonnegut says: sitting around and thinking up funny stuff
travisperdu says: where were you schooled?? what is your degree?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I don't remember how the idea came
YESman says: Mr. Vonnegut, does humanity stand against ourselves?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Chinese miniatures as a disease
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SchtinkySchneakers says: such vast questions!
Circe says: Mr. Vonnegut, what do you think will happen to Russia?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: If any of you sit aound thinking of funny stuff
SchtinkySchneakers says: Is this Vonnegut or Socrates?!?!
Tempest2 says: Maybe wek're meant for extinctintion anyway?
absinthe says: mr. vonnegut, can you explain how tralamadorians would react in the moment with their perception of time?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ywith that too
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
YESman says: Mr. Vonnegut, does humanity stand a chance against ourselves?
tredy2 says: Are you religious, Atheist, or Agnostic?
ShAmRoCkS_BiGGesT_fan says: usfm_book@cpmsnchatb09
Kurt_Vonnegut says: coug
tart228 says: where are you living now? wtill in cape cod?
SchtinkySchneakers says: He believes in God for the bad things
whiperwill says: Mr Vonnegut what do you think about homelessness in america
absinthe says: trendy, he is a humanist
MTEgg says: lol@Yesman!
nfc says: so kurt, are you happy?
eliza2 says: Are any of your characters autobiographical?
SchtinkySchneakers says: a humanist does not answer the question
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Venus on half shell was Philip Jose Farmer
tredy2 says: Secular Humanist!!
SchtinkySchneakers says: non-sequitor
Kurt_Vonnegut says: with my permission
tredy2 says: right on
Kurt_Vonnegut says: a very good book
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I asked him not to do more Kilgore
travisperdu says: you mentioned you were educated as a chemist ... where and what is your degree??
jc2 says: yeskurt sre you happy
ShAmRoCkS_BiGGesT_fan says: usfm_book@cpmsnchatb09
Tempest2 says: Is therer a difference Schtinky?
ShAmRoCkS_BiGGesT_fan says: usfm_book@cpmsnchatb09
ShAmRoCkS_BiGGesT_fan says: usfm_book@cpmsnchatb09
ShAmRoCkS_BiGGesT_fan says: usfm_book@cpmsnchatb09
Kurt_Vonnegut says: because was writing good Vonn. novels in 6 weeks when it took me 2 years
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
ShAmRoCkS_BiGGesT_fan says: usfm_book@cpmsnchatb09
ShAmRoCkS_BiGGesT_fan says: usfm_book@cpmsnchatb09
Kurt_Vonnegut says: see
SchtinkySchneakers says: Well a humanist sounds agnostic to me
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YESman says: Mr. Vonnegut, do you believe that mankind stands a chance against its self destructive nature?
absinthe says: then do some research.
Tempest2 says: Tredy 2, Mr. V is deeply spiritual - his writing a prayer of sorts
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Yes I think it is
tredy2 says: Any good advise for an aspiring writer??
Kurt_Vonnegut says: computer is a solitary companion
Kurt_Vonnegut says: not a real one
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markleaver says: pax tecum
Kurt_Vonnegut says: when I was a kid
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nfc says: question question who'se got the question
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: there were people with poor complect. and no social life
absinthe says: then why did you endorse virtual love by avodah defit?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: they were ham radio operators
YESman says: Mr. Vonnegut, do you believe that mankind stands a chance against its self destructive nature?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and they talked to Nome Alaska
markleaver says: i've always found acne sexy
SchtinkySchneakers says: Mr Vonnegut, better movie, Planet of the Apes or My Giant?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and had lots of friends but no real ones
artroub says: i love, it,mr k
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tart228 says: what do you do now that you're retired??
