- American Science fiction, Fiction, Ghost stories, Humorous stories
Observed by a ghost of the Vietnam War for one million years, the descendants of survivors of a cruise to the Galapagos Archipielago prove Darwin's Theory of Evolution. The ghost of a shipbuilder tells the story of an ill-fated cruise to the Galapagos Islands.
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Cool, epic, contemplative and ironic.
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Kurt Vonnegut
- First published
- 1820
- Pages
- 295
- Publisher
- Caminho, Blackie Books, MALES HERBES
- Editions
- 41
- Language
- German, tur, heb, Italian
- ISBN
- 9788410323346
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“THE THING WAS: One million years ago, back in 1986 A.D., Guayaquil was the chief seaport of the little South American democracy of Ecuador, whose capital was Quito, high in the Andes Mountains.”
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was an American novelist who wrote works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as [*Slaughterhouse-Five* (1969)][1], [*Cat's Cradle* (1963)][2], and [*Breakfast of Champions* (1973)][3]. He was known for his humanist beliefs as well as being honorary president of the American Humanist Association. He is widely considered one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century. [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98474W/Slaughterhouse-Five [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98482W/Cat's_Cradle [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98488W/Breakfast_of_Champions
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