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Kurt Vonnegut Jr


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Uncle of Laureen Vonnegut

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)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   2 B R 0 2 B (1962)
   Sun Moon Star (1980)
   FUBAR (2009)
   The Big Trip Up Yonder (2009)
   Basic Training (2012)
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr recommends
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Stories of Breece D'J Pancake (1983)
Breece D'J Pancake
"The best, most sincere writer I've ever read."
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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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Some of Your Blood (1961)
Theodore Sturgeon
"A master storyteller certain to fascinate."

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Anthologies containing stories by Kurt Vonnegut Jr
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman
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Grave Predictions (2016)
Tales of Mankind's Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny
edited by
Drew Ford

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Awards
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1960) : The Sirens of Titan
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1964) : Cat's Cradle
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1970) : Slaughterhouse-Five
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (1970) : Slaughterhouse-Five
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (1986) : Galapagos
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1997) : Timequake


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