Kurt Vonnegut
Now I remember why I like this guy. This is a dystopian future novel. The fun part is that this is a future where automation has been identified and the great progress and magnetic tape storage and vacuum tubes are ubiquitous. Automation is so rampant that most Americans are without work and only a few managers and engineers are actually employed to keep the automated systems working. The unemployed are given money so that they can continue to consume so the automated factories can continue to efficiently manufacture products. Of course this cries for rebellion and protest. Vonnegut has fun with the characters leading the revolt and holding the status quo. And he has fun crashing reality into the idealism of the revolutionary. For me at least, this was a page turner.
Rating: Read it
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