Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday by Kurt Vonnegut is an autobiographical collage featuring a medley of the author’s works, including essays, speeches, letters, fiction, and assorted writings. This diverse collection prominently features one of Vonnegut’s standout—and notably obscene—dystopian short stories, "The Big Space Fuck", originally published in Harlan Ellison's 1972 anthology, Again, Dangerous Visions. The tale depicts a world teetering on the brink, grappling with overpopulation, pollution, and societal decay where "everything had turned to shit and beer cans and old automobiles and Clorox bottles." Legal changes now allow young adults to sue their parents over their upbringing as a tactic to discourage procreation. In this crumbling landscape, America hatches a desperate plan: launching a rocket filled with human sperm towards the Andromeda Galaxy in a bid to ensure human life's continuity elsewhere in the cosmos. With his unmistakable wit and sharp satirical gaze, Vonnegut crafts an absurd yet hilariously bleak commentary on humanity and society.
Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. New York: Delacorte, 1981. ISBN: 0440065933. #10410.
Fine in dust jacket with crease on front flap.