Venus on the Halfshell

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Author(s):

Kilgore Trout

First Pub:

1974

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

2004

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Internal ID:

313

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

Dedicated to the beasts and the stars. They don't worry about free will and immortality.

First Sentence:

None on file

Last Sentence:

None on file

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

I bought this book in college at a used book strore on Highway 80 in Clinton, MS around 1986. I had been reading a few Vonnegut books and the author stuck out. I had to buy it. I never read it until May of 2004, just before I read Peter Pan.

Extract not on file

Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 16-Sep-2024

01-Jan-1982

Panther Science Fiction

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-1982

Internal ID:

395

Publisher:

Panther Science Fiction

ISBN:

0-586-05454-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-586-05454-3

Country:

United States

Language:

English

KILGORE TROUT'S
Epic Science-Fiction Saga of

The Space Wanderer
an Earthman wearing an eye-patch, levis, and a shabby gray sweater who roams the cosmos in a Chinese spaceship...

The Space Wanderer
a man without a planet who has gained immortality from an elixir drunk during a sexual interlude with an alien queen in heat...

The Space Wanderer
an intergalactic rover whose constant companions are a dog, an owl, and a female robot programmed for, among other things, unique fleshly delights...

The Space Wanderer
a pretty nice guy whose only fault is that he asks questions that no one can answer: primarily, Why are we created only to suffer and die?

Venus on the Half-Shell
Available for the first time without lurid covers!

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

01-May-1984

Dell Publishing Company

Date Issued:

Cir 01-May-1984

Pages*:

204

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

382

Publisher:

Dell Publishing Company

ISBN:

0-440-16149-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-440-16149-3

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

01-Jan-1982
Panther Science Fiction

01-May-1984
Dell Publishing Company

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Author(s)

Kilgore Trout

Notes:

Kilgore Trout was originally an invention of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. We was set free from the fictional world in Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. This pseudonym is used by Philip Jose Farmer.

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