Welcome to the Monkey House
Overview
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
written 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...
, 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.
- "Where I Live" (Venture- Traveler’s World, October 1964)
- "Harrison BergeronHarrison Bergeron"Harrison Bergeron" is a satirical, dystopian science fiction short story written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and first published in October 1961. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, the story was re-published in the author's collection Welcome to the Monkey House in...
" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1961) - "Who Am I This Time?Who Am I This Time?"Who Am I This Time?" is a short story written by Kurt Vonnegut, published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1961. The story was collected in Vonnegut's famous anthology Welcome To The Monkey House.-Synopsis:...
" (The Saturday Evening PostThe Saturday Evening PostThe Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:...
, 16 December 1961) - "Welcome to the Monkey HouseWelcome to the Monkey House (short story)"Welcome to the Monkey House" is a Kurt Vonnegut short story that is part of the collection Welcome to the Monkey House. It is alluded to in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater as one of Kilgore Trout's stories.-Plot summary:...
" (Playboy, January 1968) - "Long Walk to Forever" (Ladies Home Journal, August 1960)
- "The Foster Portfolio" (Collier's Magazine, 8 September 1951)
- "Miss TemptationMiss Temptation"Miss Temptation" is a short story written by Kurt Vonnegut, published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1956. The story was collected in Vonnegut's famous anthology Welcome to the Monkey House.-Plot summary:...
" (The Saturday Evening PostThe Saturday Evening PostThe Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:...
, April 21 1956) - "All the King's Horses" (Collier's Magazine, 10 Feb 1951)
- "Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog" (Collier's Magazine, 14 March 1953)
- "New Dictionary" (The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, October 1966) - "Next Door" (CosmopolitanCosmopolitan (magazine)Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
, April 1955) - "More Stately Mansions" (Collier's Magazine, 22 December 1951)
- "The Hyannis Port Story"
- "D.P." (Ladies Home Journal, August 1953)
- "Report on the Barnhouse EffectReport 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 Magazine, 11 February 1950) - "The Euphio Question" (Collier's Magazine, 12 May 1951)
- "Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son" (Ladies Home Journal, July 1962)
- "Deer in the WorksDeer in the WorksDeer 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....
" (EsquireEsquire (magazine)Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...
, April 1955) - "The Lie" (The Saturday Evening PostThe Saturday Evening PostThe Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:...
24 February 1962) - "Unready to Wear" (Galaxy Science FictionGalaxy Science FictionGalaxy 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) - "The Kid Nobody Could Handle" (The Saturday Evening PostThe Saturday Evening PostThe Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:...
, 24 September 1955) - "The Manned Missiles" (CosmopolitanCosmopolitan (magazine)Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
, July 1958) - "EPICACEPICAC (short story)"EPICAC" is one of the short stories in the book Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut. It was the first story to feature the fictional EPICAC computer later used in Vonnegut's novel Player Piano in 1952...
" (Collier's Magazine, 25 November 1950) - "Adam" (CosmopolitanCosmopolitan (magazine)Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
, April 1954) - "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowTomorrow 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...
" (Galaxy Science FictionGalaxy Science FictionGalaxy 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...
, January 1954)
In 1991, a short-lived television
Television
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series entitled Welcome to the Monkey House aired on the United States
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Showtime channel.
