Welcome to the Monkey House

Welcome to the Monkey House

:"Welcome to the Monkey House is also an album by The Dandy Warhols."Infobox Book
name = Welcome to the Monkey House
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image_caption = Cover of "Welcome to the Monkey House"
author = Kurt Vonnegut
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country = flagicon|USA USA
language = English
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genre = Speculative fiction
publisher = Delacorte Press
release_date = 1968
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media_type = Print
pages = 352 pp
isbn = ISBN 0385333501
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"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 stories are often inter-twined and convey the same underlying messages on human nature and present society.

The collection

* "Where I Live"
* "Harrison Bergeron"
* "Who Am I This Time?"
* "Welcome to the Monkey House"
* "Long Walk to Forever"
* "The Foster Portfolio"
* "Miss Temptation"
* "All the King's Horses"
* "Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog"
* "New Dictionary"
* "Next Door"
* "More Stately Mansions"
* "The Hyannis Port Story"
* "D.P."
* "Report on the Barnhouse Effect"
* "The Euphio Question"
* "Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son"
* "Deer in the Works"
* "The Lie"
* "Unready to Wear"
* "The Kid Nobody Could Handle"
* "The Manned Missiles"
* "EPICAC"
* "Adam"
* "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"

Other media

In 1991, a short-lived television series entitled "Welcome to the Monkey House" aired on the United States Showtime channel. It was based on Vonnegut's stories and hosted by Vonnegut himself. Details can be found under imdb title|id=0102245|title=Welcome to the Monkey House.

The book title inspired an album by the Dandy Warhols, also entitled "Welcome to the Monkey House".

Other short story collections

*This collection wholly includes all but one of the twelve stories in Vonnegut's previous short story collection "Canary in a Cathouse", released 1961.
*Other short stories Vonnegut wrote during the same time period are collected in a second anthology, "Bagombo Snuff Box", released 1999.


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