@booklet {10322, title = {Fuh-kar-wee Indians and the Christian Year 2000}, year = {1999}, month = {1999}, pages = {8 pp.}, publisher = {Ragged Edge Press}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Satire on Y2K and the human race in general.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Kurt Vonnegut [Jr.]} } @booklet {4187, title = {Hocus Pocus, Or What{\textquoteright}s the Hurry Son?}, year = {1990}, note = {

U. K. ed. London; Jonathan Cape, 1990. Rpt. without the subtitle New York: Berkley, 1991. Rpt. in Novels 1987-1997 Bluebeard Hocus Pocus Timequake. Ed. Sidney Offit (New York: The Library of America, 2016), 217-479, with a Note on the Text (727-28) and Notes (757-40). An excerpt was published as \“Hocus Pocus.\” Illus. Norman Catherine.\ Penthouse (September 1990): 92-94, 172-73, 192.

}, month = {1990}, publisher = {G. P. Putnam{\textquoteright}s Sons}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Early twenty-first century dystopia. The United States is essentially owned by Japanese corporations. This acts as the background to the novel.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007)} } @booklet {2514, title = {"The Big Space Fuck"}, howpublished = {Again, Dangerous Visions: 46 Original Stories}, year = {1972}, note = {

Rpt. in Cybersex. Ed. Richard Glyn Jones (New York: Carroll \& Graf, 1996), 68-74; in his Novels \& Stories, 1963-1973. Ed. Sidney Offit (New York: Library of America, 2011), 773-78 with a Note on the Text (835) and\ \“Notes\” on 850; and in his Complete Stories. Ed. Jerome Klinkowitz \& Dan Wakefield (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2017), 895-99.\ .\ 

}, month = {1972}, pages = {267-72 with an "Introduction" (262-67) by Ellison and an "Afterword" (272) by Vonnegut.}, publisher = {Doubleday}, address = {Garden City, NY}, abstract = {

Satirical dystopia primarily concerned with overpopulation and pollution.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007)}, editor = {Harlan [Jay] Ellison (1934-2018)} } @booklet {2177, title = {"Welcome to the Monkey House"}, howpublished = {Playboy }, volume = {15 }, year = {1968}, note = {

Rpt. in his\ Welcome to the Monkey House. A Collection of Short Works\ (New York: Seymour Lawrence/Delacorte Press, 1968), 27-45. Rpt. (New York: Dell, 1970), 28-47. U.K. ed. (London: Jonathan Cape, 1969), 27-45. Rpt. (London: Panther, 1972), 38-55; in his\ Novels \& Stories, 1963-1973. Ed. Sidney Offit (New York: Library of America, 2011), 737-55 with a Note on the Text (834-35) and \"Notes\" on 850; in his Complete Stories. Ed. Jerome Klinkowitz \& Dan Wakefield (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2017), 863-77.

}, month = {January 1968}, pages = {95, 156, 196, 198, 200-01}, abstract = {

Birth control through deadening sensation below the waist and reducing the population by voluntary euthanasia. A few people fight back.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007)} } @booklet {1920, title = {Cat{\textquoteright}s Cradle}, year = {1963}, note = {

Rpt. New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1970. 191 pp.; and\ in his\ Novels \& Stories, 1963-1973. Ed. Sidney Offit (New York: Library of America, 2011), 1-188 with a Note on the Text (833)\ and\ \"Notes\" on 838-41.

Dystopian satire on the arms race, religion, science, and technology, with a catastrophic ending.

}, month = {1963}, pages = {233 pp.}, publisher = {Holt, Rinehart \& Winston}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopian satire on the arms race, religion, science, and technology, with a catastrophic ending.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007)} } @booklet {8915, title = {{\textquotedblleft}2 B R 0 2 B{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Worlds of If Science Fiction }, volume = {11.6}, year = {1962}, note = {

Rpt. in Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction. Ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman (Rockville, MD: Wildside Press, 2011), 694-96 with an editor\’s note on 694; in The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection. Ed. Ann and Jeff VanderMeer (New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Vintage Books, 2016), 447-51 with an editors\’ note on 446; in\ Grave Predictions: Tales of Mankind\’s Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny. Ed. Drew Ford (Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2016), 62-70; in Novels \& Stories 1950-1962 Player Piano The Sirens of Titan Mother Night Stories. Ed. Sidney Offit (New York: The Library of America, 2012), 770-77, with a Note on the Text (819-23); and in his Complete Stories. Ed. Jerome Klinkowitz \& Dan Wakefield (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2017), 900-05.

