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Plot summary. Vonnegut uses the premise of a timequake (or repetition of actions) in which there is no free will. The idea of determinism is explored—as it is in many of his previous works—to assert that people really have no free will.
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?
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Aug 1, 1998 · 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...
A beautifully fastidious writer, utterly original’ - Guardian. 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.
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Originally published: 1997. There's been a timequake. And everyone-even you-must live the decade between February 17, 1991 and February 17, 2001 over again.
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?
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Sep 22, 1997 · A review of TIMEQUAKE, a metafictional novel by Kurt Vonnegut that explores the consequences of a time loop in 2001. The review praises the humor, the nostalgia, and the humanism of the book, but also criticizes its digressions and repetitions.
