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“An exuberant, crackling style . . . Vonnegut is a black humorist, fantasist and satirist, a man disposed to deep and comic reflection on the human dilemma.”—Life
“His black logic . . . gives us something to laugh about and much to fear.”—The New York Times Book Review
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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.
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This review is from: Player Piano: A Novel (Paperback)
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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Vonnegut's first a good indication for later,
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This review is from: PLAYER PIANO (Mass Market Paperback)
A lot of people, even Vonnegut fans, probably haven't heard of this book, for whatever reasons. Vonnegut really doesn't discuss it that much, mostly because he dislikes the label of science-fiction, which this book, along with The Sirens of Titan and even Slaughterhouse-Five, clearly is.
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This review is from: Player Piano: A Novel (Paperback)
I feel bad for writing this, but I was disappointed with Player Piano. I say this because Vonnegut is, hands down, my favorite writer and one of the first writers I truly took cues from. This was his first book which wasn't initially published. Given that, it's a bit unfair to hold it to the standards of a Breakfast of Champions or Slaughterhouse Five. Player Piano does not hold the same Vonnegut character developed in his latter books - it's very linear, doesn't have the quirky Vonnegutian wordsmithing and his black satire is less developed. It's more attuned to Orwell's 1984 and carries themes of post-war industrial America but without the same bite.
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