| Description: | 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 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 --Life His Black Logic Gives Us Something To Laugh About And Much To Fear --The New York Times Book Review 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 His Rebellion Is A Wildly Funny, Darkly Satirical Look At Modern Society |