Project Gutenberg 2009-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 946 Vonnegut, Kurt 1922 2007 Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. Kossin, Sandy Kossin, Sanford Kossin The Big Trip Up Yonder Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Big Trip Up Yonder" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is a science fiction short story that was originally published in the early 1950s. Set in a futuristic world marked by the advent of anti-aging technology, the narrative explores themes of family dynamics, aging, and the human condition. The story hints at a satirical take on society’s obsession with youth and immortality while examining the relationships among several generations of the Ford family. The plot revolves around Gramps Ford, an elderly patriarch who celebrates the prospect of the "Big Trip Up Yonder" — the euphemism for death. His family, living in cramped quarters and marked by competition and resentment, consists predominantly of youthful-looking individuals who have endured aging in an unusual manner due to anti-gerasone. As Gramps rewrites his will, tensions heighten, ultimately leading to a chaotic family battle after his death. The story critiques the implications of artificial longevity and the resulting conflicts within families as they grapple with the limitations of human existence and the absurdities that arise from their situation, culminating in a humorous and poignant conclusion. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 49279 49288 2024-09-13T04:29:39.667054 2023-09-13T09:30:24.670456 text/html text/html 45339 2021-01-05T18:38:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 135871 2021-01-05T18:38:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 182405 2024-09-13T04:29:42.998036 application/epub+zip 180970 2024-09-13T04:29:40.913086 application/epub+zip 63807 2024-09-13T04:29:40.113003 application/epub+zip 273056 2024-09-13T04:29:44.606021 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264551 2024-09-13T04:29:42.388042 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124663 2022-09-14T05:12:26.440603 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42208 42107 2024-09-13T04:29:39.337026 2023-09-13T09:30:24.381464 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 42081 2021-01-05T18:38:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16713 2021-01-05T18:38:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19102 2024-09-13T04:29:44.756977 application/rdf+xml 12477 2024-09-13T04:29:40.449002 image/jpeg 3631 2024-09-13T04:29:40.277033 image/jpeg 182406 2024-09-13T04:29:39.680044 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia