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Rewritten after rereading in July 2012.
This darkly humorous satire starts with a world financial crisis in 1986 (hopefully that’s where the similarity with current times ends), leading to WW3 – though it’s not really about either: it’s fundamentally about adaptation.
A million years in the future, the only “humans” left on Earth are the descendants of a small but diverse group of survivors of a Galapagos islands cruise, and they are more like seals than 20th century humans. Most of the story is ...more
this book really make me think about Kurt Vonnegut's satirical sense of humor
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Brilliant. What else can I say? Not a spare word or unneeded thought, just a perfectly perfect and completely unique book.
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This is the first thing I read by Vonnegut. He was the first author I really connected with, and the book totally knocked me off my evolutionary pedestal. I think it says a great deal toward how ridiculous it is to be cocky about anything, when we're all here totally by chance.
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This is my second time reading _Galapagos_. The first time through I was too young to appreciate its dark humor. This time through it rings with brilliant, cynical resonance. This ranks as one of Vonnegut's best.
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