カート・ヴォネガット

『スローターハウス5』は、1969年に出版されたカート・ヴォネガットの小説。時間旅行を筋立ての道具とするとともに、ヴォネガットがその余波を目撃した第二次世界大戦でのドレスデン爆撃を出発点として、SF小説の要素と人間の条件の分析とを結びつけた作品である。ヒューゴー賞受賞。 …

『猫のゆりかご』は、1963年に出版されたカート・ヴォネガットのSF小説。軍備拡張競争をはじめとする様々な標的を風刺しながら、科学、技術、宗教といった問題を探求する。シカゴ大学は、ヴォネガットの元々の修士論文を却下したが、1971年に『猫のゆりかご』をもってヴォネガットに人類学の修士号を授与している。 …

“Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”—The New York TimesIn Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is …

『タイタンの妖女』は、1959年に出版されたカート・ヴォネガットのSF小説。2冊目の小説にあたり、自由意志、全能、人類の歴史全体の目的といった問題についてを扱っている。

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 …

“Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer . . . a zany but moral mad scientist.”—TimeMother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? …

Welcome to the Monkey House is an assortment of short stories written by Kurt Vonnegut, first published in August 1968. The stories range from war-time epics to futuristic thrillers, given with satire and Vonnegut's unique edge. The stories are often inter-twined and convey the same underlying messages on human nature …

“[Vonnegut] at his wildest best.”—The New York Times Book ReviewEliot Rosewater—drunk, volunteer fireman, and President of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation—is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature . . . with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is Kurt …

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.

A Man Without a Country is an essay collection published in 2005 by the author Kurt Vonnegut. The extremely short essays that make up this book deal with topics ranging from the importance of humor, to problems with modern technology, to Vonnegut's opinions on the differences between men and women. Most prevalent in …