"Kurt is Up in Heaven Now"

I am sad this morning, because Kurt Vonnegut died yesterday, at the age of 84. I would write a review of one of his books, or write about what kind of person he was, but so many much more talented writers than I am have already done so.

So here is the theme of Slaughterhouse Five, summarised by the New York Times Book Review:

Be kind. Don't hurt. Death is coming for all of us anyway, and it is better to be Lot's wife looking back through salty eyes than the Deity that destroyed those cities of the plain in order to save them.

And as for the title of this post, it's from something he said here, which also does a better job of showing what kind of person he was than whatever I might write about him. RIP.

So it goes.