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Kurt Vonnegut bibliography 
Summary
The bibliography of Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) includes essays, books and fiction, as well as film and television adaptations of works written by the Indianapolis-born author. Vonnegut began his literary career with science fiction short stories and novels, but abandoned the genre to focus on political writings and painting in his later life.[citation needed]
| Novels↙ | 14 |
|---|---|
| Articles↙ | 81 |
| Stories↙ | 123 |
| Collections↙ | 16 |
| Poems↙ | 1 |
| Plays↙ | 7 |
| Interviews↙ | 2 |
| Other works↙ | 3 |
| References and footnotes | |
Novels edit
| Title | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Player Piano | August 1952 | Published as Utopia 14 in 1954, published again as Player Piano in 1966 |
| The Sirens of Titan | October 31, 1959 | Nominated for a Hugo Award |
| Mother Night | 1961 | Adapted as a film in 1996 |
| Cat's Cradle | April 1963 | Nominated for a Hugo Award |
| God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine | January 1965 | Later adapted as a musical with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken; additional lyrics by Dennis Green |
| Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death | March 1969 | Nominated for Nebula and Hugo Awards, adapted as a film in 1972, adapted as a graphic novel in 2020 |
| Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday | July 1973 | Adapted as a film in 1999 |
| Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! | October 1976 | Adapted as a film in 1984 |
| Jailbird | September 1979 | |
| Deadeye Dick | October 1982 | |
| Galápagos: A Novel | October 1985 | |
| Bluebeard, the Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian (1916–1988) | October 1987 | |
| Hocus Pocus | September 1990 | |
| Timequake | September 22, 1997 |
Collections edit
| Title | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Canary in a Cat House | September 1961 | Short stories |
| Welcome to the Monkey House | August 1968 | Short stories; contains all but one story from Canary in a Cathouse |
| Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (Opinions) | 1974 | Essays and assorted works |
| Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage | 1981 | Short stories, essays, and assorted works |
| Nothing Is Lost Save Honor: Two Essays | December 1984 | Limited edition of two essays |
| Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage | September 5, 1991 | Essays and assorted works |
| Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction | August 1999 | Short stories |
| God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian | October 1999 | Fictional interviews originally presented as radio monologues |
| A Man Without a Country | September 15, 2005 | Essays |
| Armageddon in Retrospect and Other New and Unpublished Writings on War and Peace | April 1, 2008 | Short stories and essays |
| Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction | October 20, 2009 | Short stories |
| While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction | January 25, 2011 | Short stories |
| Kurt Vonnegut: The Cornell Sun Years 1941–1943 | April 23, 2012 | Collection of his writings as editor of his college newspaper. Available as Amazon eBook |
| We Are What We Pretend to Be: The First and Last Works | October 9, 2012 | |
| Sucker's Portfolio: A Collection of Previously Unpublished Writing | March 12, 2013 | A collection of previously unpublished works. |
| If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice to the Young | April 30, 2013 | Commencement speeches |
Plays edit
| Title | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Penelope | 1960 | Later revised as Happy Birthday, Wanda June and reprinted in 1970. Adapted as a film in 1971 |
| The Very First Christmas Morning | December 14, 1962 | Published in Better Homes and Gardens |
| Fortitude | September 1968 | One act, published in Playboy; collected in Human-Machines: An Anthology of Stories About Cyborgs, New York: Vintage, 1975. Adapted in episode five of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House |
| Happy Birthday, Wanda June | 1971 | |
| Requiem | 1987 | With music by Edgar David Grana |
| Make Up Your Mind | 1993 | |
| Miss Temptation | 1993 | Adapted by David Cooperman |
| L'Histoire du Soldat | 1993 | A reworked libretto that Vonnegut made into a tale about World War II Private Eddie Slovik, the first soldier in the United States military to be executed for desertion since the Civil War. |
Short stories edit
| Title | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "$10,000 a Year, Easy" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "2 B R 0 2 B" | January 1962 | Published in Worlds of If, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Adam" | April 1954 | Published in Cosmopolitan, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
| "All the King's Horses" | February 10, 1951 | Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode three of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House |
| "Ambitious Sophomore" | May 1, 1954 | Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Any Reasonable Offer" | January 19, 1952 | Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Armageddon in Retrospect" | April 1, 2008 | Published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
