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Player Piano is the debut novel by American writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr., published in 1952. The novel depicts a dystopia of automation partly inspired by the author's time working at General Electric, describing the negative impact technology can have on quality of life.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 3.90. 57,188 ratings2,856 reviews. 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.
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Jan 12, 1999 · Player Piano is set in a futuristic America where a supercomputer slots human beings into jobs on the basis of one criterion: IQ.
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About Player Piano “A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future.”—San Francisco Chronicle 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.
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Aug 4, 2015 · Player Piano. MP3 CD – Unabridged, August 4, 2015. 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 super computer and run completely by machines.
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Jan 12, 1999 · 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...
Jan 12, 1999 · A classic science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut, set in a future America where machines run everything and humans are reduced to servants or slaves. Read an excerpt, learn about the author, and find out how to buy the book in various formats.
