Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922. He studied at the universities of Chicago and Tennessee and later began to write short stories for magazines. His first novel, Player Piano, was published in 1951 and since then he has written many novels, among them: The Sirens of Titan (1959), Mother Night (1961), Cat's Cradle (1963), God Bless You Mr Rosewater (1964), Welcome to the Monkey House; a collection of short stories (1968), Breakfast of Champions (1973), Slapstick, or Lonesome No More (1976), Jailbird (1979), Deadeye Dick (1982), Galapagos (1985), Bluebeard (1988) and Hocus Pocus (1990). During the Second World War he was held prisoner in Germany and was present at the bombing of Dresden, an experience which provided the setting for his most famous work to date, Slaughterhouse Five (1969). He has also published a volume of autobiography entitled Palm Sunday (1981) and a collection of essays and speeches, Fates Worse Than Death (1991).
Genres: Science Fiction
Novels
Player Piano (1952)
aka Utopia 14
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
Cat's Cradle (1960)
Mother Night (1961)
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
Breakfast of Champions (1973)
Slapstick (1976)
Deadeye Dick (1981)
Jailbird (1983)
Galapagos (1985)
Bluebeard (1987)
Between Time and Timbuktu (1990)
Hocus Pocus (1990)
Timequake (1997)
aka Utopia 14
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
Cat's Cradle (1960)
Mother Night (1961)
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
Breakfast of Champions (1973)
Slapstick (1976)
Deadeye Dick (1981)
Jailbird (1983)
Galapagos (1985)
Bluebeard (1987)
Between Time and Timbuktu (1990)
Hocus Pocus (1990)
Timequake (1997)
Collections
Canary in a Cat House (1961)
Welcome to the Monkey House (1968)
Bagombo Snuff Box (1976)
Space Odyssey (1983) (with Arthur C Clarke and Robert Silverberg)
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Collection (1995)
Armageddon in Retrospect (2008)
Look at the Birdie (2009)
While Mortals Sleep (2011)
Science Fiction Collection 002 (2011) (with Fritz Leiber)
2 B R O 2 B (2012)
Sucker's Portfolio (2012)
Welcome to the Monkey House (1968)
Bagombo Snuff Box (1976)
Space Odyssey (1983) (with Arthur C Clarke and Robert Silverberg)
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Collection (1995)
Armageddon in Retrospect (2008)
Look at the Birdie (2009)
While Mortals Sleep (2011)
Science Fiction Collection 002 (2011) (with Fritz Leiber)
2 B R O 2 B (2012)
Sucker's Portfolio (2012)
Chapbooks
Plays
Novellas and Short Stories
Short Stories
Non fiction
Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1974)
Opinions (1975)
Palm Sunday (1981)
Fates Worse than Death (1982)
Like Shaking Hands with God (1999) (with Lee Stringer)
God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (1999)
A Man Without a Country (2005)
The Last Interview (2011) (with Tom McCartan)
Kurt Vonnegut: Letters (2012)
If This Isn't Nice, What Is? (2013)
We Are What We Pretend to Be (2013)
Pity the Reader (2019) (with Suzanne McConnell)
Love, Kurt (2020) (with Edith Vonnegut)
Opinions (1975)
Palm Sunday (1981)
Fates Worse than Death (1982)
Like Shaking Hands with God (1999) (with Lee Stringer)
God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (1999)
A Man Without a Country (2005)
The Last Interview (2011) (with Tom McCartan)
Kurt Vonnegut: Letters (2012)
If This Isn't Nice, What Is? (2013)
We Are What We Pretend to Be (2013)
Pity the Reader (2019) (with Suzanne McConnell)
Love, Kurt (2020) (with Edith Vonnegut)
Omnibus editions
2-B-R-0-2-B / Big Trip Up Yonder (2009)
Vonnegut: Novels & Stories 1963-1973 (2011)
Vonnegut: Novels & Stories 1950-1962 (2012)
Vonnegut: Novels & Stories 1963-1973 (2011)
Vonnegut: Novels & Stories 1950-1962 (2012)
Anthologies containing stories by Kurt Vonnegut Jr
An ABC of Science Fiction (1966)
Best SF 7 (1970)
Again Dangerous Visions Book 1 (1973)
The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981)
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1987)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
The Wizards of Odd (1996)
Cybersex (1996)
The Flying Sorcerers (1997)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
Best SF 7 (1970)
Again Dangerous Visions Book 1 (1973)
The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981)
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1987)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
The Wizards of Odd (1996)
Cybersex (1996)
The Flying Sorcerers (1997)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
Short stories
Adam | |||
All the King's Horses | |||
D.P. | |||
Deer in the Works | |||
Epicac | |||
The Euphio Question | |||
The Foster Portfolio | |||
Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son | |||
The Hyannis Port Story | |||
The Kid Nobody Could Handle | |||
The Lie | |||
Long Walk to Forever | |||
The Manned Missiles | |||
Miss Temptation | |||
More Stately Mansions | |||
New Dictionary | |||
Next Door | |||
Report on the Barnhouse Effect | |||
Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog | |||
Where I Live | |||
Who Am I This Time? | |||
Unready to Wear (1953) | |||
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1954) | |||
Harrison Bergeron (1961) | |||
2 B R 0 2 B [short story] (1962) | |||
Welcome to the Monkey House [short story] (1968) | |||
The Big Space Fuck (1972) |
Awards
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr recommends

Stories of Breece D'J Pancake (1983)
Breece D'J Pancake
"The best, most sincere writer I've ever read."

One Fearful Yellow Eye (1966)
(Travis McGee, book 8)
John D MacDonald
"To diggers a thousand years from now...the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen."
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