Welcome to the Monkey House
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| Welcome to the Monkey House | |
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 1st edition cover |
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| Author(s) | Kurt Vonnegut |
| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Speculative fiction |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press |
| Publication date | 1968 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 352 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0385333501 |
Welcome to the Monkey House is an assortment of short stories written by Kurt Vonnegut, first published in August 1968. The stories range from war-time epics to futuristic thrillers, given with satire and Vonnegut's unique edge. The stories are often inter-twined and convey the same underlying messages on human nature and present society.
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[edit] The collection
- "Where I Live" (Venture- Traveler’s World, October 1964)[1]
- "Harrison Bergeron" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1961)
- "Who Am I This Time?" (The Saturday Evening Post, 16 December 1961)[1]
- "Welcome to the Monkey House" (Playboy, January 1968)
- "Long Walk to Forever" (Ladies Home Journal, August 1960)[1]
- "The Foster Portfolio" (Collier's Magazine, 8 September 1951)[1]
- "Miss Temptation" (The Saturday Evening Post, April 21 1956)[1]
- "All the King's Horses" (Collier's Magazine, 10 Feb 1951)[1]
- "Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog" (Collier's Magazine, 14 March 1953)[1]
- "New Dictionary" (The New York Times, October 1966)[1]
- "Next Door" (Cosmopolitan, April 1955)[1]
- "More Stately Mansions" (Collier's Magazine, 22 December 1951)[1]
- "The Hyannis Port Story"
- "D.P." (Ladies Home Journal, August 1953)[1]
- "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" (Collier's Magazine, 11 February 1950)[2]
- "The Euphio Question" (Collier's Magazine, 12 May 1951)[2]
- "Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son" (Ladies Home Journal, July 1962)[1]
- "Deer in the Works" (Esquire, April 1955)[1]
- "The Lie" (The Saturday Evening Post 24 February 1962)[1]
- "Unready to Wear" (Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1953)
- "The Kid Nobody Could Handle" (The Saturday Evening Post, 24 September 1955)[1]
- "The Manned Missiles" (Cosmopolitan, July 1958)[1]
- "EPICAC" (Collier's Magazine, 25 November 1950)[2]
- "Adam" (Cosmopolitan, April 1954)[1]
- "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" (Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1954)[1]
[edit] Other media
In 1991, a short-lived television series entitled Welcome to the Monkey House aired on the United States Showtime channel. It was based on Vonnegut's stories and hosted by Vonnegut himself. Details can be found under Welcome to the Monkey House at the Internet Movie Database.
[edit] Other short story collections
- This collection includes all but one of the twelve stories in Vonnegut's previous short story collection Canary in a Cathouse, released 1961.
- Other short stories Vonnegut wrote during the same time period are collected in a second anthology, Bagombo Snuff Box, released 1999.
[edit] Notes
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