false 9597 23 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. 1005005 1952 Player Piano total:6792|5:1508|4:2709|3:2122|2:397|1:56| 6792 25592 8742 272 1 4 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Thu Jun 07 09:11:13 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 09:14:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false true Tue Aug 19 14:13:54 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 14:14:50 -0700 2008
On a blog I read, the Devil Vet's been thinking about hope and hopelessness in dystopian fiction. I think Player Piano is good example of how hope plays into dystopian narratives. The Ghost Shirt Society of the book rises in rebellion ag...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 14:41:24 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 06 20:44:51 -0800 2007
The only reason I can see for this book not to be mentioned as one of Vonnegut's greats is that it's edged out by the half-dozen or so outright masterpieces in his...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Nov 21 01:37:42 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 01:42:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 16:46:34 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 16:49:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:27:58 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:48:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 20:56:55 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 21:12:50 -0700 2009
This is Vonnegut's first novel, about a mechanized future in which all Americans are either relegated to the Army, the "Reconstruction and Reclamation Corps...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 14 17:40:23 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 17:20:25 -0700 2009
I have trouble with Player Piano because it's so obviously Vonnegut.

Obviously an explanation is in order. It's hard not to like V's incisive satires; his wry explanations; his brilliant, almost timel...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 08:42:27 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 08:51:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 17:21:08 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 22:51:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 10:07:57 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 11:23:29 -0700 2009 player piano is an outstanding work that foretold of the immense talent to come. while certainly not as strong a work as his later efforts, many of the elements so well-regarded in his other books are notably present, albeit in a le...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 07:55:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 08:13:29 -0700 2009
It touched on a lot of interesting ideas but failed to visit them in any great depth. I think that's why I f...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 08:45:53 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 07:34:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 21:45:28 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 23:00:06 -0700 2009
I got into it, and loved it. It finally got to the social revolution ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 06:47:35 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 08:58:02 -0700 2009
I haven't read the entire Vonnegut oeuvre, but I've read enough to know this wasn't A1 for me. I found this engaging and well-observed (and funny and well-written and fast-paced and all those other ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 26 14:26:36 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 14:29:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 22:25:37 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 13:40:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 12:52:10 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 15:14:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Tue Mar 17 13:15:21 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 11:55:18 -0700 2009 it may be the first book he got published.... not sure but i think so. regardless it was early in his writing career.
it's pretty good. looking back after reading so much of his work, i appreciate this one especially because he was still developing as ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 08:51:56 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 10:40:12 -0800 2009
The novel has an anti-mechanization message, with a physica...more...]]>