Friday, 13 January 2017

Timequake By Kurt Vonnegut

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Title:Timequake
Author:Kurt Vonnegut
Format:Paperback
Page:219 pages
ISBN:0099267543

According to science fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a global timequake will occur in New York City on 13th February 2001 It is the moment when the universe suffers a crisis of conscience Should it expand or make a great big bang It decides to wind the clock back a decade to 1991, making everyone in the world endure ten years of deja vu and a total loss of free will not According to science fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a global timequake will occur in New York City on 13th February 2001 It is the moment when the universe suffers a crisis of conscience Should it expand or make a great big bang It decides to wind the clock back a decade to 1991, making everyone in the world endure ten years of deja vu and a total loss of free will not to mention the torture of reliving every nanosecond of one of the tawdiest and most hollow decades With his trademark wicked wit, Vonnegut addresses memory, suicide, the Great Depression, the loss of American eloquence, and the obsolescent thrill of reading books


about Author

Kurt Vonnegut, Junior was an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist He was recognized as New York State Author for 2001 2003 He was born in Indianapolis, later the setting for many of his novels He attended Cornell University from 1941 to 1943, where he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun Vonnegut trained as a chemist and worked as a journali Kurt Vonnegut, Junior was an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist He was recognized as New York State Author for 2001 2003 He was born in Indianapolis, later the setting for many of his novels He attended Cornell University from 1941 to 1943, where he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun Vonnegut trained as a chemist and worked as a journalist before joining the U.S Army and serving in World War II After the war, he attended University of Chicago as a graduate student in anthropology and also worked as a police reporter at the City News Bureau of Chicago He left Chicago to work in Schenectady, New York in public relations for General Electric He attributed his unadorned writing style to his reporting work His experiences as an advance scout in the Battle of the Bulge, and in particular his witnessing of the bombing of Dresden, Germany whilst a prisoner of war, would inform much of his work This event would also form the core of his most famous work, Slaughterhouse Five, the book which would make him a millionaire This acerbic 200 page book is what most people mean when they describe a work as Vonnegutian in scope Vonnegut was a self proclaimed humanist and socialist influenced by the style of Indiana s own Eugene V Debs and a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union.The novelist is known for works blending satire, black comedy and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse Five 1969 , Cat s Cradle 1963 , and Breakfast of Champions 1973



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According to science fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a global timequake will occur in New York City on 13th February 2001 It is the moment when the univ
Timequake
219 pagesKurt Vonnegut

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