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   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Player Piano, first novel by Kurt Vonnegut, published in 1952 and reissued in 1954 as Utopia 14. This anti-utopian novel employs the standard science-fiction formula of a futuristic world run by machines and of one man’s futile rebellion against that world.

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   • Player Piano, first novel by Kurt Vonnegut, published in 1952 and reissued in 1954 as Utopia 14. This anti-utopian novel employs the standard science-fiction formula of a futuristic world run by machines and of one man’s futile rebellion against that world. This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.

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   • Impressed by this advanced technology (for the time), he imagined a world in which machines could manufacture anything on their own—a thought that inspired him to write Player Piano. Utopia 14 A paperback edition of Player Piano was released in 1954 under the name Utopia 14, which the publisher thought would attract science fiction fans.

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   What is player piano by Kurt Vonnegut about?

   • 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.

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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.

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   Player Piano is a chilling and sometimes darkly funny satire of a world in which technology has the upper hand. If humanity had purpose, it was usurped by the machines.

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   • Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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   Sep 5, 2023 · Kurt Vonnegut’s science fiction novel, Player Piano, is set in a future world and centers around a man named Paul Proteus, an exceptionally smart engineer and manager of a company called...

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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 machines. Paul’s...

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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.