Kurt_Vonnegut says: no social responsibility
Kurt_Vonnegut says: computer invites us to sit alone
travisperdu says: learn to spell
Kurt_Vonnegut says: not good for bodies and mionds
burke says: Mr. Vonnegut, could you please tell Yesman we stand some small chance so he'll quit typing that?
markleaver says: liked by many, loved by none
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I recommend people invest in companies that make laxatives
willow says: bravo
Kurt_Vonnegut says: not computers
artroub says: yeah
Seedorf says: KURT, does you WWII experiances effect your writing??
absinthe says: mr. vonnegut, why did you endorse virtual love by defit?
tredy2 says: LOLLOL
markleaver says: costive personalities--i know some
SchtinkySchneakers says: Laxatives are a shitty thing to deal in Kurt
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: nature expects us to move around to eliminate
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jc2 says: are we losing are sense of community
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
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eliza2 says: tell him we liked the laxative joke
Ten-Four says: Mr. Vonnegut, what is your personal favorite of the novels you have written yourself?
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tart228 says: what do you do now that you're "retired?"
tredy2 says: ANy advice for an aspiring writer??
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I have more
YESman says: thank you Mr. Vonnegut. . .I consider you an influence on my life, notions and perceptions. . . again, thank you sir. . .
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I went to a real cocamamie and gor an MA in anthropology
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: U of Chicago
Kurt_Vonnegut says: It had a decentralized library
whiperwill says: You didn't write the commencement speech about using sunscreen?
markleaver says: no football still
travisperdu says: everyone has social responsibility ... retired, working, or on welfare
tart228 says: didn't you go to utk for something?
artroub says: thank you,it's been good to hear you
tredy2 says: no that was a chicago journalist whiperwill
Kurt_Vonnegut says: we had our own library and to get a book I had to get up go outdoors meet people and go to school of religion
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: and would see students or religion I would never have met
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Talya says: Whiper, that commencemtn speech has been credited to many people, but it was not him, it was a journalist in chicago, I believe
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: I was always moving around
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toennes says: Human being and tie - almos a religious symbiosis?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: If Univ had been well designed
burke says: and therefore didn't need laxatives?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: I would not ahve had to move arounf
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tart228 says: what in your life would you differently?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: Forbes mag asked us what techn. we liked the best
whiperwill says: do you have a dog?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and I said Encyclopedia Britanica
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and my appointment book
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and Us Postal Service
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whiperwill says: are you a animal lover
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: I enjoy using these edvices
Saviq says: does anyone know when the next Wheel of Time book comes out?
SchtinkySchneakers says: Do you have a dog and if so is he male and if so is he castrated and if so is that symbolic of something Freudian?????
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I thing that for us to learn, our bodies have to be involved
whiperwill says: why so deep
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coug says: Are you enjoying this electronic communication and isn't instant feedback worth something
eliza2 says: we need more Rosewaters!!!
Kurt_Vonnegut says: what is in our past is that we evolved
markleaver says: it helps if our minds are too
tredy2 says: Are you secular Humanist??
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I'm not sure we can learn while sitting still
eliza2 says: bye all, gotta go
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
magicfingers says: Do you personally relate to the character of Jude in Hardy's Jude the Obscure?
willow says: which authors had the most impact on your work?
absinthe says: any advice for an aspiring soul?  what do you think makes a person decent?
SchtinkySchneakers says: a bipolar humanist?
Ten-Four says: Mr. Vonnegut, what is your personal favorite of the novels you have written yourself?
MTEgg says: What do you think of decentralized libraries. Were you able to work in that environment? Did it help with the elimination problem?
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coolgirl_of_iowa says: ga hi
Kurt_Vonnegut says: magic
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: Yes Ido
SchtinkySchneakers says: Does a cute fuzzy tail make that much of a difference MR Vonnegut?
Ishie- says: Mommy
Kurt_Vonnegut says: what an interesting Q!
Anatu says: Baby!
Kurt_Vonnegut says: You must be telepathic
honeylove says: Hello
Kurt_Vonnegut says: It was important to me
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travisperdu says: where did you learn chemistry kurt????????? i like britannica also
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: Mosr import was songle volumeI
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Simon says: I have an autographed copy of Deadeye Dick... I got it from your sitter, Her name was Sherry... a few years ago... I wanted to say thank you. Your charactiture was great on the inside cover.
Kurt_Vonnegut says: identify with Briother Ivonne
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willow says: which authors have had the most impact on your work?
tart228 says: would you ever consider meeting someone in person that REALY wanted to meet you and see you in the flesh before she got too old to appreciate it?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and SHakespeare is Mercucio
Tempest2 says: Then how do you explain Stephen Hawking????
