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Eliot Rosewater: a patient next to Billy at the insane asylum
Valencia Merble: Billy’s fiancée, and later wife
Montana Wildhack: Billy’s mate in the Tralfamadorian zoo
Summary
Billy reads Valley of the Dolls while he is aboard the spaceship. His captor explains to him the curious Tralfamadorian style of writing, which is like reading several telegrams at the same time.
Passing through a time warp sends Billy to two events on a family vacation in the West when he was twelve. Then he goes back to the prison...
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