THE VONNEGUT ENCYCLOPEDIA: THE REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION
Book ID/图书代码： 03720015B77376
English Summary/英文概要： Vonnegut’s five decades of writing yielded many worlds-worth of people, places, and things. This book is an invaluable tool for looking up the marvelous facts that exist only in the pages of his work - the place of birth of Kilgore Trout, the chief highlights of BREAKFAST OF CHAMPION’s Midland City, the number of times Robert Kennedy appears in Vonnegut’s fiction (twice). The Encyclopedia identifies every major or minor Vonnegut character (from Celia Aamons to Zog), as well as recurring images and significant themes from all of Vonnegut’s books and short stories, including his essay collections. Editor Marc Leeds provides italicized notes explaining the significance of many items, but relies primarily on extended quotations from Vonnegut himself. This is a vital reference source for both fans and scholars of the great American writer.
Key Selling Points:
UPDATED AND COMPREHENSIVE: The first edition of the Encyclopedia, published by Greenwood Press in 1994, covered Vonnegut’s work through 1991. This new and updated edition is comprehensive, incorporating Vonnegut’s later and posthumous work.
EVER-POPULAR AUTHOR: Vonnegut inspires obsession in his most dedicated fans. One of his chief allures for aficionados is the reappearance of significant characters, settings, and concepts. To their delight, THE VONNEGUT ENCYCLOPEDIA will reveal recurrences readers may never have thought of alone.
A LIBRARY MUST-HAVE: Few modern writers have left behind such large and inventive bodies of work. With its detailed attention to both the building blocks of each text and the great political, scientific, and historical forces behind it, the Encyclopedia will find a natural home in every academic library.
STRONG SALES FOR OUR RECENT PUBLICATIONS: The posthumous story collections LOOK AT THE BIRDIE and WHILE MORTALS SLEEP have sold a combined 130,000+ copies (HC, eBook, and TR). The Vonnegut backlist continues to thrive: SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE alone sells nearly 200,000 copies a year.
RESPECTED VONNEGUT SCHOLAR: Editor Marc Leeds, Ph.D., is the founder and president of the Kurt Vonnegut Society and a board member of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 冯内古特50年的写作过程中产生了众多具有世界价值的人、地点和事物。本书是一个非常宝贵的工具，用于查找只存在于他作品中的奇妙事实——基尔戈鳟鱼、《冠军早餐》米德兰市的主要亮点、罗伯特•肯尼迪出现在冯内古特小说中的次数（2次）。《百科全书》列出了冯内古特创作的每一个主要或次要角色（从西莉亚•亚马逊到佐格），以及经常出现的图像和所有冯内古特的书和短篇小说，以及他散文集中的重要主题。编辑Marc Leeds利用斜体注释解释许多项目的意义，但主要还是参照了从冯内古特自己的注释。这对于这位伟大的美国作家的拥趸和学者来说都是一个重要的参考来源。
主要卖点：升级版，内容更全面；冯内古特是风靡一时的著名作家；图书馆必备参考书；作者是备受尊敬的冯内古特研究学者。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：1994年版本《冯内古特完全百科全书》获得的赞誉：
“强烈推荐将其列入美国文学参考书的收藏书目。”——参考书评论
“冯内古特必读小说指南……《冯内古特百科全书》全面而高效?卮於琳呱钊胙芯坎⒘私夥肽诠盘氐奈淖帧?”——科幻研究协会评论
“在处理像冯内古特这样拥有超强想象力的作家时，Leed的写作风格可谓生动活泼，使用了俚语却不显粗俗。”——美国参考书年刊
Praise for The Compleat Vonnegut Encyclopedia (1994 Edition)
"Highly recommended for all American literature reference collections."--Reference Book Review
"Any guide to Vonnegut’s novels must . . . refer the reader neither to obscure mythical or literary allusions nor to a self-contained world independent of the novels, but directly to the texts themselves. This is precisely what The Vonnegut Encyclopedia does with great thoroughness and efficiency."--Science Fiction Research Association Review
"Leeds’s style is lively, even slangy-not inappropriate for dealing with an author of Vonnegut’s fervid imagination."--American Reference Books Annual
About the Author/作者介绍： Marc Leeds是布法罗大学、纽约大学、布鲁克林学院的研究生毕业生，并先后在东田纳西州立大学和俄亥俄州的肖尼州立大学主持基于计算机的写作项目。他是库尔特•冯内古特协会的联合创始人，库尔特•冯内古特纪念图书馆的董事会成员，《冯内古特百科全书》的作者。
Marc Leeds is a graduate of the University of Buffalo, New York University, and Brooklyn College, and directed computer-based writing programs at East Tennessee State University and later at Shawnee State University in Ohio. He is the co-founder of the Kurt Vonnegut Society, a board member at the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, and the author of The Vonnegut Encyclopedia.
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