num_pages: 285
description: Vonnegut's first novel, an unforgiving portrait of an automated and totalitarian future, was published in 1952. A human revolt against the machines which control life was arranged by the machines themselves to prove the futility of such resistance.
language: English
title: Player Piano
titlecomplete: Player Piano
characters: Paul Proteus, Dr. Katherine Finch, Anita Proteus, Dr. Bud Calhoun
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, American, Humor, Literature, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Dystopia
ratings_count: 54749
places: Ilium
awards: awardedAt: -536428800000
name: International Fantasy Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Bard Books