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and Hamlet's friend
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: somebody in the audience help me
markleaver says: ophelia?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
SchtinkySchneakers says: Mr Vonnegut, are you surprised that George Washington died of syphilis?
willow says: which authors have had the most impact on your work?
tart228 says: would you ever consider meeting someone in person that REALY wanted to meet you and see you in the flesh before she got too old to appreciate it?
Nessie says: Horation?
Ten-Four says: Mr. Vonnegut, what is your personal favorite of the novels you have written yourself?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: that's girlfriend
MTEgg says: Romeo andJuliet?
Nessie says: Horatio I mean
Kurt_Vonnegut says: his pal Horatio
MTEgg says: Mercutio is in that play?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: they are staunch friends
SchtinkySchneakers says: Mr Vonneugt if we cant learn while being still how do you explain Stephen Hawking?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
markleaver says: starts with an l--laertes
tart228 says: would you ever consider meeting someone in person that REALY wanted to meet you and see you in the flesh before she got too old to appreciate it?
Ten-Four says: Mr. Vonnegut, what is your personal favorite of the novels you have written yourself?
travisperdu says: do you give out your email address mr. vonnegut??
Kurt_Vonnegut says: stinky
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magicfingers says: Is today's society more corrupt than the social construct of Brecht's Threepenny Opera?
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SchtinkySchneakers says: Mr Vonnegut do you realize the average Texan owns 7 guns?
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Talya says: MOMMY!!  missed you in this
tart228 says: what in your life would you differently?
MTEgg says: Yipes. Stay out of Texas/
Kurt_Vonnegut says: How do I ecplain Mozart of any other genius
Saviq says: does noone in the book chat like novels?  Are you all philosophers?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: they are wonderful freaks
markleaver says: not trying to upstage
SchtinkySchneakers says: lol...kurt is cool
absinthe says: i like novels, saviq
coolgirl_of_iowa bye
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markleaver says: oddies like kate hep.
coolgirl_of_iowa says: bye
MTEgg says: Savik is gone
SchtinkySchneakers says: Mr Vonnegut has not fallen for the PC BS of today's world
Kurt_Vonnegut says: a person able to think like Hawking would send signals to dif. parts of his body as if running and jumping
tredy2 says: Kurt is cool! witty man
Kurt_Vonnegut says: having virtual exercise
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
whiperwill says: Mr Vonnegut I work with homeless people and I see so many homeless veterans. what do you think  of the condition on the homeless in america today
willow says: which authors have had the most impact on your work?
Ten-Four says: Mr. Vonnegut, what is your personal favorite of the novels you have written yourself?
Tempest2 says: Being still is the only way we learn?
travisperdu says: hi kraz
markleaver says: and his body would send signals back like stumbling and falling
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: magic
tart228 says: Mr. Vonnegut sir...would you ever consider meeting someone in person that REALY wanted to meet you and see you in the flesh before she got too old to appreciate it?
tredy2 says: What are your riligious affiliations?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: (Hi Ish)
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: the amounts of money are cert. larger
magicfingers says: Bon Soir
markleaver says: shy ish
RacoonMan says: Mr Vonnegut, I work in a large automotive factory. I believe most characters in the world are represented. I reccomend the experience to anyone.
SchtinkySchneakers says: Mr Vonnegut do you consider someone like tart228 to be a total freak for wanting to meet you in person?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I've been thinking of overthrowing Communism
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and gangsters have taken over now
absinthe says: lol
Tempest2 says: Mr. V. you should read the Cumberland Beggar by Wordsworth stillness is good!
markleaver says: but reagan the other ge troubleshooter beat you to it
jc2 says: theyvetaken over here too
Kurt_Vonnegut says: what we in America have done with gangsters it to take over theor princ. industries
Kurt_Vonnegut says: porn and gambling
tredy2 says: Are you a Socialist Sir?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: nothing for Am. gangsters to do
SchtinkySchneakers Mr Vonnegut, are you aware that I am a pillar of salt?
