# The Big Trip Up Yonder

**Author:** Kurt Vonnegut
**Tags:** Science fiction, Short stories
**Price:** Free
**Formats:** DOCX, EPUB, FB2, PDF, TXT
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**Added:** 10.07.2026
**URL:** https://samolit.com/books/96449

## Description

In a future grappling with severe overpopulation, Kurt Vonnegut’s "The Big Trip Up Yonder" plunges into a darkly humorous world where aging has been conquered by the miraculous drug Anti-Gerasone. Set in the year 2185, the story introduces the sprawling Ford family, generations of youthful-looking descendants all crammed into a single apartment. At the head of this chaotic household is Gramps, a nearly two-hundred-year-old patriarch who wields his constantly rewritten will as a weapon, dictating every aspect of his family's lives. As resources dwindle and privacy becomes a distant memory, tensions simmer beneath the surface. Vonnegut masterfully satirizes the absurdities of immortality, the strain on familial bonds, and the unexpected consequences of humanity's quest to defy death, offering a thought-provoking and witty commentary on the human condition in an overcrowded, never-ending existence where even dying is a monumental decision.