Kurt Vonnegut

A posthumous double volume of the influential author's first and last written works, published to coincide with the 90th anniversary of his birth, includes the bitter satire "Basic training" and the unfinished final novel "If God were alive today".

Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922 - April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels, including his most famous, Slaughterhouse-Five, published in 1969. His works include fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction pieces. In the following May 1994 recording, Vonnegut addresses the graduating class of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.

This darkly humorous short story transports listeners to an overcrowded future where anti-aging drugs have created a society where nobody dies and multiple generations are forced to cohabitate. Follow the dysfunctional Ford family as they navigate life under the iron rule of 172-year-old Gramps, whose possession of the family apartment gives him absolute power. When young Lou plots to overthrow the family hierarchy, chaos ensues. Masterfully narrated...

Houve um período, entre os anos 1920 e 1960, em que as histórias de ficção científica ganharam uma atenção jamais antes sonhada. Bebendo de fontes como o H. G. Wells, Júlio Verne e Mary Shelley, uma nova leva de autores ganhava espaço nas novíssimas revistas pulp, antes redutos de escritores de faroeste e histórias de detetives. Um novo movimento se iniciava e trazia à baila novos mundos, novas descobertas, a criação de épicos espaciais,...