Selected Works of Kurt Vonnegut : Cat's Cradle, Galapagos, The Big Trip Up Yonder, Unready to Wear EPUB

<p>The <i>Selected Works of Kurt Vonnegut</i> is a collection of noteworthy science-fiction titles penned by a beloved American author. Considered by most to be one of the most important writers of the twentieth century, Kurt Vonneguts works offers profound insight into the human condition with words of charm and wit steeped in the rhythms of the everyday and in the extraordinary. <br>This collection includes two of his acclaimed novels, <i>Cats Cradle </i>and <i>Galapagos</i>, rounded off by two short stories, <i>The Big Trip Up Yonder</i> and <i>Unready to Wear</i>. In <i>Cats Cradle</i>, Kurt Vonneguts fourth novel published in 1963 that explores themes including religion, technology and science with a satirical eye. <i>Galapagos</i> is Vonneguts meditation on Darwinism, fate, and the essential irrelevance of the human condition. In <i>The Big Trip Up Yonder</i>, Kurt Vonnegut asks what would happen to human society if there was no death? In Kurt Vonneguts world, immortality isnt exactly the gift its cracked up to be. <i>Unready to Wear </i>takes readers to the far future, where humanity has evolved to the point that the "spirit" can transcend the body. But theres a cultural backlash from those who want to return to the bodyand believe the spirit should stay there.</p>