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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780385333788 ISBN: 0385333781 Label: The Dial Press Manufacturer: The Dial Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: January 12, 1999 Publisher: The Dial Press Release Date: January 12, 1999 Studio: The Dial Press Editorial Review: Product Description: 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 super computer and run completely by machines. Paul’s rebellion is vintage Vonnegut–wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A stellar debut for VonnegutThe great Kurt Vonnegut's first novel is, well, great. This was nothing short of excellent; a strong cast of characters and a vividly imagined world, yes, but where Player Piano really shines is in its rich social commentary. In this world, America has established a sort of minor utopia of ease within which regular, everyday people don't have to do much of anything. Everything is done for them. And boy does that make people miserable. At times funny, at times ... Read More Rating:  - Convential debut - not Vonnegut's best, but still worth readingVonnegut's debut novel, published in 1952, is a little constrained. There are hints of Vonnegut's sardonic wit, wild imagination, and unconventional writing style, but only hints. Unlike virtually all of Vonnegut's other novels, Player Piano tells its story in a linier fashion. It starts at the beginning and ends at the end. There's nothing really wrong with that, but for fans of the author, accustomed to Vonnegut's eccentric voice, it feels a little too conventional. Vonnegut is a ... Read More Rating: - My first look at corporate americaI had the pleasure of reading this book while I was studying Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic. This book is very well written and the story is fantastic. One of my favorite parts of the book is when the engineer engineers himself out of his own job. Classic! kind of remind me of my last IT project. Rating: - Player PianoVery funny. Not quite as good as Cat's Cradle or Slaughterhouse-Five but hilarious just the same. Rating: - Shocking through and throughThis book is a 5-star book for engineers and technologists, particularly those working for big corporations, but probably only a 3-star book for anybody else. (You can guess from my rating what I do.) Vonnegut creates hybrid eu/dystopia brought about by the ultimate success of American ingenuity and capitalism. Dr. Proteus is brilliantly and complexly written as a successful technologist desperately aware of his relationship to his corporation and of the corporate's relationship to the world. Feels ... Read More |
