http://newcritics.disqus.com/the best in web criticismenThu, 12 Apr 2007 22:36:45 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/04/12/schlachthaus-funf/#comment-1374689Well said, Brendan. <br><br>When I saw the news on p. 3 of the Post, I was surprised that it wasn't front page. Not that I should have been, but my first reaction was, I think, a tribute to his primacy among popular U.S. authors in my lifetime.Tom KThu, 12 Apr 2007 22:36:45 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/04/12/schlachthaus-funf/#comment-1374688Endings that never quite ended - well said. Vonnegut was often a character in his oown works, but not like Hitchcock put himself into his movies - it wasn't a cute signature; it was a sign of who was boss.Tom WatsonThu, 12 Apr 2007 15:51:49 -0000