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Tempest2 says: He is a pantheist tredy2
Kurt_Vonnegut says: money laundering going on
markleaver says: lawyers and psychology and crazy prince charles
raven3 says: Mr. Vonnegut, how shall we over throw them.
Kurt_Vonnegut says: is stock option plan
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: seemingly extract millions fropm the economy
absinthe says: tredy, he believes in humans being good to each other and that's all
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: and get compensation
absinthe says: or something to that effect
Tempest2 says: It's been done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jc2 says: follow the money
tredy2 says: I was asking Kurt!!
travisperdu says: gangsters ... good work kurt!
absinthe says: and he isn't answering
Kurt_Vonnegut says: some gangsters in Russia have taken billions fromn the ttreasuries
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and they should do what Am exec's do
tredy2 says: yeah, I know, what a bummer
Kurt_Vonnegut says: sasy "it's my golden paraqchute"
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
magicfingers says: Is it significant that the Oval office has been superseded by the Oral office?
Ten-Four says: What is your personal favorite of the novels you have written yourself?
tredy2 says: here it comes
burke says: shouldn't we just take over russia's gansters the same way then?
tredy2 says: socialist!!!!
MTEgg says: What do American executives do?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: Why do you call this new collection "a bunch of Buddhist catnaps?"
raven3 says: Mr. vonnegut, do you consider the buyers of the treasures of Russia gangsters, too?
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nfc says: kurt are you happy?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: Catnaps ar what short stories used troo be
markleaver says: is everybody happy?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: With war approaching
tredy2 says: im happy
Kurt_Vonnegut says: people could get a short rest by reading a story
markleaver says: the catbird seat used to be a favorite if only i could remember
Ishie- says: I'm happy
nfc says: war is always approaching or ending
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I meditate and this is what people did
Kurt_Vonnegut says: good for the soul to take a brief break
travisperdu says: they have oral offices also
magicfingers says: Most people are too transfixed and hypnotized by television to discern the meaning of happiness
Kurt_Vonnegut says: When i meditate
whiperwill says: if you believe in what you are doing you will be happy
Tempest2 says: steal money from the people MTE
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: My pulse slows and I can even ignore the phone
travisperdu says: i'm happy
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tredy2 says: right on tempest
Kurt_Vonnegut says: short stories used to do that for millions
Kurt_Vonnegut says: when my father came home from work
nfc says: still do it's just harder to find
tredy2 says: What advice do you have Sir, for aspiring writers everywhere??
Kurt_Vonnegut says: a short story (5 a week in the major mag's)
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: people taked about them
MTEgg says: Meditation as a substitute for reading a short story?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and discussed them
markleaver says: before the days of mass mania, raw appetites unleashed
Tempest2 says: Meditation is stillness
Kurt_Vonnegut says: short stories used to be a medicine for middle class fam's
tredy2 says: What advice do you have for aspiring writers everywhere??
travisperdu says: any person with common sense meditate for peace in their soul and their mind
Kurt_Vonnegut says: It woreked in those days as meditation does now
burke says: I like that,,,medicine
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Ten-Four says: What is your personal favorite of the novels you have written yourself?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: trendy
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travisperdu says: still do for me ...
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penis says: hey penis is back. as pink as ever
markleaver says: sycophancy
tredy2 says: what advice do you have for aspiring writers everywhere??
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Simon says: Mr V -  are you really a country music fan?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: The practice of any art
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: poetry etc.
burke says: do you like Walker Percy's stuff?
SchtinkySchneakers says: Mr Vonnegut, did you enjoy Heller's Catch 22 novel?
Tempest2 says: Not as a substitue but an anhancement
Kurt_Vonnegut says: is not a means to wealth or fame for a way to make your soul grow
absinthe says: mr vonnegut, why were your parting words "go to hell" on the interactive barnes and noble session?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: the expectation is just to write or dance, etc
markleaver says: should remain an amateur vocation
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and grow
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: it makes you have a gopod
travisperdu says: you let yourself become part of the story
SchtinkySchneakers says: Mr Vonnegut, are rumors of your death greatly exaggerated?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: soul
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: write a six linre poem
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YESman says: Mr. Vonnegut, do you think mankind will learn to live in harmony with nature. . in your lifetime. . . in your childrens?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: make that poem as good as you can
Kurt_Vonnegut says: really work on it
Ishie- says: WB Mom
SchtinkySchneakers says: Yesman...you really think Kurt is a guru eh?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: when it's in good shape
Kurt_Vonnegut says: in isolation
Kurt_Vonnegut says: when completed
Kurt_Vonnegut says: don't memorize it
markleaver says: when finished
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tredy2 says: Thanks you!