| "Bagombo Snuff Box" | October 1954 | Published in Cosmopolitan, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Basic Training" | March 22, 2012 | Published as a Kindle Single by Rosetta Books, originally written in the 1940s and submitted to McCalls and The Saturday Evening Post |
| "The Big Space Fuck" | May 1972 | Published in Again, Dangerous Visions, collected in Palm Sunday |
| "The Big Trip Up Yonder" | January 1954 | Published in Galaxy Science Fiction, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House with the title "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" |
| "Bomar" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "The Boy Who Hated Girls" | March 31, 1956 | Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Brighten Up" | April 1, 2008 | Published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
| "The Commandant's Desk" | April 1, 2008 | Published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
| "Confido" | October 20, 2009 | Published in Look at the Birdie |
| "The Cruise of Jolly Roger" | April 1953 | Published in Cape Cod Compass, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Custom-Made Bride" | March 27, 1954 | Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "D.P." | August 1953 | Published in Ladies Home Journal, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted as the television film Displaced Person |
| "Deer in the Works" | April 1955 | Published in Esquire, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House |
| "Ed Luby's Key Club" | October 20, 2009 | Published in Look at the Birdie |
| "EPICAC" | November 25, 1950 | Published in Collier's Magazine, revised and collected in Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode four of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House |
| "The Epizootic" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "The Euphio Question" | May 12, 1951 | Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode two of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House |
| "F U B A R" | October 20, 2009 | Published in Look at the Birdie |
| "Find Me a Dream" | February 1961 | Published in Cosmopolitan, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "The Foster Portfolio" | September 8, 1951 | Published in Collier's Magazine, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode seven of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House |
| "Girl Pool" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son" | July 1962 | Published in Ladies Home Journal, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
| "The Good Explainer" | October 20, 2009 | Published in Look at the Birdie |
| "Great Day" | April 1, 2008 | Published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
| "Guns Before Butter" | April 1, 2008 | Published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
| "The Guardian of the Person" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp" | June 1957 | Collected in Canary in a Cat House, revised and published again in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Hall of Mirrors" | October 20, 2009 | Published in Look at the Birdie |
| "Happy Birthday, 1951" | April 1, 2008 | Published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
| "Harrison Bergeron" | October 5, 1961 | Published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted as a television film in 1995; a short film in 2006; and a second short film entitled 2081 in 2009 |
| "Hello, Red" | October 20, 2009 | Published in Look at the Birdie |
| "Hole Beautiful: Prospectus for a Magazine of Shelteredness" | January 1962 | Published in Monocle, with Karla Kuskin |
| "The Honor of a Newsboy" | October 20, 2009 | Published in Look at the Birdie |
| "The Humbugs" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "Hundred-Dollar Kisses" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "The Hyannis Port Story" | 1968 | Collected in Welcome to the Monkey House, originally intended for publication in The Saturday Evening Post in 1963, but canceled after the John F. Kennedy assassination |
| "Jenny" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "Just You and Me, Sammy" | April 1, 2008 | Published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
| "The Kid Nobody Could Handle" | September 24, 1955 | Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
| "King and Queen of the Universe" | October 20, 2009 | Published in Look at the Birdie |
| "The Lie" | February 24, 1962 | Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
| "Little Drops of Water" | June 2009 | "Little drops of water". Harper's Magazine. Vol. 318, no. 1909. June 2009. p. 64. Reprinted in Look at the Birdie. |
| "Long Walk to Forever" | August 1960 | Published in Ladies Home Journal, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
| "Look at the Birdie" | October 20, 2009 | Published in Look at the Birdie |
| "Lovers Anonymous" | October 1963 | Published in Redbook, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "The Man Without No Kiddleys" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "The Manned Missiles" | July 1958 | Published in Cosmopolitan, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House |
| "Merlin" | 1997 | Serialized on bottles of Denver Public Libation Ale, made by Wynkoop Brewing Company |
