He hasn’t written much lately, apart from broadsides at the Bush Administration, but the world has lost an important voice in Kurt Vonnegut. I’m looking at his slice of books on his shelf, Siren of Titan, Player Piano, Cat’s Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, Timequake and Bluebeard, with several more on my Amazon.com wish list. All of them great, even though I am probably on the opposite side of the political fence from Vonnegut.

Maybe I’ll pull one down for the observing run.