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| − | Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was an American [[SF]] writer who liked to pretend that he didn't write SF. | + | '''Kurt Vonnegut Jr.''' was an American [[SF]] writer who liked to pretend that he didn't write SF. |
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| + | In a writing career of over 50 years, Vonnegut published 14 novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of nonfiction. He is most famous for his satirical, best-selling novel ''Slaughterhouse-Five'' (1969). His first published book was the SF novel, ''Player Piano]], in 1952. | ||
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| + | Vonnegut’s 1963 novel ''[[Cat’s Cradle]],'' with such concepts as the [[Karass (Vonnegut)|karass]], [[Granfalloon (Vonnegut)|granfalloon]] and [[Bokononism]], was hugely influential on [[fandom]], inspiring many [[catchphrases]], [[interlineations]] and three [[Linda Bushyager]] [[fanzine]] titles. | ||
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Revision as of 10:38, 8 July 2020
(Nov. 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007)
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was an American SF writer who liked to pretend that he didn't write SF.
In a writing career of over 50 years, Vonnegut published 14 novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of nonfiction. He is most famous for his satirical, best-selling novel Slaughterhouse-Five (1969). His first published book was the SF novel, Player Piano]], in 1952.
Vonnegut’s 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle, with such concepts as the karass, granfalloon and Bokononism, was hugely influential on fandom, inspiring many catchphrases, interlineations and three Linda Bushyager fanzine titles.
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