Vonnegut

About Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

One of the world's great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.

Sinbad

…drunk.Previously unpublished, brilliant and deeply personal, Sinbad is Kurt Vonnegut's story of a young man who decides, against the wishes of his family, to leave home to pursue life as a painter. The result is a picaresque as bizarre and imaginative as any of Vonnegut's most beloved stories.

Stranger in a Strange Land

…influential science fiction works ever – the bible of the "love generation" – adds grok to your understanding of the world. An earthling, born and educated on Mars, arrives back on Earth with extraordinarypowers and a total ignorance of the mores of humans. "A brilliant mind-bender."—Kurt Vonnegut

Slice of Life

…sign in pencil, on a ragged sheet of paper. "Collapse of Western Civilization - Dr. Norbert Beilstein," it said. "Visitors welcome." Previously unpublished, Slice of Life - about a college coed's winter-induced dream - is an early testament to Kurt Vonnegut's original voice and curious imagination.

Dimension X, Volume 1

One of old-time radio's first adult science fiction shows adapted short stories written by some of the best: Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, and others.

Fear and Loathing in America

…for sheriff in Aspen, Colorado; creating the seminal road book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; twisting political reporting to new heights for Rolling Stone; and more. This private correspondence is addressed to friends, enemies, creditors – including Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, and Kurt Vonnegut.