Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons

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Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons

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Author(s):

Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Copyright:

First Published:

1965

Genre(s):

Collected Stories; Fiction

First Read:

1988

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 26

Preface

Science Fiction

Brief Encounters on the Island Waterway

Hello, Star Vega

Teaching the Unteachable

Yes, We Have No Nirvanas

Fortitude

"There's a Maniac Loose Out There"

Excelsior! We're Going to the Moon! Excelsior!

Address to the American Physical Society

Good Missiles, Good Manners, Good Night

Why They Read Hesse

Oversexed in Indianapolis

The Mysterious Madam Blavatsky

Biafra: A People Betrayed

Address to Graduating Class at Bennington College, 1970

Torture and Blubber

Address to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1971

Reflections on My Own Death

In a Manner That Must Shame God Himself

Thinking Unthinkable, Speaking Unspeakable

Address at Rededication of Wheaton College Library, 1973

Invite Rita Rait to America!

Address to P.E.N. Conference in Stockholm, 1973

A Political Disease

Playboy Interview

Internal ID:

320

Series:

No series

Dedication:

FOR
Jill
WHO CRONCKLED ME

First Sentence:

Dear Reader: The tile of this book is composed of three words from my novel Cat's Cradle.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

I know this much: After I'm gone, I don't want my children to have to say about me what I have to say about my father: "He made wonderful jokes, but he was such an unhappy man."

Comments:

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Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 01-Aug-2015

01-May-1976

Dell Publishing Company

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-May-1976

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.95

Pages*:

285

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

403

Publisher:

Dell Publishing Company

ISBN:

0-440-18533-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-440-18533-8

Country:

United States

Language:

English

THE AUTHOR OF BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS DOES IT AGAIN!"
- Savannah News

"WAMPETERS, FOMA & GRANFALLOONS IS A DELIGHT!"
- Chicago Tribune

"A great cosmic comedian and rattler of human skeletons, an idealist disguised as a pessimist... has written a book filled with madness and truth and absurdity and self-revelation!"
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Once again we are struck by Vonnegut's sheer power, and his loving concern. Retrieved from despair, but never let off easy, we thank Vonnegut for being alive and caring."
- Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

"Here is Vonnegut at his unnerving best!"
- Providence Journal-Bulletin

"THERE CAN BE LITTLE DOUBT NOW THAT KURT VONNEGUT, JR., IS ONE OF THE FEW SEMINAL WRITERS OF OUR TIME!"
- Buffalo News

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Book shows SBN 44008533 on spine.

12-Jan-1999
Delta

Date Issued:

12-Jan-1999

Pages*:

288

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

408

Publisher:

Delta

ISBN:

0-385-33381-1

ISBN-13:

978-0-385-33381-8

Country:

United States

Language:

English

"HE IS OUR STRONGEST WRITER... THE MOST STUBBORNLY IMAGINATIVE."
- John Irving

KURT VONNEGUT
is a master of contrmporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him as "a true artist"* with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He is, as Graham Green has declared, "one of the best living American writers."

WAMPETERS, FOMA, & GRANFALLOONS
(OPINIONS)
is a rare opportunity to experience Kurt Vonnegut speaking in his own voice about his own life, his views of the world, his writing, and the writing of others. An indignant, outrageous, always witty, and deeply felt collection of reviews, essays, and speeched, this work is a window not only into Vonnegut's mind... but also into his heart.

"A GREAT COSMIC COMEDIAN AND RATTLER OF HUMAN SKELETONS, AN IDEALIST DISGUISED AS A PESSIMIST... HAS WRITTEN A BOOK FILLED WITH MADNESS AND TRUTH AND ABSURDITY AND SELF-REVELATION."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

* The New York Times

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

01-May-1976
Dell Publishing Company
Mass Market Paperback

12-Jan-1999
Delta

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Author(s)

Kurt Vonnegut Jr

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