| "Miss Temptation" | April 21, 1956 | Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
| "Mnemonics" | April 28, 1951 | Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Money Talks" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "More Stately Mansions" | December 22, 1951 | Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House, adapted in episode six of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House |
| "Mr. Z" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "My Name Is Everyone" | December 16, 1961 | Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House as "Who Am I This Time?", adapted as a film in 1983 and a radio drama in 2008 |
| "Next Door" | April 1955 | Published in Cosmopolitan, adapted in 1975 for a short film titled Next Door, and, in 1991, adapted in the first episode of the television series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House |
| "The Nice Little People" | October 20, 2009 | Published in Look at the Birdie |
| "A Night for Love" | November 23, 1957 | Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "The No-Talent Kid" | October 25, 1952 | Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Out, Brief Candle" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "The Package" | July 26, 1952 | Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "The Petrified Ants" | October 20, 2009 | Published in Look at the Birdie |
| "Poor Little Rich Town" | October 25, 1952 | Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "The Powder-Blue Dragon" | November 1954 | Published in Cosmopolitan, revised and collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "A Present for Big Nick" | December 1954 | Published in Argosy, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box with the title "A Present for Big Saint Nick" |
| "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" | February 11, 1950 | Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House |
| "Runaways" | April 15, 1961 | Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Ruth" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "Shout About It from the Housetops" | October 20, 2009 | Published in Look at the Birdie |
| "A Song for Selma" | October 20, 2009 | Published in Look at the Birdie |
| "Souvenir" | December 1952 | Published in Argosy, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Spoils" | April 1, 2008 | Published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
| "Tango" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "Thanasphere" | September 2, 1950 | Published in Collier's Weekly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "This Son of Mine..." | August 18, 1956 | Published in The Saturday Evening Post, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog"[1] | March 14, 1953 | Collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House |
| "The Unicorn Trap" | April 1, 2008 | Published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
| "Unknown Soldier" | April 1, 2008 | Published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
| "Unpaid Consultant" | March 1955 | Published in Cosmopolitan, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Unready to Wear" | April 1953 | Published in Galaxy Science Fiction, collected in Canary in a Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House |
| "Wailing Shall Be in All Streets" | April 1, 2008 | Published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
| "Welcome to the Monkey House" | January 1968 | Published in Playboy, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House |
| "While Mortals Sleep" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "With His Hand on the Throttle" | January 25, 2011 | Published in While Mortals Sleep |
| "Atrocity Story" | September 26, 2017 | Published in Complete Stories |
| "City" | September 26, 2017 | Published in Complete Stories |
| "The Drone King" | September 26, 2017 | Published in Complete Stories |
| "Requiem for Zeitgeist" | September 26, 2017 | Published in Complete Stories |
| "And on Your Left" | September 26, 2017 | Published in Complete Stories |
Articles edit
| Title | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| About This Play | 1975 | Introduction to Happy Birthday, Wanda June |
| Address to P.E.N. Conference in Stockholm, 1973 | 1973 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "As a Kid I Was the Youngest" | Published in Man Without a Country | |
| "America: Right and Wrong" | September 12, 1992 | Published in The Montreal Gazette |
| "American Christmas Card 2004" | December 23, 2004 | Published in In These Times |
| "Der Arme Dolmetscher" (English: "The Poor Interpreters") | July 1955 | Published in The Atlantic Monthly, collected in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| Author's Note to Bluebeard | October 1987 | |
| Author's Note to Man Without a Country | September 22, 2005 | |
| "Avoiding the Big Bang" | June 13, 1982 | Published in The New York Times |
| "Bernard Vonnegut: The Rainmaker" | January 4, 1998 | Obituary for his brother, published in The New York Times |