Kurt_Vonnegut says: but tear it up and put in several trash receptavcles
penis says: has anyone ever read the book "PENIS"
Tempest2 says: Yes, and good art is a form of prayer no?
burke says: penis keeps coming in and out
Kurt_Vonnegut says: don't tell anyone you wriote it
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SchtinkySchneakers says: Mr Vonnegut...do you urinate standing or sitting?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: the act of creation is the reward
Kurt_Vonnegut says: you have been rewarded
Kurt_Vonnegut says: try it
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Ten-Four says: In your experience, did you prefer writing novels or short stories?
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markleaver says: platonic censorship is an interesting anachronism
nfc says: so it doesn't matter how flawed the results is?
absinthe says: what are your goals in life right now?
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travisperdu says: kurt the guru ... : -)
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ten
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: A short story because of the scale
markleaver says: merci
Kurt_Vonnegut says: is almost as artificial as a sonnet
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: not an honest rep. of life
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arowan says: hi
Kurt_Vonnegut says: delivers reader to point where thing is settled
Tempest2 says: intrinsic motivation
burke says: is a novel a more honest representation then?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: a novel because of size can be quite truthful about events
markleaver says: but poetry represents not life but one's soul
Kurt_Vonnegut says: comnnected events
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: short story like a poem oversimplifies life
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Ten-Four says: What is your personal favorite of the novels you have written yourself?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: absinthe
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markleaver says: obsidian
RacoonMan says: simplifies life like music?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Well I have received a couple of lifetime ach. awards
Tempest2 says: Is the purpose of art to imitate life or to take us out of it?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I'm almost 77
jc2 says: what do you think about time and aging
Kurt_Vonnegut says: In accepting those awards
absinthe says: but what do you want to do right now?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I've allways said that "Now I can go home"
travisperdu says: do you have an email that we may correspond with you??
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: I'm completely in print
absinthe says: what is your internal motivation?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and been allowed to say everything I'm allowed to say
absinthe says: yes, but there's more to life
Tempest2 says: What do you mean "oversimplifies life"????
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Melville: wjalers didn't ralk bec. said all they have to say
markleaver says: yes, what's allowed is always a problem
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Ten-Four says: What is your personal favorite of the novels you have written yourself?
raven3 says: I remember a photograph of you in a row boat,  I wondered if you were happy to be there.
nfc says: what do you want to say, why write at all?
YESman says: Mr. Vonnegut, what do you see as your greatest achievement?
Tempest2 says: Where is home?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: rqaven
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I have been happy
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: don't know when the picture was taken byutr always happy in a boat
YESman says: Mr. Vonnegut, what do you see as your greatest achievement?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and want to get into one aagain
raven3 says: I often wondered if you were.  I am glad to know that you have been happy.
burke says: did writing your novesl work for you personally as a kind of medicine?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: thanks for aking that
Kurt_Vonnegut says: always been happy in a boat
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Ten-Four says: What is your personal favorite of the novels you have written yourself?
tredy2 says: are you religious
tredy2 says: now in your old age?
burke says: did writing your novesl work for you personally as a kind of medicine?
travisperdu says: get an anonymous email like hotmail so we can write to you ... that way if you don't like us, you don't have to answer ...
Kurt_Vonnegut says: burke
markleaver says: which is your favorite sonnet?
raven3 says: I'll think of you then, when I am on the water.  thank you.
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Yes
Kurt_Vonnegut says: there is a fine book I wish I had
Kurt_Vonnegut says: "The Writer and Psychoanalysis"
NLiteNd says: Is length an accurate judge of content?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Burgler
DuncanIdaho says: Do you enjoy Patrick O"Brian's work?
burke says: did they help you deal comically with the absurdities of life?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: he treated writers
Kurt_Vonnegut says: in N.Y.
