Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library to open in Indianapolis.

[Jim__]

The Fiction Forum seemed like the right place for this.

INDIANAPOLIS — Three years after his death, pieces of Kurt Vonnegut's life are coming together in his hometown, where a new library will chronicle the "Slaughterhouse Five" author's harrowing World War II experiences and his works that struck a chord with the Vietnam generation.

The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library scheduled to open this fall in downtown Indianapolis will be part library and part museum, with a collection including first editions of his books, a replica of his writing studio, his Purple Heart and rejection letters that preceded his success.

The 1,100-square-foot space will also house an art gallery featuring his distinctive line drawings and a gift shop that will help generate income for the nonprofit library, said Julia Whitehead, the museum's executive director and founder.

Whitehead approached Vonnegut's son, Mark, in 2008 and proposed the idea of a memorial center. Weeks later, all three of Vonnegut's children signed on.

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[KurtNYC]

1. that's who I was named after

[MJW]

2. this is great news

for those of us who loved him

[saltpoint]

3. A very good idea to honor an extraordinarily decent human

being.

A new and impressive airport just opened recently in Indianapolis. They were idiots not to name it after Kurt Vonnegut.

[OrwellwasRight]

4. I have tears in my eyes.

Vonnegut is my hero. I'll have to go to Indianapolis now. :-)

[saltpoint]

5. A kick for this.

Again, this is a great idea honoring a great man.