| "The Best of Bob and Ray" | Book introduction published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Biafra: A People Betrayed" | 1970 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "Brief Encounters on the Island Waterway" | 1966 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "...But Words Can Never Hurt Me" | 1973 | Address at Rededication of Whaton College Library, 1973 published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "Can Great Books Make Good Movies? 7 Writers Just Say No!" | 1987 | Published in American Film |
| "The Chemistry Professor" | Treatment for a musical comedy based on Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Coda to My Career as a Writer for Periodicals" | August 1999 | Published in Bagombo Snuff Box |
| "Cold Turkey" | May 10, 2004 | Published in In These Times |
| "Dear Felix" | Letter published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Dear Mr. McCarthy" | Letter published in Palm Sunday, book excerpt published in The New York Times on February 7, 1982 as "Books into Ashes" | |
| "Dear Mr. Vonnegut" | February 28, 2003 | Published in In These Times |
| "Dear Mr. Vonnegut" | March 24, 2003 | Published in In These Times |
| "Dear Mr. Vonnegut" | April 14, 2003 | Published in In These Times |
| "Do Unto Others" | Published in Man Without a Country | |
| "Do You Know What a Humanist Is?" | Published in Man Without a Country | |
| "Do You Know What a Twerp Is?" | Published in Man Without a Country | |
| "Don't Take It Too Seriously" | March 20, 1966 | Review of Prize Stories 1966: The O. Henry Awards, edited by Richard Poirier and William Abrahams, published in The New York Times Book Review |
| "A Dream of the Future (Not Excluding Lobsters)" | 1985 | Published in Esquire |
| "Dresden Revisited" | Introduction to an edition of Slaughterhouse-Five, published in Palm Sunday | |
| "The End Is Near" | October 29, 2004 | Published in In These Times |
| "Everything Goes Like Clockwork" | June 13, 1965 | Review of Once a Greek... by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, published in The New York Times Book Review |
| "Excelsior! We're Going to the Moon! Excelsior!" | 1969 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "The Fall of a Climber" | September 25, 1966 | Review of Any God Will Do by Richard Condon, published in The New York Times Book Review |
| "False Advertising" | March 24, 2004 | Published in In These Times |
| "Fates Worse Than Death" | December 1984 | Lecture at St. John the Divine, New York City, May 23, 1982, published in Nothing Is Lost Save Honor |
| "Fear and Loathing in Morristown, NJ" | Speech published in Palm Sunday | |
| Foreword to A Saucer of Loneliness | October 10, 2000 | Published in A Saucer of Loneliness, Volume VII: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon |
| Foreword to At Millennium's End: New Essays on the Work of Kurt Vonnegut | April 2001 | |
| Foreword to Player Piano | 1952 | |
| Foreword to The Vonnegut Encyclopedia: An Authorized Compendium | 1996 | |
| "God's Law" | Speech published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Good Missiles, Good Manners, Good Night" | 1969 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "Have I Got a Car for You!" | November 24, 2004 | Published in In These Times |
| "He Leadeth Us from Porn: God Bless You, Edwin Meese" | 1986 | Published in The Nation |
| "Hello, Star Vega" | 1965 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "Here Is a Lesson in Creative Writing" | Published in Man Without a Country | |
| "How Jokes Work" | Commencement address published in Palm Sunday | |
| "How to Write with Style" | Essay published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Headshrinker's Hoyle on Games We Play" | June 11, 1965 | Review of Games People Play by Eric Berne, published in Life |
| "I Am Embarrassed" | Speech published in Palm Sunday | |
| "I Have Been Called a Luddite" | Published in Man Without a Country | |
| "I Love You, Madame Librarian" | August 6, 2004 | Published in In These Times |
| "I Turned Eighty-Two on November 11" | Published in Man Without a Country | |
| "I Used to Be the Owner and Manager of an Automobile Dealership" | Published in Man Without a Country | |
| "I'm Going to Tell You Some News" | Published in Man Without a Country | |
| "In a Manner That Must Shame God Himself" | 1972 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "Infarcted! Tabescent!" | June 27, 1965 | Review of The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby by Tom Wolfe, published in The New York Times Book Review |
| Introduction to Bagombo Snuff Box | August 1999 | |
| Introduction to Palm Sunday | 1981 | |
| Introduction to The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester | 1986 | Edition published by The Easton Press |
| Introduction to The Sirens of Titan | 1990 | Edition published by The Easton Press |
| "Invite Rita Rait to America!" | 1973 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "James T. Farrell" | Funerary speech published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Jonathan Swift" | Rejected introduction to an edition of Swift's Gulliver's Travels, published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Knowing What's Nice" | November 6, 2003 | Published in In These Times |
| Kurt Vonnegut at Clowes Hall, Indianapolis, April 27, 2007 | April 27, 2007 | Speech, published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
| "Last Words for a Century" | January 1999 | Published in Playboy |
