Kurt 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 supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul’s rebellion is vintage Vonnegut—wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality.
*From the Trade Paperback edition.*
### Review
“A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future.”—*San Francisco Chronicle
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“An exuberant, crackling style . . . Vonnegut is a black humorist, fantasist and satirist, a man disposed to deep and comic reflection on the human dilemma.”—*Life*
“His black logic . . . gives us something to laugh about and much to fear.”—*The New York Times Book Review*
*From the Trade Paperback edition.*
### From the Publisher
Vonnegut's spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines.
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Kurt 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 supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul’s rebellion is vintage Vonnegut—wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality. *From the Trade Paperback edition.* ### Review “A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future.”—*San Francisco Chronicle * “An exuberant, crackling style . . . Vonnegut is a black humorist, fantasist and satirist, a man disposed to deep and comic reflection on the human dilemma.”—*Life* “His black logic . . . gives us something to laugh about and much to fear.”—*The New York Times Book Review* *From the Trade Paperback edition.* ### From the Publisher Vonnegut's spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines.