I have this favorite author who taught me that the purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. Three years ago he fell and broke his brain and died. So it goes.
I live in Wisconsin. I work in a lumber mill there. The people I meet when I walk down the street, they ask me my name and I say: My name is Yon Yonson, I live in Wisconsin...
This medium had promise Im sure, but for me it would have been fine as a radio broadcast only.... avatars do nothing for me. While this concept is cool, the oint of seeing someones face is that it ADDS meaning to what they are saying.
man kurt was such a genius, i wish i could have met him, he was a super cool guy and i need to read more of his books. may he push up his daisies in peace
Geez, John! Shut up about yourself and you're cartoony thing. Talk to Kurt Vonnegut about Kurt Vonnegut. Cardinal rule of any interview: you get minus 5 points every time you use the word "I". This is not about you.
i like to believe slaughterhouse-5 that kurt vonnegut is not dead hes perfectly fine in another moment in time.... i like to believe that the warrior mind for the counter-culture
why do I find out about these great authors when they die! I'm a fool for not reading these books at a younger age ;(. I wanted to send him a letter...
This is a very good interview. Only one small and possibly confusing interviewer gaff is at 33:20. Taking an audience question with the abbreviation SF in it, interviewer misreads it as "San Francisco" when it was obviously intended to mean "Science Fiction." Poo-tee-weet?
The Bradbury Story was from The Martian Chronicles. That book has more funny moments in it than I would have expected from Ray Bradbury. Then again, it's only the second book of his I've read.
@beischquee OH MY GOD i would love to have him teach me at some point in my life, it would be such an amazing experience.. i am deeply sorry to hear of his passing, but greatfull that i have experienced his works. he is inspirational
RIP The Infinite Mind, a radio program that brought many years of enjoyment and enlightenment to so many people. What a shame that for every NPR show like this there are hundreds of poorly written TV programs and poorly researched news programs. There truly is nothing better than National Public Radio. My huge thanks to the staff of The Infinite Mind, HM
it was a different pre-television world back then. the Monkeyhouse stories were written for slick magazines at a time when short stories were still a preferred form of escapist entertainment and KV was catering to that market.
I think it was a Perfect final interview. From his birth in an era where electricity was a rare commodity to a virtual world generated by machines in one lifetime. Sometimes we have horrible dictators and morons, othertimes, things are good.
(Consider, when you attend a concert, can you always see the lips of the singer? Sometime, in an arena, you can barely see them on the stage.) That said, the technology will evolve. (remember, the first films had no sound!) Thanks again for your comment, and best. - LCMedia
Oh man... I love you Kurt. You have turned my into a "thinker" and a reader, and a musician, and a dreamer, and on and on and on.... I hope your dad visited you at your time of death, and you walked on into the light stuck in your most happiest moment ever.
Me too, he really is an inspirational and intellectual person. Devastating about his death, he really was a great philospher and change the aspect of my life. Glad i attended that day in Second Life. Really was worth it, exactly as you say.
Thanks for your comment. Please remember, this video represents a 2-D representation of a live event with the same limitations as any 2-D film/video when capturing a live event. For those who were at the live (virtual) event, with Vonnegut, they were able to ask questions of Vonnegut, and discuss with others there. The video is a 2-D way of capturing the event, and as such, things like lip movement become far more apparent than for those who were there live...
So the whole "Second Life" thing, is sort of weird, but when I have this in another tab and am just listening, this is a really solid interview. Nice job.
breakfast of champions??? ummm what about his short stories???? harrison bergeron?? welcome to the monkey house??? another one i cant remember the name for that involves playing chess with real people as the pieces, absolute genius
i do believe he is part of the viewers karass or possibly theyre karass depending on theyre intention. But he may be a wrang wrang- whis is according to bokonon a person who steers people away from a line of speculation. Just a thought.