| "The Latest Word" | October 30, 1966 | Review of The Random House Dictionary, published in The New York Times Book Review, collected in Wampeters, Foma and Granfaloons as "New Dictionary" |
| "Lavina Lyon" | Funerary speech published in Palm Sunday | |
| Letter | November 1975 | Letter published in Science Fiction Review |
| Letter from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., to Walter Miller, 1951 | 1951 | Letter published in Look at the Birdie |
| Letter from PFC Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., to His Family, May 29, 1945 | May 29, 1945 | Published in Armageddon in Retrospect |
| Letter to Ute Helena Bertram von Nimcz | first version 1989, revised version 2009 | Letter published in Die Rolle des Religiösen in den Romanen von Kurt Vonnegut (English: The Role of Religion in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut, ISBN 3-89406-106-5 / ISBN 978-3-00-027565-4) by Helena Bertram Countess von Nimcz zu Caldaha M.A. |
| Letter: Vonnegut on Trout | April 1975 | Published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
| "Louis-Ferdinand Céline" | Introduction to a paperback compilation of Céline's final three novels, published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Mark Twain" | Speech published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Money Talks to the New Man" | October 2, 1966 | Review of The Boss by Goffredo Parise, published in The New York Times Book Review |
| "The Mysterious Madame Blavatsky" | 1970 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "The Noodle Factory" | Speech published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Now Then, I Have Some Good News" | Published in Man Without a Country | |
| "Okay, Now Let's Have Some Fun" | Published in Man Without a Country | |
| "Old Fashioned Gadgets" | November 30, 1998 | Published in Forbes |
| "One Hell of a Country" | February 21, 1992 | Published in The Guardian |
| "Oversexed in Indianapolis" | 1970 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "Palm Sunday" | Sermon published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Physicist, Purge Thyself" | 1969 | Address to the American Physical Society, published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| Playboy interview | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | |
| "A Political Disease" | 1973 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| Preface to Dead-Eye Dick | October 1982 | |
| Preface to Fates Worse Than Death | September 5, 1991 | |
| Preface to Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons | 1974 | |
| Preface to Welcome to the Monkey House | August 1968 | |
| Prologue to Jailbird | September 1979 | |
| Prologue to Timequake | September 22, 1997 | |
| "Reflections on My Own Death" | 1971 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "Requiem" | Published in Man Without a Country | |
| "Requiem: The Hocus Pocus Laundromat" | 1986 | Published in North American Review |
| "Requiem for a Dreamer" | October 5, 2004 | Published in In These Times |
| "The Rocky Graziano of American Letters" | Speech published in Palm Sunday | |
| "A Sappy Woman from Ypsilanti" | Published in Man Without a Country | |
| "Science Fiction" | September 5, 1965 | Published in The New York Times Book Review, collected in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "Second Thoughts on Teacher's Scrapbook" | September 3, 1965 | Review of Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman, published in Life |
| Self-interview | Published in The Paris Review, collected in Palm Sunday | |
| Something Happened by Joseph Heller | Book review published in Palm Sunday | |
| "State of the Asylum" | February 5, 2004 | Published in In These Times |
| "Strange Weather Lately" | May 9, 2003 | Published in In These Times |
| "Susan Sontag and Arthur Miller" | March 3, 2005 | Published in In These Times |
| "Teaching the Unteachable" | 1967 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "There's a Maniac on the Loose Out There" | 1969 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "Thinking Unthinkable, Speaking Unspeakable" | 1973 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "Thoughts of a Free Thinker" | Commencement address published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Torture and Blubber" | 1971 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "Un-American Nonsense" | Essay published in Palm Sunday | |
| "The Unsaid Says Much" | September 12, 1965 | Review of Absent Without Leave by Heinrich Böll, published in The New York Times Book Review |
| "Up Is Better Than Down" | 1970 | Address to the Graduating Class at Bennington College, 1970 published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "What I Like About Cornell" | Speech published in Palm Sunday | |
| "What Women Really Want Is..." | 1972 | Address to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1971 published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "When I Lost My Innocence" | Essay published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Who in America Is Truly Happy?" | Essay published in Palm Sunday | |
| "Why My Dog Is Not a Humanist" | 1992 | Published in The Humanist |
| "Why They Read Hesse" | 1970 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "Why We Need Libraries" | 1994 | Published in Utne Reader |
