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Galápagos
- 295 pages · about 5 hours
- First published 1985
- 41 editions
- Free to read
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1 About this book
Galápagos is a 1985 satirical science fiction novel by the American author Kurt Vonnegut, his eleventh published novel. Set in the Galápagos Islands after a global financial disaster, the novel questions the merit of the human brain from an evolutionary perspective.
The title is both a reference to the islands on which part of the story plays out, and a tribute to Charles Darwin, on whose theory Vonnegut relies to reach his own conclusions. It was published by Delacorte Press.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Good for readers who want: science fiction, humor, ghosts, and a book they can read free online.
- Science fiction
- Humor
- Satire
- Speculative evolution
- Ghost stories
- Islands
- Ghosts
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