Sad to hear that another fine author has deceased. He was a true humanist always critical to himself and the society – expressing his thoughts in a very sarcastic and humorous way. As a lot about him will be written the next weeks I just want to append two of my favourite Vonnegut-quotes:”The only specifically American inventions that have made this a better world are Alcoholics Anonymous and jazz, and jazz has no bad side effects.”(Rolling Stone, 1998)“And if I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, ‘Kurt is up in Heaven now.’ That’s my favorite joke.”(In these times, 2003)