Galapagos

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• Book Review: Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut Share

  What will become of the human race in a million years? Will humans be reflecting on how much smarter (or bigger brained) they once were? Galapagos is arguably the last good novel Kurt Vonnegut wrote,. As the book stands, I’d rank it below Slaughterho ... (read full critics)

  blogcritics published on Thu, 2 Dec 2010

• Carrying on with a foreign woman

  Kurt Vonnegut’s new novel finds him on old ground. All his hallmarks are prominently here: the cute narrative manner belying an apocalyptic message (the end of the world is once again nigh); the little ‘so it goes’ tics of style (here an asterisk pla ... (read full critics)

  lrb published on Sat, 4 Sep 2010

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  "The thing was: One million years ago, back in A.D. 1986, Guayaquil was the chief seaport of the little South American democracy of Ecuador [...] Human beings had much bigger brains back then than they do today, and so they could be beguiled by mysteries."
  The thing is: How misleading our far t ... (continue)

  "The thing was: One million years ago, back in A.D. 1986, Guayaquil was the chief seaport of the little South American democracy of Ecuador [...] Human beings had much bigger brains back then than they do today, and so they could be beguiled by mysteries."
  The thing is: How misleading our far too big brains are, in our everyday life? ;)

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  tam said on Aug 2, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  An interesting tragicomedy fictional story about the end of humankind and its rebirth, as seen by a renegade ghost.
  The plot is reported in a scattered way, full of considerations about the modern human society and behaviors. The book is provocative about the evolutionary inefficiency of having a bi ... (continue)

  An interesting tragicomedy fictional story about the end of humankind and its rebirth, as seen by a renegade ghost.
  The plot is reported in a scattered way, full of considerations about the modern human society and behaviors. The book is provocative about the evolutionary inefficiency of having a big brain, and consequences too often evil of thinking and plotting.

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  Err said on Jan 4, 2011 | Add your feedback

• taking much too long to start.

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  sueniverse said on Jul 29, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  I'm sure fans of modern fiction would really enjoy this one - I guess I just have old fashioned taste! Give me a fairy tale any day!

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  Camille said on Apr 17, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 304 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0440127793
• ISBN-13: 9780440127796
• Publisher: Dell
• Pub date: Oct 01, 1986
• Dimensions: 1097 mm x 710 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding and Others
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Libros en Español, Livros em Português, Libri Italiani, Slovenske knjige

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