It's so unfair! The Bad Astronomer has one, why can't I!?

So, who wants to buy me this for my birthday (or Christmas, or Solstice, or what have you -- it's the same thing for me regardless of late December holiday celebrated)? Please, please, please!? I'd be your best friend if you did...

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A terrible, terrible loss. One of the key imaginative figures of the 20th Century, and a powerful voice against violence and war.

One of the outstanding figures of modern US literature, Kurt Vonnegut, has died aged 84 in New York.

He became a cult figure among students in the 1960s and 1970s with his classics of US counterculture.

The pivotal moment of his life was the bombing of Dresden by allied forces in 1945. The experience informed his best-known work, Slaughterhouse Five.

He suffered brain injuries after a fall at his home in Manhattan and died on Wednesday, said his wife Jill Krementz.

More:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6547399.stm

Pharyngula has posted a list of the 50 Most Influential Science Fiction Books (1953-2002), via tikistich. Near as I can tell this list was compiled by the Science Fiction Book Club (where a good deal of my paper route money as a kid went). PZ highlighted all the ones he's read in bold but I decided to boldface only the ones I haven't read (after the fold). read more »

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