Corrected version! Somehow rule #1 went missing. Sorry!
Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was an American writer of speculative fiction. He was at master at combining satire, humor, and humanism. He is best known for Cat’s Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Breakfast of Champions .
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