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Galapagos
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7 hrs and 45 mins
Audible Release Date
08-11-09
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3.51 based on 93 ratings
 

Publisher's Summary

Galapagos takes the listener 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 Galapagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave, new, totally different human race.

Kurt Vonnegut, America's master satirist, looks at our world and shows us all that is sadly, madly awry - and all that is worth saving.

This production is part of our Audible Modern Vanguard line, a collection of important works from groundbreaking authors.

©1985 Kurt Vonnegut; (P)2008 Audible, Inc.

What the Critics Say

"Beautiful...provocative, arresting reading." (USA Today)
"Vonnegut is a post-modern Mark Train....Galapagos is a madcap genealogical adventure." (The New York Times Book Review)
"The best Vonnegut novel yet!" (John Irving)

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The renowned Kurt Vonnegut, creator of some of the wildest and most imaginative stories ever put to paper, created an instant classic in 1985, when he wrote this remarkable book. Set in 1986, the post-apocalyptic story takes place on the Galapagos Islands, where tourists repopulate the earth with a bizarre race of creatures. Narrator Jonathan Davis does an outstanding job in this reading, capturing the essence of Vonnegut's prose--the cruel sense of humor and the visionary idealism--in a believable performance that invites repeated listens. Davis's intimate reading will transport listeners to another time and place, endlessly layered and fascinating. © AudioFile 2008

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Rating 2.0Rating 2.0Rating 2.0Rating 2.0Rating 2.0 "Good Narrator"
By: Harriett (Johannesburg, South Africa)
December 01, 2009
The narrator of the book was great, it is just a pity the book itself lacked a good storyline. I struggled to get through the book as it was extremly wierd and slow.
Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0 "Love Vonnegut? Listen to this..."
By: Robert (Carmichael, CA, USA)
August 27, 2009
Kurt Vonnegut was obviously born on another planet, his perspective is so deliciously different. I am very sympathetic to his atheistic world view. He almost heroically presents fiction that tickles my fancy. At the same time, he presents scenarios that are totally grounded in possibility, yanking our minds out of the hum-drum daily grind. If there is a God, Vonnegut must be their favorite creation, he sheds so much light upon the human condition...
Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0 "A Timely Experience"
By: Peter (Isabella Plains, Australia)
July 04, 2009
In this year of Darwin celebrations, and a severe world economic downturn, this book makes some harrowing echoes. As another commented, you probably need to really like Vonnegut's work or you won't enjoy it. I do, and I did.

He is my all-time favorite modern author, but until now I hadn't read 'Galapagos'. It has been on my shelf for at least 15 years unread. I can't explain why I hadn't gotten around to reading it, but I am certainly glad to have finally caught up.

I must heartily commend the book's reader - his gentle unhurried tone matched Leon's narration flawlessly.

An excellent audio book experience marred only by the absence of a way to present an 'asterisk'. Readers of the dead tree edition will know what I mean...
Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0 "enjoyable satire"
By: Linda (Harrisburg, PA, USA)
June 16, 2009
There is satire and then there is satire. Vonnegut knows how to write it so that it is enjoyable to read. His characters, for the most part, are likeable. His story is almost believable. I'd forgotten how much I liked his writing and he has redeemed satire for me.
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Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0 "Always different"
By: George (Carlsbad, CA, USA)
January 04, 2009
You've got to love him or you won't like it.
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