Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84 - CNN.com
Kurt Vonnegut passed away after a long and interesting life yesterday after a bad fall at his home.
I've only read one of his books, "Slaughterhouse Five," but I could tell how influential his writing was on many other authors that I enjoy. I have a copy of "Cat's Cradle," which I never got around to reading after I bought it, and I think it might be a good time to pick it up.
If you've never read any of his work before, just be warned that you have to give it some time to get going because Vonnegut's writing seemed like it was the jumbled thoughts of a kid with ADHD. But once he gets going he is a master at using out of this world concepts to explain the human experience (at least that's what he did in SH5).
He will be missed.