Timequake is a semi-autobiographical work by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Jump to: navigation, search Autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ... Kurt Vonnegut, Junior (born November 11, 1922) is an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist. ...

In this concluding work, Vonnegut uses the premise of a timequake (or repetition of actions) in which there is no free will. Vonnegut uses the idea of determinism as in many of his previous works (such as Slaughterhouse-Five) to assert that persons really have no free will. Kilgore Trout serves again as the main character. Jump to: navigation, search Free will is the philosophical doctrine that holds that our choices are ultimately up to ourselves. ... Jump to: navigation, search Determinism is the philosophical proposition that every event, including human cognition and action, is causally determined by an unbroken chain of prior occurrences. ... Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Childrens Crusade: A Duty Dance With Death is a 1969 novel by best-selling author Kurt Vonnegut. ... Jump to: navigation, search Kilgore Trout is a fictional character created by author Kurt Vonnegut. ...

The plot, while centered around Trout, is also a sort of ramble in which Vonnegut goes off on complete tangents to the plot and comes back dozens of pages later: the Timequake has thrust citizens of the year 2001 back in time to 1991 to repeat every action they undertook during that time. The book was written in 1996, halfway through the relapse. At the end, in 2001, the timequake ends and everyone regains control of their bodies. This creates initial pandemonium, as everyone is used to "automatic pilot." This caused Trout to write a book titled My Ten Years on Automatic Pilot. Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ...

In the conclusion of this book, Vonnegut (who has inserted himself into the text as well as being its narrator, something he also did in Breakfast of Champions) meets other authors for a celebration to recognize Trout as a hero. With this recognition, Trout alludes to being sleepy. Ultimately, Vonnegut uses Trout thus to express his stepping down from writing novels and his increasing closeness to death. In true Vonnegut spirit, this effect was completely ruined by the publishing of another book, God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian in 1999. Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday is a 1973 novel by the American author Kurt Vonnegut. ... God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, by Kurt Vonnegut, is a collection of short interviews written by Vonnegut and first broadcast on NPR. The text of these interviews makes up the content of . ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999(MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...