false 4986 9 In what began as a series of quirkily characteristic ninety-second interludes for New York's public radio station, Kurt Vonnegut asks, on behalf of us all, the Big Questions. <I>Could death be a quality? A place? Not an ending but an occurrence that changes those to whom it happens?</I><P>As a "reporter on the afterlife," Vonnegut bravely allows himself to be strapped to a gurney by his friend Jack Kevorkian and dispatched round-trip to the Pearly Gates. Or at least that's what he claims in the introduction to these thirty-odd comic and irreverent "interviews" with the likes of William Shakespeare, Adolf Hitler, and Clarence Darrow, bringing readers to an entirely new place -- a place to which only Vonnegut could bring us.<P> 1683550 1999 God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian total:2824|5:18|4:17|3:20|2:3|1:2| 2824 10719 3701 163 4 4 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 30 07:38:38 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 30 07:39:21 -0700 2007 4 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 10:53:19 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 02:04:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 08:43:07 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 08:51:45 -0700 2009
I would venture to say that it was a personal novel, and not just for the obvious reason that Vo...more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Oct 22 13:23:50 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 13:27:16 -0700 2008 The premise, without spoiling the book too much, is that the narrator keeps having himself clinically killed, so that he can go interview famous dead people...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 18 23:45:03 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 06:00:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jan 11 19:05:55 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 28 13:21:26 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 11 19:05:16 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 15:58:36 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 15:28:15 -0800 2008
Good ole K.V. interviews a ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 09 03:15:08 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:28:02 -0700 2009 [“This is one of my favorite part of this book: :)]

During my controlled near-death experiences, I’ve met Sir Isaac Newton, who died back in 1727, as often as I’ve met Saint Peter. They both hang out at the Heaven end of the blue tunnel of the Afterlife. Saint Peter is there because...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 20 14:30:03 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 14:43:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 27 22:19:15 -0700 2008 Sun May 10 22:05:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 25 10:07:22 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 11:53:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 19:48:34 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 13:10:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 22:09:56 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 00:40:47 -0700 2007 God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian follows Vonnegut himself, with the help of the infamous Dr. Kevorkian, descending into a series of near-death states to interview the famous deceased. Each chapter is extremely ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat May 05 12:00:43 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 06:51:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 05:05:45 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 17:41:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 14:28:35 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 15:29:39 -0700 2009 1
I find myself wondering about Vonnegut's use of Dr. Kevorkian as a vehicle into the afterlife. Having read a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 08:08:14 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 08:13:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 16:25:59 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 16:26:29 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 14:19:30 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 14:20:58 -0700 2009 William Shakespeare. He gets to do this because Dr. Kevorkian brings him to a near-death experience. He comes back so he can report from the beyond for WNYC. It is not long or deep enough to warrant fiv...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 21 17:33:59 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 17:36:34 -0700 2009 more...]]>