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Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness. He is surrounded by Vonnegut's usual large cast of continuing characters (notably here the hack science fiction writer Kilgore Trout and the alien Tralfamadorians, who oversee his life and remind him constantly that there is no causation, no order, no motive to existence).

Breakfast of Champions (1973) provides frantic, scattershot satire and a collage of Vonnegut's obsessions. His recurring cast of characters and American landscape was perhaps the most controversial of his canon; it was felt by many at the time to be a disappointing successor to Slaughterhouse-Five, which had made Vonnegut's literary reputation.

Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist; a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer; and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat's Cradle is one of this century's most important works...and Vonnegut at his very best.

Eugene Debs Hartke describes an odyssey from college professor to prison inmate to prison warden back again to prisoner in another of Vonnegut's bitter satirical explorations of how and where (and why) the American dream begins to die. Employing his characteristic narrative device - a retrospective diary in which the protagonist retraces his life at its end, a desperate and disconnected series of events here in Hocus Pocus show Vonnegut with his mask off and his rhetorical devices unshielded.

The Professional Agile Leader is a realistic, practical guide written by experienced agile leaders who share their collective experiences in helping agile leaders to grow responsive and adaptive teams. They structure powerful lessons around a case study based on decades of experience helping agile leaders achieve and sustain agile transformation. Best of all, they never settle for high-level hand-waving—they show you how it’s really done.

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.

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Peter und seine Geliebte Lydia verbringen Ihren Sommer-Urlaub auf Schloss Gripsholm in Schweden. Dort werden sie von mehreren Freunden besucht und verbringen eine erotische Nacht zu dritt. In einer Parallel-Handlung begegnen sie einem Mädchen, das in einem Heim lebt und von dessen Direktorin tyrannisiert wird. Es gelingt Ihnen das Mädchen zu "befreien" und zu ihrer Mutter nach Zürich zu bringen.

Kurt Krömer hat Besuch. Von wem? Weiß er nicht! Freut Euch auf Gespräche voll Liebe und Erwartungen, Hoffnung und Befürchtungen. Das Leben ist reine Gefühlssache. Herzlich Willkommen bei: Kurt Krömer – Feelings! Neue Folgen erscheinen immer am Donnerstag. Dieser Podcast ist eine Produktion von Song Legend.

Master storyteller and satirist Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most in-demand commencement speakers of his time. For each occasion, Vonnegut’s words were unfailingly unique, insightful, and witty, and they stayed with audience members long after graduation. As edited by Dan Wakefield, this book reads like a narrative in the unique voice that made Vonnegut a hero to readers and listeners of all ages. At times hilarious, razor-sharp, freewheeling, and deeply serious, these reflections are ideal for anyone undergoing what Vonnegut would call their "long-delayed puberty ceremony".

The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey to distant worlds with a beautiful woman at his side. Of course, there's a catch to the invitation...

Ein junges Liebespaar, Kurt und Lydia, mietet sich für seinen Sommerurlaub im Seitenflügel des Schlosses Gripsholm in Schweden ein. Sie lassen die Seele baumeln, sind glücklich und albern, mit sich selbst beschäftigt und amüsieren sich über spießige Touristen. Zwischenzeitlich stellt sich Besuch ein, zunächst von Kurts Freund Karlchen, dann von Lydias Freundin Billie, woraus sich eine Nacht zu dritt entwickelt...

Eliot Rosewater, a drunk volunteer fireman and president of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation, is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature, with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. The result is Kurt Vonnegut's funniest satire, an etched-in-acid portrayal of the greed, hypocrisy, and follies of the flesh we are all heir to.

"Ich war dreißig Jahre depressiv. Ich muss damit leben. Und ich habe keinen Bock, das zu verheimlichen." Alexander Bojcan ist 47 Jahre alt, trockener Alkoholiker, alleinerziehender Vater und er war jahrelang depressiv. Auf der Bühne und im Fernsehen spielt er Kurt Krömer. Er will sich nicht länger verstecken. Dies ist der schonungslos offene und gleichzeitig lustige Lebensbericht eines Künstlers, von dem die Öffentlichkeit bisher nicht viel Privates wusste.

Meet Rabo Karabekian, a moderately successful surrealist painter who we meet late in life and see struggling (like all of Vonnegut's key characters) with the dregs of unresolved pain and the consequences of brutality. Loosely based on the legend of Bluebeard (best realized in Bela Bartok's one-act opera), the novel follows Karabekian through the last events in his life that is heavy with women, painting, artistic ambition, artistic fraudulence, and as of yet unknown consequence.

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When the spotlight hits the stage aboard the luxury liner Ocean’s Jewel, the last thing Entertainment Director Alex expects is for the show’s leading man to turn up truly dead.

Zu Beginn des Jahres 426 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung entscheidet sich das Schicksal der Menschheit. Im Abwehrkampf gegen die feindliche Superintelligenz Seth-Apophis ist Terra zwischen die Fronten geraten. Die letzten Porleyter, Angehörige eines seit Äonen vergessenen Volkes, haben mittlerweile die Kontrolle über die Erde erlangt. Perry Rhodan startet eine Rettungsmission und folgt einem Hinweis auf den Ring der Kosmokraten - ein uraltes Artefakt der Porleyter, das ihm helfen soll, diese Konfrontation zu beenden.

In this self-portrait by an American genius, Kurt Vonnegut writes with beguiling wit and poignant wisdom about his favorite comedians, country music, a dead friend, a dead marriage, and various cockamamie aspects of his all-too-human journey through life. This is a work that resonates with Vonnegut's singular voice: the magic sound of a born storyteller mesmerizing us with truth.

Der Junge Branko verliert seine Mutter und sein Zuhause. Bald verdächtigt man ihn des Diebstahls und sperrt ihn ein. Doch Zora, das Mädchen mit den roten Haaren, befreit ihn und er wird in ihre Bande aufgenommen, die in einer alten Burg haust. Gemeinsam schlagen sich die Kinder druchs Leben, genießen die Freiheit und halten auch in Hunger und Not fest zusammen.