Player Piano (1952)
7.5/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 1952

Kurt Vonnegut's first novel is the most useful dystopia for anyone thinking about automation now. In Ilium, New York, machines have replaced most human labor, and a class of engineers and managers runs everything efficiently, while everyone else is left comfortable, useless and resentful. Paul…

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