Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons: (Opinions)

ISBN: 0385333811

Author: Vonnegut, Kurt

Condition: Used

Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons 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, witty, deeply felt collection of reviews, essays, and speeches, this is a window not only into Vonneguts mind but also into his heart.A book filled with madness and truth and absurdity and self-revelation . . . [Vonnegut is] a great cosmic comedian and rattler of human skeletons, an idealist disguised as a pessimist.-St. Louis Post-DispatchIncludes the following essays, speeches, and works:Science FictionBrief Encounters on the Inland WaterwayHello, Star VegaTeaching the UnteachableYes, We Have No NirvanasFortitudeTheres a Maniac Loose Out ThereExcelsior! Were Going to the Moon! Excelsior!Address to the American Physical SocietyGood Missiles, Good Manners, Good NightWhy They Read HesseOversexed in IndianapolisThe Mysterious Madame BlavatskyBiafra: A People BetrayedAddress to Graduating Class at Bennington College, 1970Torture and BlubberAddress to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1971Reflections on my Own DeathIn a Manner that Must Shame God HimselfThinking Unthinkable, Speaking UnspeakableAddress at Rededication of Wheaton College Library, 1973Invite Rita Rait to America!Address to P.E.N. Conference in Stockholm, 1973A Political DiseasePlayboy Interview