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: writers went to him to get unblocked
Kurt_Vonnegut says: a real writer who gets blocked suffers greatly
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burke says: no doubt
Kurt_Vonnegut says: successful writers treat their neuroses every day
nfc says: what a real writer
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
tredy2 says: Have your religious affiliations been affected by age??
Simon says: MR V -  Are you familair with Richard Brautigan?
Ten-Four says: What is your personal favorite of the novels you have written yourself?
travisperdu says: you laugh
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absinthe says: what do you think of modern music?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Simon
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markleaver says: says
Tempest2 says: Suffering is the way to salvation
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I hadn't heard of the Braut discoveris
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I never met him bt persuaded my publisher to publish him
Simon says: ty
Kurt_Vonnegut says: before he was just publ by City lights
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Ten-Four says: Which of your own novel is your favorite?
Gokou2 says: hi
YESman says: good question tredy2
tredy2 says: thanks
markleaver says: which is your favorite sonnet?
zethys says: sorry no visibility, cant stay
Kurt_Vonnegut says: What was the genesis of "Thanasphere?"
Gokou2 says: how old are you ?
markleaver says: the realms of the godly
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I was working for GE still when I wrote that story
tredy2 says: have your religious beliefs been affected by age?
burke says: 77 he said
Kurt_Vonnegut says: getting a big whack of money for them
Gokou2 says: ok thanks
Kurt_Vonnegut says: this was before outer space had been probed so lots of speulation
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: I thought it would be nice to have departed souls out there
markleaver says: do you know roald hoffman?
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Gokou2 says: are your books for kids?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Doyle speculated what was above the clouds before there were planes
BoBiSs says: kurt who?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: he said Port. man of war
Tempest2 says: Mr. V. what are you reading now??
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BoBiSs says: who the hell is that?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and tentacles would eat planes
Kurt_Vonnegut says: now we know more, eh?
markleaver says: so did lucretius
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
nfc says: Mr V how do you feel about people who come to you asking questions about life and reality?
Ten-Four says: Which of your own novels is your favorite?
Ishie- says: He is a noted author
absinthe says: were you a pacifist before taking part in ww2?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: A.C. Doyule
tredy2 says: LOL
markleaver says: chemist at cornell
Kurt_Vonnegut says: nfc
Simon says: thanks Mr V for his life of dedicated writing and says good night... or more appropriately Night Mother
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: yes, absinthe
nfc says: yes
YESman says: Mr. Vonnegut, what is your opinion of cyberspace.  Do you thinks it brings people together or further separates them from one another?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: I hear more freq. from paranoid schiz. who want to tell me things
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Instead of people asking me
Kurt_Vonnegut says: as for my own utopian ideals I'm a Franklin Roosev. new deal democrat
tredy2 says: Did you ever believe in Socialism and if yes, do you still now??
Gokou2 says: i got to go bye
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and Him and Camus came up with how to make capitalistic country work
tredy2 says: IS that an endorsement of Socialism???
Ishie- says: bye Gokou2
raven3 says: most of us, sir, who really would like to ask you questions would hesitate to intrude into your life.
Kurt_Vonnegut says: by empowering labor unions
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travisperdu says: do you remember "the crawling eye" kurt??
Kurt_Vonnegut says: but computers make human endeavor not worth much
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I'm our of ideas
Kurt_Vonnegut says: what are yours??
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Ten-Four says: Which of your own novels is your favorite?
nfc says: Mr V, why do you continue to write?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I am homorary president of Am. Humanist Assoc
tredy2 says: Wat are lyour riligious convictions?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: having succeeded Asimov
DuncanIdaho says: What do you do usually do for fun on Friday nights?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: all we have is Darwinisnm and I have trouble with it
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Ishie- says: Not a fan of the Darwin Awards?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: I don't want to give aid and comfoort to the enemy bt I can't believe natural selection prod. rattlesnake and lighti=ning bug
tredy2 says: You mentioned Camus, Are you an Existentialist?
