Books Galápagos Free Download
Galápagos Paperback | Pages: 324 pages
Rating: 3.88 | 63631 Users | 2669 Reviews

Mention Appertaining To Books Galápagos

Title:Galápagos
Author:Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Anniversary Edition
Pages:Pages: 324 pages
Published:January 12th 1999 by Dial Press (first published 1985)
Categories:Fiction. Science Fiction. Classics. Humor

Rendition Supposing Books Galápagos

Galápagos takes the reader back one million years, to A.D. 1986. A simple vacation cruise suddenly becomes an evolutionary journey. Thanks to an apocalypse, a small group of survivors stranded on the Galápagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave, new, and totally different human race. In this inimitable novel, America’s master satirist looks at our world and shows us all that is sadly, madly awry—and all that is worth saving.

Be Specific About Books As Galápagos

Original Title: Galápagos
ISBN: 0385333870 (ISBN13: 9780385333870)
Edition Language: English
Characters: Kilgore Trout, Leon Trotsky Trout, James Wait, Andrew MacIntosh
Setting: Ecuador Galapagos(Ecuador)
Literary Awards: John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (1986)

Rating Appertaining To Books Galápagos
Ratings: 3.88 From 63631 Users | 2669 Reviews

Judgment Appertaining To Books Galápagos
Absolutely adored the central conceit of this novel: In the midst of the death of the human species, a pocket of "humanity" manages to trundle on for at least another million years into the future, but the caveat being that these far-flung descendants are forever marooned on an ashy isle of the Galapagos where they have devolved into furry small-brained creatures with flippers--and the species and the planet couldn't be better off for it! The conceptual remove from its characters will probably

Galápagos is Kurt Vonneguts satirical tribute to Charles Darwin. The narrator of the tale is a ghost existing for a million years and witnessing everything from the beginning to the end.Nothing could be less inviting than the first appearance. A broken field of black basaltic lava, thrown into the most rugged waves, and crossed by great fissures, is everywhere covered by stunted, sun-burnt brushwood, which shows little signs of life. The dry and parched surface, being heated by the noon-day sun,

"In the era of big brains, life stories could end up any which way. Look at mine. This is my favourite of Kurt Vonneguts books. It is a story told through the eyes of Leon Trotsky Trout, son of one of Vonneguts recurring characters, Kilgore Trout. Leon has been watching over humanity for around a million years as a ghost, and by watching over I mean he just sits there and watches them, not in any divine form. Galapagos takes quite a big chunk being about Ecuador in 1986 during the Latin American

Rewritten after rereading in July 2012.This darkly humorous satire starts with a world financial crisis in 1986 (hopefully thats where the similarity with current times ends), leading to WW3 though its not really about either: its 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 set

Kurt Vonnegut, Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon and St. Peter sit in a bar in the Great Hereafter discussing, among other things, Vonneguts 1985 novel Galapagos.Isaac: [Looking at Peter] What are you laughing about?Peter: You know. [laughing]Isaac: Its still funny, after all these centuries, that me, a self described atheist and humanist, finds himself here in the Great Hereafter?Peter: Yep, still funny.Theodore: Well, its like Kurts book Galapagos, where Kilgore Trouts son Leon is a ghost and

One million years in the future, a man recounts humanity's origins in the Galapagos islands.This was the third Kurt Vonnegut book I've read and my third favorite. Actually, it reminds me of one of Grandpa Simpson's rambling stories that circles back on itself, only with novel-y bits like themes and messages and such.Galapagos is part satire, part cautionary tale. There's a shipwreck on Galapagos and it turns out those people are the only ones who can reproduces. I'm pretty sure this is mentioned

In the era of big brains, life stories could end up any which way. Look at mine. When I finish novels by Haruki Murakami or Kurt Vonnegut, I'm not always sure what I've read. That was definitely the case with Vonnegut's Galapagos. It was thought-provoking and I laughed a number of times. Did I understand it, though? For Vonnegut, nothing is serious. At the same time, these not serious parts are what most of us view as supremely important. When Vonnegut writes about the solution to