Timequake - Kurt Vonnegut [0]
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
EPILOGUE
PRAISE FOR KURT VONNEGUT’S
BAGOMBO SNUFF BOX
“A good showing.”—People
“These tales are worth reading; with the other early stories in Welcome to the Monkey House, they provide fans with the complete test-tube Vonnegut.”—Entertainment Weekly
“The stories... are snappy and often humorous, gentle even when sad. Some have trick endings—the early Vonnegut, he tells us, was an admirer of O. Henry. Most have morals. And the characters know what the morals are; the willingness of even the pretentious and deluded among them to learn from their comeuppances reflects a kind of optimism we don’t expect from the author of Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat’s Cradle.”—Los Angeles Times
“It is fascinating to read the author as he was developing his distinctive style and voice that would subsequently fashion novels such as Cat’s Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five ... The stories in this collection still resonate in the new millenium ... There are many gems... The stories, full of fast-moving dialogue and zany characters, rarely miss their mark.”—The Florida Times-Union
“A pleasant sampler of the comic science fiction and anecdotal-style humor that later matured into the black comedy of his best novels ... Here’s proof that Vonnegut was always drop-dead funny, that he had a knack for knowing that every good joke must be attached to an idea.”
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Vonnegut fans can rejoice at publication of Bagombo Snuff Box ... This pleasing assortment of wicked techno-satire and cautionary wisdom, mostly written and published in the ’50s, represents the balance of Mr. Vonnegut’s unpublished short work.”—The Dallas Morning News
“An on-target, satisfying collection of quirky plot lines and rapidly developed characters who usually manage to rise above their ordinary stations and predicaments.”—Chicago Tribune
PRAISE FOR KURT VONNEGUT’S
TIMEQUAKE
“[A] quirky mix of fiction and biography ... low whimsy and high seriousness... This is the indispensable Vonnegut, the old warrior who will not accept the dehumanizing of politics, the blunting of conscience and the glibness of the late-20th-century Western world.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“A word cartoonist, a wise guy, a true subversive! ... Vonnegut is still making the pompous look silly and the decent and lovely look decent and lovely... The man’s mind is racing, and it is exhilarating to give chase... [Timequake is] a highly entertaining consideration of the relationship between the writer’s life and the writer’s imagination. Some of its juxtapositions are unsettling, especially the fictional-nonfictional scenes of marriage. Some are hilarious ... This work has been a blessing.”
—Valerie Sayers, New York Times Book Review
“A remarkable display of authorial honesty... [a] puree of fact and fancy... a catalog of Vonnegut’s suggested tools for successful navigation through a treacherous existence: humor, honesty, generosity of spirit and sufficient bravery to live as well as exist.”
—Detroit Free Press
“A curious blend of wisdom and bitterness, wit and resignation, and the nose-thumbing at the universe.”
—San Diego Union-Tribune
“Part autobiography, part meditation, part satire ... Vonnegut is at his best.”—Atlanta Journal-Constitution