[Gutenberg 30240] • The Big Trip Up Yonder

The *Selected Works of Kurt Vonnegut* is a collection of noteworthy science-fiction titles penned by a beloved American author. Considered by most to be one of the most important writers of the twentieth century, Kurt Vonnegut’s works offers profound insight into the human condition with words of charm and wit steeped in the rhythms of the everyday and in the extraordinary.

This collection includes two of his acclaimed novels, *Cat’s Cradle* and *Galapagos* , rounded off by two short stories, *The Big Trip Up Yonder* and *Unready to Wear*. In *Cat’s Cradle* , Kurt Vonnegut’s fourth novel published in 1963 that explores themes including religion, technology and science with a satirical eye. *Galapagos* is Vonnegut's meditation on Darwinism, fate, and the essential irrelevance of the human condition. In *The Big Trip Up Yonder* , Kurt Vonnegut asks what would happen to human society if there was no death? In Kurt Vonnegut’s world, immortality isn’t exactly the gift it’s cracked up to be. *Unready to Wear* takes readers to the far future, where humanity has evolved to the point that the “spirit” can transcend the body. But there’s a cultural backlash from those who want to return to the body—and believe the spirit should stay there.