nfc says: why do you have trouble with darwinism?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I'v e tried to think of chain of ewvents that created them
travisperdu says: asimov was a hell of a guy and a hell of a writer
Kurt_Vonnegut says: which would not involve God or Jerry Fallwell
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Ishie- says: LOL
tredy2 says: LOL
Kurt_Vonnegut says: what I think is that many animals on Earth evolved
raven3 says: lol
Kurt_Vonnegut says: fossil record is imprewssive
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Tempest2 says: read gould
tredy2 says: Are you , like Camus and Existentialist?
travisperdu says: a higher power IS ... no matter what you call it
YESman says: Mr. Vonnegut, do you think Man will evolve?
erat says: lou936
Kurt_Vonnegut says: but planet coyuld have been vivited by creatures as inventive as those to create animals like them
Kurt_Vonnegut says: create a few bizzare animals for the fun of uit
Kurt_Vonnegut says: gas
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Ten-Four says: Which of your own novels is your favorite?
Tempest2 says: Darwin called it "descent with modification"
Kurt_Vonnegut says: absinthe
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: I'm a prod. of Indianap. publ. schools
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nfc says: but don't we keep evolving towards the more efficent
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and school committees were pacirfists
Kurt_Vonnegut says: taught we were suckers to get into WW1
tredy2 says: we were
nfc says: so we learn
raven3 says: do you have an opinion about our public schools?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: raised as pacifists but in time of crisis we were willing to serve
jc2 says: we  were
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Ten-Four says: Which of your own novels is your favorite?
travisperdu says: heehhe
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Did you ever play in a high-school marching band?
Tempest2 says: Was therer any dignity in serving???
DuncanIdaho says: So was Lindbergh's stance on WW2 correct?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Yes I did
nfc says: do you think there is now
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I played the clarinet
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and am one still not very good
Ishie- whispers to Ten-Four: I'm trying to see if he will answer that for you.  thank you for your patience.
Kurt_Vonnegut says: if hadn't lost two upper front teeth in the service
tredy2 says: You should run for office  We need a true Liberal!!!!
Tempest2 says: Lindburgh sympathesized with the Nazis
Kurt_Vonnegut says: three bandmaster sdtories
Nessie says: How'd you lose the teeth in the service?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: in the collection
Ten-Four whispers to Ishie-: sorry for being annoying-didn't know how this was working
Kurt_Vonnegut says: it was one hell of a high-school
Kurt_Vonnegut says: overachievers
Kurt_Vonnegut says: and we had it all
tredy2 says: He was a member of America First
travisperdu says: oh ... loved your cameo in "back to school"
Kurt_Vonnegut says: a marching band
erat says: this is so great
burke says: Thank you mr. v...good night
Ishie- whispers to Ten-Four: You're not being annoying at all
Kurt_Vonnegut says: chorus jazz band symphony orch. daily paper
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tredy2 says: that was not his travis!!
tredy2 says: it was a Chicago journalist
Ishie- whispers to Ten-Four: Very patient & polite & deserva an answer
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: that high school doesn't exist
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: two others had dailies
travisperdu says: about him  *rolls eyes*
Kurt_Vonnegut says: one was Hammingways school
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
DuncanIdaho says: Have you ever jammed with Woody Allen?
jc2 says: where is the government heading
Kurt_Vonnegut says: travis
kilgore says: what is ga?
YESman says: Mr. Vonnegut, what authors influenced you?
tredy2 says: go ahead
kilgore says: Is it anything like ting a ling?
Tempest2 says: Mr. V. what are you reading now??
Kurt_Vonnegut says: tempest
Tempest2 says: yes
Kurt_Vonnegut says: right now Reading a real pisser
Kurt_Vonnegut says: "The Life of Samual Joyhnson" by Biswell
Tempest2 says: lol
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Decline and Fall of Roman Empire is swell too
absinthe says: how would you like society to change?
raven3 says: lol
Ten-Four whispers to kilgore: actually, i believe an administrator is on the phone with him and typing what he says.  Kurt isn't really saying ga.
Kurt_Vonnegut says: so many good books to read none have tro be written
tredy2 says: You should run for office, we need a true Liberal!!
