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" |
October 20, 2009 |
Published 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 |
"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 |
"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" |
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 |
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 |
"Books into Ashes" |
February 7, 1982 |
Published in The New York Times |
"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 |
"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 |