Player Piano

De: Kurt Vonnegut

Narrado por: Christian Rummel

Duración: 11 h y 31 m

Resumen del Editor

Kurt Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul's rebellion is vintage Vonnegut – wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality.

As an added bonus, when you purchase our Audible Modern Vanguard production of Kurt Vonnegut's book, you'll also receive an exclusive Jim Atlas interview. This interview – where James Atlas interviews Gay Talese about the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut – begins as soon as the audiobook ends.

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

©1980 Kurt Vonnegut (P)2008 Audible, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Mr. Vonnegut is a sharp-eyed satirist." ( The New York Times)

"One of the best living American writers." (Graham Greene)

Not Vonnegut's best effort.

I read this a long time ago and bought the A-B. There are some interesting insights in this book that have some application in todays "outsourced" economy. Funy in parts tiresome in others, the ending seems J-V was trying to meet a deadline.

Vonnegets writing

Excellent voices, the different voice of recording different characters Was really enjoyable to listen I’ll listen to more of his books!

Great story, and supreme performance

I have always been a fan of Vonnegut. This did not disappoint. A must own.

More relevant than ever

A witty look into the modern era. A comical analysis of the machinery that run humans and their societies.

Timeless themes and perfect ironies

Oversized brains that overtechnologize life will always win; the innocent victim is our own humanity.

Player Orchestra!

Rereading this early Vonnegut novel today is at once a joy and a terror. It’s amazing to see how prescient the author was writing this book 72 years ago! First time I read it in 1979, I was interested, but felt like it was science fiction. Today, it’s apparent that, rather than slowing our progress toward artificial intelligence, we humans have sprinted towards it. And perhaps it’s reality not fiction at all that we humans are destined to be nothing but “ghosts” in the machine.

The story, of course, is fantastic. But what really stands out about this Audible book is Christian Rummel’s virtuoso performance. The sheer volume of characters he is able to give individual voices to is just mind-boggling! It’s one thing to have such a deep repertoire of different accents, inflections, etc. It’s quite another to be able to switch flawlessly from one to the others in rapid succession narrating the dialogue. This wasn’t a piano solo; it was an orchestra! Bravo, Mr. Christian.

Do yourself a favor and listen to his performance.

the very BEST AUTHOR OF the 1900's

if you haven't read Vonnegut, you have missed out on valuable wit and human pespective.

The usual excellence

Crafting sentences, paragraphs , and chapters was not accidental. Vonnegut worked diligently to achieve that simple style. It made him my favorite at a young age and he remains so now.

Outstanding narration

The book was exactly what I expected by Vonnegut, thought provoking and strangely relevant to 2020. Christian Rummel was outstanding. His reading was masterful, perfect pace and character rendition. I will be searching for his narrations as well as authors of interest.

Proto-Vonnegut

Where does Player Piano rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Vonnegut will always rank highly regardless of the medium.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The disillusioned kid who Paul meets at the Meadows...or the Shah.

Have you listened to any of Christian Rummel’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Not that I know of. Chris did well. I was able to follow along easily, and his pace and inflection was not jarring or distracting.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Humans: Please replace us.

Any additional comments?

READ ALL THE VONNEGUT!