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By: Kurt Vonnegut
Narrated by: Christian Rummel
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Kurt Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul's rebellion is vintage Vonnegut – wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality.

As an added bonus, when you purchase our Audible Modern Vanguard production of Kurt Vonnegut's book, you'll also receive an exclusive Jim Atlas interview. This interview – where James Atlas interviews Gay Talese about the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut – begins as soon as the audiobook ends.

©1980 Kurt Vonnegut (P)2008 Audible, Inc. Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Satire Science Fiction Comedy

Critic Reviews

"Mr. Vonnegut is a sharp-eyed satirist." ( The New York Times)
"One of the best living American writers." (Graham Greene)
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Whilst the story is set in a fictional time and place it remains relevant. The ideas around technology and how it takes such a grip on our lives are especially important in the world today.
Vonnegut is an acquired taste and this being his first book you can see his style from the beginning. The humour and dialogue are signature Vonnegut. Some of the classic characters from later books are yet to appear and that kind of allows this book to stand on it own more than perhaps the later work.
This is a great read and I would recommend it to anyone.

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This by no means Kurt’s best work. Relationships are problematic and the female character is one dimensional. Overall story is kind of boring. However its arguments against a completely mechanised society/ artificial intelligence are amazingly prophetic.

Lame story but prophetic ideas.

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