Citizen Dog by Mark O'Hare for January 19, 2017

If only they’d filmed some Kilgore Trout stories.

He sounds bitter.

Good morning, cleo, sugar, Fellow Baby & the rest of the CD gang!

Good morning people and pets.

I can think of a wonderful role for him. It involves my dinner plate and some butter and lemon.

He tried too soon. Now, he could have been in Finding Nemo or Finding Dory,

Good late night Fellow Baby, cleo, SUGIE and SUSAN, HEY GIRL!

@ X and Happyᵌ …. Interesting things (to me, anyway) about “Venus on the Half Shell”:

As I’m sure you know, Kilgore Trout was a fictional author, a character in several Kurt Vonnegut novels….

one of which, “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater,” contained a fake “excerpt” of Trout’s supposed novel “Venus on the Half Shell.”

Philip José Farmer got permission from Vonnegut to actually write the novel, including that excerpt…. which he then published as Kilgore Trout.

I recently read that at some point, the use of his character’s name annoyed Vonnegut, who claimed to be ripped off…

and he forced the publishers to re-issue the book under Farmer’s own name.

Also… Vonnegut was friends with Sturgeon, and amused by his fishy name…. which he has said inspired Kilgore’s surname, “Trout.”