| "William Ellery Channing" | Speech published in Palm Sunday | |
| "The Work to Be Done" | May 28, 1998 | Published in Rolling Stone |
| "The Worst Addiction of Them All" | 1984 | Published in Nothing Is Lost Save Honor |
| "Yes, We Have No Nirvanas" | 1968 | Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons |
| "You've Never Been to Barnstable?" | October 1964 | Published in Venture-Traveler's World, collected in Welcome to the Monkey House with the title "Where I Live" |
| "Your Guess Is as Good as Mine" | December 12, 2005 | Published in In These Times |
Interviews edit
| Title | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Like Shaking Hands with God: A Conversation About Writing | 1999 | A conversation between Kurt Vonnegut and Lee Stringer, moderated by Ross Klavan |
| "Kurt Vonnegut Vs. the !&#*!@" | January 27, 2003 | Interview with Joel Bleifuss published in In These Times |
Other works edit
| Title | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "Carols for Christmas 1969: Tonight If I Will Let Me" | December 21, 1969 | Poem published in The New York Times Magazine |
| Between Time and Timbuktu or, Prometheus-5: A Space Fantasy | October 1972 | Written for the National Educational Television Network and based on materials by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| Sun Moon Star | September 1980 | Children's book illustrated by Ivan Chermayeff |
| Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style | November 5, 2019 | A guide to writing, a posthumous collaboration written and edited by Suzanne McConnell |
Library of America Collection edit
| Title | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Novels & Stories 1950–1962 | April 26, 2012 | Player Piano - The Sirens of Titan - Mother Night - Stories (Report on the Barnhouse Effect - EPICAC - Unready to Wear - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Harrison Bergeron - 2BR02B) - Appendix (Science Fiction - Introduction to "Bagombo Snuff Box"), ed. Sidney Offit |
| Novels & Stories 1963–1973 | June 2, 2011 | Cat's Cradle - God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater - Slaughterhouse-Five - Breakfast of Champions - Stories (Welcome to the Monkey House - Fortitude - The Big Space Fuck) - Appendix (Address to the American Physical Society, New York City, February 5, 1969 - Letter from PFC Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., to his family, May 29, 1945 - Wailing Shall Be in All Streets - A Special Message to readers of the Franklin Library's limited edition of "Slaughterhouse-Five" - Preface to the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of "Slaughterhouse-Five"), ed. Sidney Offit |
| Novels 1976-1985 | May 1, 2014 | Slapstick - Jailbird - Deadeye Dick - Galápagos - Appendix (A Special Message to readers of the Franklin Library's signed first edition of "Slapstick" - Address to the American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, October 5, 1988 - A Special Message to readers of the Franklin Library's signed first edition of "Jailbird" - Four excerpts from "Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage of 1980s" - Lecture at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, May 23, 1982 - A Special Message to readers of the Franklin Library's signed first edition of "Galápagos"), ed. Sidney Offit |
| Novels 1987-1997 | January 19, 2016 | Bluebeard - Hocus Pocus - Timequake - Appendix (A Special Message to readers of the Franklin Library's signed first edition of "Bluebeard" - Four essays on artists - Origami Express: Author's note on the illustrations for "A Man Without a Country," by Kurt Vonnegut - A Special Message to readers of the Franklin Library's signed first edition of "Hocus Pocus" - The Last Tasmanian - Talk prepared for delivery at Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis, April 27, 2007), ed. Sidney Offit |
Film and television adaptations edit
| Title | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Happy Birthday, Wanda June | 1971 | Feature film for which Vonnegut also wrote the screenplay |
| Slaughterhouse-Five | 1972 | Feature film |
| Between Time and Timbuktu | 1972 | Film adaptation for which Vonnegut served as advisor and contributor |
| Next Door | 1975 | Feature film |
| Who Am I This Time? | 1982 | Episode of PBS' American Playhouse series |
| Slapstick of Another Kind | 1984 | Feature film |
| Displaced Person | 1985 | Episode of the American anthology television series American Playhouse |
| Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House | 1991-1993 | Canadian television anthology series. Vonnegut hosted the series himself |
| Harrison Bergeron | 1995 | Television movie |
| Mother Night | 1995 | Feature film |
| Breakfast of Champions | 1999 | Feature film |
| 2081 | 2009 | Short film based on Vonnegut's short story Harrison Bergeron |
| 2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be | 2016 | Short film |
References edit
- ^ DeFranco, Elyse (October 8, 2022). "How mythology could demystify dog domestication". Science News (Paper). Vol. 202, no. 7. p. 4.
Further reading edit
- Pieratt, Jr., Asa B.; Huffman-Klinkowitz, Julie & Klinkowitz, Jerome (July 1987), Kurt Vonnegut: A Comprehensive Bibliography (Hardback) (1st ed.), Archon Books, ISBN 0-208-02071-3
External links edit
- Vonnegut's archive at In These Times