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	• Galapagos (Delta Fiction) Kurt Vonnegut Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 114 reviews view larger image
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Galapagos aint half bad!

I'm really surprised to see so many people who consider Galapagos to be one of Vonnegut's worst novels. I love his work and I've read many others... I have to say Galapagos is one of my favorites. On the surface, the unconventional style is great. It's told from a million years in the future, with events revealed in non-cronological order. This nonlinear storytelling really drives home Vonnegut's philosophies about the meaninglessness of time (as in Slaughterhouse Five and Sirens of Titan, for example). Also, the grandiose nature of his plot is great. The end of the world and the human race as we know it... typical Vonnegut, but still good stuff. Above all, this book is very funny. As in his other books, he treats such serious matters as war and death lightly. This underlying irony is very present in Galapagos. However, Galapagos is by no means a "light" book. The subtlest twinge of sadness peeks through all of the humor -- just enough sadness to leave an impact. On another level, Galapagos is great for its concept. The human race is only screwing itself over, and it's about time it starts going backwards again. The pessimism of it all is delightful, yet rings true. My one gripe with Galapagos is its weak character development. In a way this is OK, as it reinforces the message of the human race as a lost cause. However, it would have been nice to have someone, anyone, to sympathize with. But in the end Galapagos is interesting, funny, unconventional, and just a great read.

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Another Winner From Kurt

Galapagos strikes me as one of Kurt Vonnegut's funniest and most well-written novels. The writing is, of course, quit witty, but even moreso here than usual. This book also contains what is a semi-rarity for Vonnegut: a coherent plot. True, it's still not told in linear fashion (this is Vonnegut, after all), and few Vonnegut fans would want it that way, anyhow. The book is a page turner because of the way it is written... like in several of his other books, Kurt mentions events that happen later in the narrarative early on, and uses this as a fairly enticing suspense maneuver. The story and theme elements themselves are interesting: de-evolution (plus such related things as genetics, and all things Darwin), the environment, and more. Although this is not his best book (I still refer to Cat's Cradle as that), this book is well-written, coherent, funny, witty, and less fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants than most of Vonnegut's oeuvre, and thus, in fact a pretty good place for newbies to the author to start.

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Vonnegut at His "5 Star" Best

This is my favorite of the ten or so Vonnegut books that I've read. It is one of his funniest books and probably one of the best beginning-to-end story lines. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to get their first taste of Kurt Vonnegut's writing style at its best.

Super Fantastic

This book is very entertaining and completely different from anything I've ever read. I highly recommend it.

And bestiality too... Arr matey

This is one of the best Vonnegut novels, so shut up. A great look at how intelligent Vonnegut is. Much like Cat's Cradle and the whole Ice-9 dilly. A ghost pirate watching a million years of evoution, brilliant. Creationists need not apply.

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