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Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut

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May 11, 11

Read from May 01 to 11, 2011

Over the years, I had encountered a few of these short stories before. But I never sat down and went through the entire collection. I enjoyed at least 60% of them and a few seemed a bit like filler. My favorites are when Vonnegut tackles the absurd and really uses his wit to challenge our notions of ourselves. I Found that I enjoyed the title piece, "Welcome to the Monkey House" more this time than in the past. However, somehow "Harrison Bergeron" was less compelling to me now that I am older. Additionally, "All The King's Men" remained a solid work even if the cold-war is over and my reaction to "The Kid No One Could Handle" was the same. I very much enjoyed "Manned Missiles" as well as "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow". I would suggest skipping or at least skimming: The New Dictionary, The Long Walk to Forever, Miss Temptation and Who Am I This Time? But none of the stories are very long and none are unbearable to read so reading them all is of course and easy option.

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