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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.
- August 18, 1952
- Charles Scribner's Sons
Chapter 1. Player Piano takes place in a future reality in which machines have replaced the majority of human laborers in the United States. This automatization developed during a devastating war, when the country had to sustain production while workers went to battle.
Player Piano. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 3.90. 56,989 ratings2,841 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. Paul’s rebellion is vintage Vonnegut—wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality.
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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.
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Jan 12, 1999 · Paul’s rebellion is vintage Vonnegut—wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality. Praise for Player Piano “An exuberant, crackling style . . . Vonnegut is a black humorist, fantasist and satirist, a man disposed to deep and comic reflection on the human dilemma.”
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Summary. Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides. Player Piano: Introduction. A concise biography of Kurt Vonnegut plus historical and literary context for Player Piano. Player Piano: Plot Summary.
Sep 5, 2023 · Tamra ANDREWS. | Certified Educator. Last Updated September 5, 2023. Kurt Vonnegut’s science fiction novel, Player Piano, is set in a future world and centers around a man named Paul...
