Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," died Wednesday. He was 84.

Vonnegut remains one of my favorite authors. Uniquely american. He will be missed.

--tim “new wii browser” ball

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