Timequake

SUMMARY: After the universe decides to back up ten years and all humans must live through the 1990s again, author Kurt Vonnegut finds himself trying to write a book called Timequake, which he knows he will never finish since he already did not finish it. 200,000 first printing. According To Vonnegut`s Alter Ego, Science-fiction Writer Kilgore Trout A Global Timequake Will Occur In New York City On 13 February 2001. It Is The Moment When The Universe Suffers A Crisis Of Conscience. Should It Expand Or Make A Great Big Bang? It Decides To Back Up A Decade To 1991, Making Everyone In The World Endure Ten Years Of Deja Vu And A Total Loss Of Free Will-not To Mention Reliving Every Nanosecond Of One Of The Tawdiest And Most Hollow Decades. In 1996, Dead Centre Of The `re-run' Vonnegut Is Wrestling Again With Time-quake 1, A Book He Couldn`t Write The First Time And Won`t Be Able To Now. As He Struggles, He Addresses, With His Trademark Wicked Wit, The Realationship Between Memory And Deja Vu, Humanism, Suicide, The Great Depression And World War 11 As The Last Generated Character Builders, The Loss Of American Eloquence, The Obsolescent Thrill Of Reading Books, And What `extended Family' Really Means. On February 13th, 2001, according to Vonnegut, the universe will tire momentarily of expanding forever. What's the point? Maybe it would be more fun to shrink for a change, and have a reunion of all the stuff back where it began. Then it could make a great big BANG again. It will shrink back to February 17th, 1991, but will then decide that expansion is the way to go, after all. As time marches on once more to 2001, though, Vonnegut and Trout and everybody else and everything else will have to do exactly what they did the first time through the decade, for good or ill: marry the wrong person, bet on the wrong horse. Whatever! Ten years of deja vu all over again! At least deja vu doesn't cause physical injury and property damage. A New York Times Notable Book from the acclaimed author of Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions, and Cat's Cradle.At 2:27pm on February 13th of the year 2001, the Universe suffered a crisis in self-confidence. Should it go on expanding indefinitely? What was the point?There's been a timequake. And everyone—even you—must live the decade between February 17, 1991 and February 17, 2001 over again. The trick is that we all have to do exactly the same things as we did the first time—minute by minute, hour by hour, year by year, betting on the wrong horse again, marrying the wrong person again. Why? You'll have to ask the old science fiction writer, Kilgore Trout. This was all his idea. According to science-fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a global timequake will occur in New York City on 13th February 2001. It is the moment when the universe suffers a crisis of conscience. Should it expand or make a great big bang? It decides to wind the clock back a decade to 1991, making everyone in the world endure ten years of deja-vu and a total loss of free will - not to mention the torture of reliving every nanosecond of one of the tawdiest and most hollow decades. With his trademark wicked wit, Vonnegut addresses memory, suicide, the Great Depression, the loss of American eloquence, and the obsolescent thrill of reading books

there's Been A Timequake. And Everyone—even You—must Live The Decade Between February 17, 1991 And February 17, 2001 Over Again. The Trick Is That We All Have To Do Exactly The Same Things As We Did The First Time—minute By Minute, Hour By Hour, Year By Year, Betting On The Wrong Horse Again, Marrying The Wrong Person Again. Why? You'll Have To Ask The Old Science Fiction Writer, Kilgore Trout. This Was All His Idea.

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highly Entertaining. -- ny Times Book Review

There's been a timequake. And everyone - even you - must live the decade between February 17, 1991 and February 17, 2001 over again. The trick is that we all have to do exactly the same things as we did the first time - minute by minute, hour by hour, year by year, betting on the wrong horse again, marrying the wrong person again. Why? You'll have to ask the old science fiction writer, Kilgore Trout. This was all his idea According to Vonnegut's alter ego, Kilgore Trout, a global timequake will occur in New York City on February 13, 2001. As he struggles with this time lapse, he addresses the relationship between memory and deja-vu, humanism, and suicide A timequake throws the universe backwards and everyone has to relive the years 1991 to 2001, including the hero, a science fiction writer. By and large, people are not pleased by the development