}, month = {January 1962}, pages = {58-65}, abstract = {

Dystopia in which to keep population in check under the Federal Bureau of Termination someone must die for each birth and only one child in a multiple birth will be allowed to live. The title is said to represent \“To Be or Not to Be\”.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007)} } @booklet {1837, title = {"Harrison Bergeron"}, howpublished = {The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction}, volume = { 21.2}, year = {1961}, note = {

Rpt. in his\ Welcome to the Monkey House. A Collection of Short Works\ (New York: Seymour Lawrence/Delacorte Press, 1968), 7-13. Rpt. (New York: Dell, 1970), 7-13. UK ed. (London: Jonathan Cape, 1969), 7-13. Rpt. (London: Panther, 1972), 19-25; in\ Science Fiction: The Future. Ed. Dick Allen. 2nd ed. (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983), 154-59; and in\ Brave New Worlds. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2011), 369-74; in Novels \& Stories 1950-1962 Player Piano The Sirens of Titan Mother Night Stories. Ed. Sidney Offit (New York: The Library of America, 2012), 763-69, with a Note on the Text (819-23);\ and in his Complete Stories. Ed. Jerome Klinkowitz \& Dan Wakefield (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2017), 857-62.\ 

}, month = {October 1961}, pages = {5-10}, abstract = {

Dystopian future tale in which equality is achieved by handicapping the superior.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, issn = {00024-984X }, author = {Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007)} } @booklet {1768, title = {The Sirens of Titan}, year = {1959}, note = {

Rpt. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1961; and rpt. as the Collectors\&$\#$39; Edition. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1990 illus. Richard Powers and with an \“Introduction\” (vii-ix) by Vonnegut. U.K. ed. London: Victor Gollancz, 1962. Rpt. London: Gollancz, 2006 with an \“Introduction\” by Jasper Fforde (ix-xiii); and in Novels \& Stories 1950-1962 Player Piano The Sirens of Titan Mother Night Stories. Ed. Sidney Offit (New York: The Library of America, 2012), 309-532, with a Note on the Text (819-23) and Notes (828-29).\ 

}, month = {1959}, publisher = {Dell}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Satire. Depicts all of human history as brought about to deliver a spare part to a stranded alien spaceship on Titan. Various dystopias.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007)} } @booklet {1520, title = {"The Big Trip Up Yonder"}, howpublished = {Galaxy Science Fiction (New York)}, volume = {7.5 }, year = {1954}, note = {

Rpt. in\ Assignment for Tomorrow: An Anthology. Ed. Frederik Pohl (Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1954), 123-46; in his\ Canary in a Cat House\ (Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books, 1962); and rev. as \"Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.\" In his\ Welcome to the Monkey House. A Collection of Short Works\ (New York: Seymour Lawrence/Delacorte Press, 1968), 284-98. Rpt. (New York: Dell, 1970), 293-308.\ \ Rpt. in\ Eco-Fiction. Ed. John Stadler (New York: Washington Square Press/Pocket Books, 1971), 119-33; in Looking Ahead: The Vision of Science Fiction. Ed. Dick Allen and Lori Allen (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975), 267-79, with an editor\’s note on 267 and \“Questions\” on 278-79;\ in Novels \& Stories 1950-1962 Player Piano The Sirens of Titan Mother Night Stories. Ed. Sidney Offit (New York: The Library of America, 2012), 748-62, with a Note on the Text (822) and Notes (833); and\ in his Complete Stories. Ed. Jerome Klinkowitz \& Dan Wakefield (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2017), 884-94. PSt, Public

}, month = {January 1954}, pages = {100-10}, abstract = {

Overpopulation dystopia.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, issn = {0016-4003 }, author = {Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007)} } @booklet {1416, title = {Player Piano}, year = {1952}, note = {

Rpt. New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1952; as the \“Colonial Issue\” London: Macmillan, 1953; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1966]; New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1974. 320 pp.; in\ Novels \& Stories 1950-1962 Player Piano The Sirens of Titan Mother Night Stories. Ed. Sidney Offit (New York: The Library of America, 2012), 1-307, with a Note on the Text (819-23) and Notes (824-28); and as\ Utopia 14. New York: Bantam Books, 1954. 312 pp.\ 

}, month = {1952}, pages = {252 pp. }, publisher = {Charles Scribner{\textquoteright}s Sons}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopia in which automation has eliminated the jobs and purpose in life of most laborers. Engineers and managers hold power and wealth, and there is a huge unemployed population.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007)} }