Canary in a Cathouse is a collection of twelve short stories by Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle , Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions blend satire, gallows humor and science fiction. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.-Early...

 published in 1961

1961 in literature

The year 1961 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*First English production of Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui*Michael Halliday publishes his seminal paper on the systemic functional grammar model....

. Eleven of the twelve appear in the later collection Welcome to the Monkey House

Welcome to the Monkey House

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 one story that was not reprinted in the later book was "Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp." In a later collection of short stories, Bagombo Snuff Box

Bagombo Snuff Box

Bagombo Snuff Box is an assortment of short stories written by Kurt Vonnegut published in 1999. The book contains previously published, but uncollected short fiction that did not appear in Vonnegut's previous collection, Welcome to the Monkey House...

, there is a story with that title although it is a different version. The book has been out of print for many years and is hard to find.

The Collection

• "Report on the Barnhouse Effect
  Report on the Barnhouse Effect
  "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" is the first short story written and published by Kurt Vonnegut. It originally appeared in the February 11, 1950 issue of Collier's Weekly. It is also part of the collection Welcome to the Monkey House.-Plot summary:...
  
  " (Collier's weekly
  Collier's Weekly
  Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's....
  
  , 11 February 1950)
• "All The King's Horses" (Collier's weekly
  Collier's Weekly
  Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's....
  
  , 10 Feb 1951)
• "D.P."
• "The Manned Missiles"
• "The Euphio Question" (Collier's weekly
  Collier's Weekly
  Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's....
  
  , 12 May 1951)
• "More Stately Mansions"
• "The Foster Portfolio"
• "Deer in the Works
  Deer in the Works
  Deer in the Works is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. It first appeared in Esquire in April 1955, and was anthologized in Welcome to the Monkey House....
  
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• "Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp"
• "Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog"
• "Unready to Wear" (Galaxy Science Fiction
  Galaxy Science Fiction
  Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by an Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break in to the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L...
  
  , April 1953)
• "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
  Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (short story)
  "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut written in 1953, and first published in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in January 1954...
  
  " (1953)