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• Slaughterhouse-five

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  Vonnegut's most famous work follows the life and experiences of American Billy Pilgrim, from his early years, to his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant during World War II, to the post-war years, with Billy occasionally traveling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Slaughterhouse-five

  Or, the Children's Crusade: a Duty-dance With Death

  Vonnegut, Kurt

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  Performed by Ethan Hawke, this recording of Vonnegut's most famous work cemented the "unstuck in time" trope in American Science Fiction as a dramatic storytelling device. Literary and historical, this is widely considered a modern American classic.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Breakfast of Champions

  Vonnegut, Kurt

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  This 1973 work was Vonnegut's seventh novel, and mainly focuses on two characters: Dwayne Hoover, an Ohio Pontiac dealer, and Kilgore Trout, a widely published but mostly unknown science fiction author. Breakfast of Champions deals with themes of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cat's Cradle

  Vonnegut, Kurt

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  Cat's Cradle is an apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it featuresa complete, original theology created by a calypso singer and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. To download this title…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cat's Cradle

  Vonnegut, Kurt

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  An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer; and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. Available with no wait on hoopla. Read by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sun Moon Star

  Vonnegut, Kurt

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  This children's book takes the newborn Jesus' perspective, offering beautiful and insightful descriptions of the world from someone newly born into it. In this book, we follow Jesus and meet the people most important to his life-presented in new and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pity the Reader. On Writing With Style

  Vonnegut, Kurt

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  This book by Suzanne McConnell about Kurt Vonnegut and his writing contains excerpts from Vonnegut's writing alongside conversations between the two authors. This book is more an overview of Vonnegut's work than an instruction manual, but is an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Welcome to the Monkey House

  Vonnegut, Kurt

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  Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's shorter works, including Harrison Bergeron. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, what these superb…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 2BR02B

  a Science Fiction Classic

  Vonnegut, Kurt

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  2BR02B is a satiric short story that imagines life & death in a future world where aging has been "cured" & population control is mandated and administered by the government. Available with no wait on hoopla.

• Love, Kurt

  the Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945

  Vonnegut, Kurt

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  These World War Two letters, published after Vonnegut's death, are available both as an eBook and a downloadable audiobook. Touching and revelatory, they make a great read or listen when studying WW2 or one of America's greatest authors. To…Read moreRead more of this annotation