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Title: Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut ISBN: 0-385-33378-1 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 12 January, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.03 (60 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: one to add to my collection
Comment: Some books I can plow through in an afternoon, regardless of the number of pages. However, every time I read something by Vonnegut, it becomes so deeply philosophical and thought-provoking that I can only take it in small bites.
It's about the future of America. It was written in 1952, as his first novel. In the book, a computer takes over the U.S. and most of mans' work has been taken by machines. Citizens are split into two groups: the ones who have high IQs and the ones who don't. In an almost communist society (where the government takes certain steps to ensure a person's well-being through provisions), a few people decide to call for a revolution against the machines, with surprising twists and an ironic ending.
It made me consider how much of my life seems automated--wake up, go to work, go home, repeat--and how much more I need to be less mechanized and more human.
This is a book that I think I'll buy so I can re-read it.
Rating: 4
Summary: 4 and 1/2 Stars
Comment: Kurt Vonneguts books (the ones I've read, anyway) range from very good to great. This book, his first, is not one of the great ones, as it's satrical prose is not yet refined to the perfection that he would achieve in his later works. Also, the book starts out a little slow. However, once the plot is apparent, this is just like any of Vonnegut's books in which it reads very easily and smoothly and leaves you wanting more at the end, with nary a dull moment. Not as jaw-droppingly entertaining as Cat's Cradle or Breakfast of Champions, but Player Piano is a highly interesting book with a message. Kurt is one of literature's most famous Luddites, and this book proclaims the theme, not as good as 1984 or Brave New World, but probably as good as anything since, and with the satrical view, cynicism, and biting wit that only Vonnegut could deliver. Vonnegut fans will certainly enjoy this book, as will those looking for dystopias with a little less pessimism and a little more humor.
Rating: 5
Summary: top 2
Comment: This is one of my two favorite Vonnegut books (along with Galapagos), but I disagree with those who have posted the opinion that the true value of the book is Vonnegut's earily prophetic vision of social dinamics in post-industrial America. I believe that Vonnegut's intent was to convey his opinion of what constitutes fundamental human dignity (usefullness to others, in Vonnegut's opinion). Read in such a way, this book flawlesly illuminates the indignity of social welfare and mechanization.
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Title: The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut ISBN: 0385333498 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 08 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut ISBN: 0385334141 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 11 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut ISBN: 038533348X Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 08 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut ISBN: 038533351X Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 08 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut ISBN: 0385333471 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 08 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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