For Theodore Sturgeon (in Vonnegut's oeuvre, "Kilgore Trout") —
Memoir of a (fictional) Whanganui Projectionist and . . .
Related posts: Music for Steiner .
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Sunday, January 28, 2024
For Miller’s Girl:* The Black Door (by Matisse)
Thursday, March 9, 2023
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* "Miller's Girl" is the title of a film released on Jan. 26 that
appeared in the Log24 post "Xmas Pattern" of Jan. 13, 2024.
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Thursday, March 9, 2023
Naming Names
The name "Kilgore Trout" in the previous post suggests a passage in
Wikipedia on authors — two real, one imaginary —
"The 'Kilgore Trout' name was a transparent reference to
the older writer (substituting 'Kilgore' for 'Theodore' and
'Trout' for 'Sturgeon'), but since the characterization was
less than flattering (both Sturgeon and Trout were financially
unsuccessful and seemingly slipping into obscurity),
Vonnegut did not publicly state the connection, nor did
Sturgeon encourage the comparison."
See also, in this journal, Theodore Sturgeon's "The Dreaming Jewels."
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Sylvia Kristel at the Black Door
In memory of film auteur Bert I. Gordon, who reportedly
died at 100 yesterday —
"Make me young again." — Attributed to Kilgore Trout
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
A Writers’ Day*
Book Description
"Publication Date: April 23, 2013
James Blish called him the “finest conscious artist
science fiction ever produced.” Kurt Vonnegut based
the famous character Kilgore Trout on him. And
such luminaries as Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, and
Octavia Butler have hailed him as a mentor.
Theodore Sturgeon was both a popular favorite and
a writer’s writer…."
A writers' writer's writer:
"A writer's writer, Mrs. Le Guin
brings reality itself to the proving ground."
* Shakespeare's birthday, April 23
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Monday, November 26, 2012
“The Eight”…
… Meets "The Master"—
Today's midday NY Lottery: 333 and 5885.
"Continue a search for thirty-three and three." — The Eight (1988)
"Make me young." — Kilgore Trout in
Breakfast of Champions . Trout was modeled after
author Theodore Sturgeon… who died on 5/8/85.
(An example of Sturgeon's work: The Dreaming Jewels (1950).)
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Related illustrations from the eighth day of 2012—
See also "I'm sorry to be catechizing you like this."
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Bunker Bingo*
Mathematics and Narrative continues…
Steiner's version of "classical functional analysis"—
"Mein Führer… Steiner…"
* See the story by Kilgore Trout. See also On Linguistic Creation,
The Matrix of Abraham, and The Thoreau Foundation.
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Friday, November 14, 2008
Friday November 14, 2008
Riverrun
(The first word in Finnegans Wake.
See also the Log24 entries following
the death of Pope John Paul II.)
At Inside Higher Ed, Margaret Soltan ("UD") discusses…
"moments of clarity [cf. related essay (pdf)] that seem, when you look at all of them together late in the day, to disclose our life’s otherwise hidden pattern, meaning, and flow.
'Not far downstream was a dry channel where the river had run once, and part of the way to come to know a thing is through its death. But years ago I had known the river when it flowed through this now dry channel, so I could enliven its stony remains with the waters of memory. In death it had its pattern, and we can only hope for as much.'"
— A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean, a story about trout fishing and grace
Related material:
Maclean's fellow author Kilgore Trout and the story he is said to be most proud of, about Bunker Bingo.
See also yesterday's entry, Bob's Country Bunker, and On Linguistic Creation.
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Thursday November 13, 2008
In Memory of a
Different Drummer
Different Drummer
Drummer Mitch Mitchell, 61, of
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, was
found dead at 3 AM yesterday
in his hotel room.
“Everybody wants to
go to heaven“
— Kenny Chesney, song at last
night’s Country Music Awards
— Kilgore Trout
(Log24, 5/14/07)
Related material —
the word “experienced”
in yesterday’s entry.
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Monday, May 14, 2007
Monday May 14, 2007
Seven Bridges
"Make me young…"
— Kilgore Trout
For the old at heart:
The Mathematical Association of America in this
Euler Tercentenary Year honors the seven bridges of
Königsberg, Prussia (birthplace of David Hilbert).
For Kilgore Trout:
A song about the road to (and from)
Hank Williams's memorial marker:
"There are stars in the Southern sky
and if ever you decide you should go
there is a taste of time-sweetened honey
down the Seven Bridges Road
Now I have loved you like a baby
like some lonesome child
and I have loved you in a tame way
and I have loved you wild"
Nicole Kidman dances
"Sweet Home Alabama"
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Sunday, May 13, 2007
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Tuesday January 21, 2003
Cartoon Graveyard,
or Betty and the Third Eye
I need a photo opportunity
I want a shot at redemption
Don’t want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard
— Paul Simon
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One of my favorite movie scenes is the entry into paradise, through a looking glass, of Kilgore Trout (played by Albert Finney) in “Breakfast of Champions.” Trout encounters a beautiful (indeed, angelic) maiden on the other side of the looking glass and asks of her, “Make me young again.” His wish is granted. Those who wish to may imagine — through a glass, darkly — a great artist’s entry into heaven with the aid of the very popular website Betty and Veronica.
PARENTAL ADVISORY:
The “Betty and Veronica” link above is more suited to Kilgore Trout’s usual publisher, The World Classics Library, than to, say, the Harvard Classics. Since Betty and Veronica have been attending Riverdale High for about 60 years now, I think we can assume they are 18 by this time, and can appear in an adult website. Their cartoonish appearance may be helpful to newcomers to paradise; it does not mean, as Paul Simon fears, that the afterlife consists only of cartoon characters.
For further details, see I Corinthians 13:11-13.