Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was a prolific and genre-bending American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Cat's Cradle (1963), and Breakfast of Champions (1973). He was also known for his humanist beliefs and being honorary president of the American Humanist Association. His short work, "The Big Trip Up Yonder," is a genre science fiction tale originally published in the magazine "Galaxy Science Fiction" in 1959.
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About the Author:
Kurt Vonnegut was an American science fiction and humour writer. Born in Indianapolis in 1922, Vonnegut studied chemistry in University while serving as an editor of his school s newspaper. The outbreak of the Second World War interrupted his post-secondary education, and Vonnegut served as a mechanical engineer in the army. Vonnegut s war experience, particularly his survival of the firebombing of Dresden in an underground meat locker in a building called Slaughterhouse Five, vastly influenced his later writing, as well as his turn to pacifism and humanism. His most famous works include Slaughterhouse Five, Cat s Cradle and Breakfast of Champions. Vonnegut died in 2007 at the age of 84.
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- PublisherWP
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1557428085
- ISBN 13 9781557428080
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages24
- IllustratorKossin
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