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1、"GrahamGreenhascalledMrVonnegut'OneofthebestlivingAmericanwriters,'anditisn'thardtoseewhy"ISABELQUIGLEY,SUNDAYTELEGRAPHFromthestartofhisnovelisticcareertothepresentVonneguthasbeenamanwithauniguevisionseekingandfinallythemosteffectivemannerofstatingit"HARPER'SThebestofthesc
2、iencefictionanti-utopias-andindeedthebestoftherecentanti-utopias-isVonnegut'sbrilliantlysatiricPlayerPiano...easilyoneofthemostimportantanti-utopiassinceNineteenElighty-four"MARKHILLEGAS,THEFUTUREASNIGHTMARE"PlayerPianoisonegreatclassicsofGadetAgefiction"LIFEMAGAZINE"KurtV
3、onnegutstandsinthesomerelationshiptoAmericansciencefictionasJ.G.BallarddoestotheBritishscene-i.e.supreme"NEWWORLDSAlsobyKurtVonnegutInPatherBooksGodBlessYouMrRosewaterKurtVonnegutJrPlayerPianoPantherScienceFictionPlayerPianoAPantherBookFirstpublishedinGreatBritainByMacmill
4、an&CoLimited1953Reissued1967Panthereditionpublished1969CopyrightKurtVonnegutJr1952ThisbookissoldsubjecttotheConditionthatitshallnot,bywayoftradeorotherwise,belent,re-sold,hiredoutorotherwisecirculatedwithoutthepublisher'spriorconsentinanyformofbindingorcoverotherthanthatin
5、whichitispublishedandwithoutasimilarconditionincludingthisconditionbeingimposedonthesubsequentpurchaser.PrintedinEnglandbyC.Nicholls&CompanyLtd.,ThePhilipsParkPress,Manchester,AndpublishedbyPantherBooks,3UpperJamesStreet,LondonW.I.ForJane-GodBlessHerCONSIDERTHELILLIESOFTHE
6、FIELD,HOWTHEYGROW:THEYTOILNOT,NEITHERDOTHEYSPIN;ANDYETISAYUNTOYOU,THATEVENSOLOMONINALLHISGLORYWASNOTARRAYEDLIKEONEOFTHESE...MATTHEW6:28ForewordThisbookisnotabookaboutwhatis,butabookaboutwhatcouldbe.Thecharactersaremodeledafterpersonsasyetunborn,or,perhaps,atthiswriting,inf
7、ants.Itismostlyaboutmanagersandengineers.Atthispointinhistory,1952A.D.,ourlivesandfreedomdependlargelyupontheskillandimaginationandcourageofourmanagersandengineers,andIhopethatGodwillhelpthemtohelpusallstayaliveandfree.Butthisbookisaboutanotherpointinhistory,whenthereisnom
8、orewar,and...CHAPTERONEILIUM,NewYork,isdividedintothreeparts.Inthenorthwestarethemanagers
