false <![CDATA[Welcome to the Monkey House]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255655590m/4985.jpg 4985 25 This collection of Vonnegut's short masterpieces share his audacious sense of humor and extraordinary creative vision. 438581 book 1968 Welcome to the Monkey House total:10079|5:3453|4:4057|3:2255|2:291|1:23| 10079 40863 12908 490 5 3 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Wed Sep 05 07:51:18 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 04:55:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sun Jun 03 18:04:15 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 18:55:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 06:59:18 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 07:01:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Aug 19 16:04:56 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 09:41:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 19:54:20 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 14:40:30 -0700 2008
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Narrators are Bill Irwin, Maria Tucci, Dylan Baker, David Strathairn, and Tony Roberts - one narrator per story. Some of the narrators are better than others. All are adequate.

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WHERE I LIVE
Lovely

HARRISON BERGERON
Horrifying and disgusting. I fail to see how this relates to our society, though I do have fun trying to make the metaphor fit.

WHO AM I THIS TIME?
Didn't finish it
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As usual, Vonnegut's humanism comes through in fanciful ways with tragedy and humor. Very helpful to me, along with Slaughterhouse Five, through a barbaric period of my l...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 08 09:22:44 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 09:22:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 06 07:15:29 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 22 21:15:04 -0700 2009
"I don't think a volcano could have stirred her up enough to say 'Oo.'" -19

"When I meet somebody nice in real life, I feel as though I were in some kind of big bottle, as thoug...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 25 02:52:28 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 02:59:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 18:02:33 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 18:06:31 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 09:10:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 15:42:25 -0800 2009
Somehow, I missed Vonnegut as a teen, but he's right up my alley.

This is a series of Vonnegut's short stories released in the 1960's. All are like old "Twilight Zo...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Sun Apr 27 08:47:07 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 08:51:33 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 01:04:51 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 18:33:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4985