Tempest2 says: lol
raven3 says: Mr. Vonnegut, are you in love?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I don't keep up with current lit
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
mrnice says: Mr.Vonnegut, do you find this a good method to promote your book??
Kurt_Vonnegut says: trendy
tredy2 says: you should run for office we need a true liberal
Kurt_Vonnegut says: If I'd stayed in Indiana and gone to college there
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I would have gone into politics
Tempest2 says: You'd be a republican!
kilgore whispers to Ten-Four: ah, thanks
Kurt_Vonnegut says: House but went to Cornell and stayed in the east
travisperdu says: what's wrong with republicans?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I would like twhoever next elected to make me Ambassador to Iceland
Tempest2 says: Just made a statement
tredy2 says: ask vonnegut
raven3 says: You have done more for us in your writing. You reached a larger audience and opened more minds!
tredy2 says: LOL
Kurt_Vonnegut says: It has the same populat. as Rochest., N.Y,.
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: one more from room
kilgore says: Here's to moving to Iceland!
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Ishie- says: Ten-Four says:
Which of your own novels is your favorite?
Anatu says: What are your current and future projects?
Tempest2 says: Good night sweet prince!
nfc says: why?
absinthe says: how should society change to become something closer to a utopia?
tredy2 says: Thank You Billy Pilgrim!!!
travisperdu says: it's been swell kurt
markleaver says: are you in good health?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: The one easie=st to write
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Sirens of Titan
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Flagship of my fleet is Cat's Cradle
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nfc says: amen
Kurt_Vonnegut says: byt critical success is Slaughterh. Five"
Kurt_Vonnegut says: try to be scient. responsibl;e
YESman says: Do you ever feel that nature should say "the hell with mankind".  And just start over. . maybe with the bees?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: and Galapagos was Scient. Darwinism
nfc says: wargames
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
YESman says: Do you ever feel that nature should say "the hell with mankind".  And just start over. . maybe with the bees?
madison says: hi
DuncanIdaho says: Hey, thanks for all of them.
travisperdu says: i'm out ... come back sometime kurt
Ten-Four whispers to Ishie-: thanks
Tempest2 says: Hamlet lives
Kurt_Vonnegut says: I'm writing short stuff others have asked me to write
Kurt_Vonnegut says: on general subjects
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Forbes ASAP
raven3 says: visit us again sir...we love your.
Kurt_Vonnegut says: little stuff
Ishie- whispers to Ten-Four: My pleasure
Kurt_Vonnegut says: no big book in mind
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: not that any novels are that big
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YESman says: Have you written all you want to tell the world?
tredy2 says: Thank you Billy Pilgrim!
Ten-Four says: good question
Kurt_Vonnegut says: Practice some art any art to make your soul grow
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
Anatu says: What advise to you have for the readers and writers at MSN?
Kurt_Vonnegut says: post thank you
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: see above
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
YESman says: Have you written all you want to tell the world?
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Anatu says: I didn't get the quesitons!  ISHIE!
Ishie- says: Thank you, Kurt, for chatting with us in Microsoft Network's Books and Reading Community chat room.  "Bagombo Snuff Box" is available in bookstores or at a special price from Barnes and Noble at http://plaza.msn.com.
Anatu says: <WHEW> ;-)
Ishie- says: I did
Ishie- says: LOL
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Ishie- says: Stop by the Duke University Kurt Vonnegut Web Page at http://www.duke.edu/~crh4/vonnegut/ or the Vonnegut Internet newsgroup at news:alt.books.kurt-vonnegut.
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tredy2 says: Thanks Kurt
Anatu says: Thank you, Mr Vonnegut for chatting with us!
absinthe says: Thank you very much, Mr. Vonnegut
Kurt_Vonnegut says: It's been a nice party thanks for inviting me
YESman says: Thank you Mr. Vonnegut.
Kurt_Vonnegut says: ga
nfc says: thanks
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DuncanIdaho says: Take care of yourself.
Ishie- says: And a personal thank you too, Kurt
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YESman says: What's next, Kurt Vonnegut the Movie?
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Kurt_Vonnegut says: goodnight everyone
Kurt_Vonnegut says: thanks again