书籍介绍
Galápagos takes the reader 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 Galápagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave, new, and totally different human race. In this inimitable novel, America’s master satirist looks at our world and shows us all that is sadly, madly awry–and all that is worth saving.
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Kurt Vonnegut never lets me down, but makes me down every single time.
big brains are terrible!
literally stumbled upon this book ... explores a dark and interesting theme but not quite there yet
英文版book1断断续续看了大半个月,只要喜欢过冯内古特的任何一本书，其他人的书就很难读下去了
充满着浓浓讽刺意味的黑色幽默（btw什么叫黑色幽默？就是自以为有趣的无聊幽默hhh）。冯内古特被称作“postmodern Mark Twain”也确实有那味儿。不过全书的叙事结构是真的奇怪，至少我的观感非常一般。
杀伤武器技术的发展已经远超生物进化的速度，那么适应环境的下一步就是退化掉对人类最有害的大脑。冯内古特执着于用尽量多的人物编织一张人类个体叙事相互连接的网，使小说的主要部分成了过去而不是现在和将来，正如亲历二战的人们心灵已经永远被留在了二战，而新世界与旧世界别无二致，正如只有原子弹1/5威力却可以连续发射5枚的导弹完全无法被称为人类文明的进步和自制。
Audible 21/03. I don’t like this book. Each part feels so isolated that I can’t visualize a full picture the author tried to depict. The only way written about the future is “he would find that”, very plain, not attractive at all. The good parts are about the big head imagination and Darwin’s evolution. The last interview is way too judgemental.
“Oh well... he wasn’t going to write Beethoven’s ninth symphony anyway”