Vonnegut’s Works

Bibliography of Vonnegut’s Works (in chronological order)

Novels

  • Player Piano. New York: Scribner’s, 1952. Republished as Utopia-14, Bantam Books, 1954.
  • The Sirens of Titan. New York: Dell Publishing, 1959.
  • Mother Night. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1961.
  • Cat’s Cradle. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1963.
  • God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1965
  • Slaughterhouse-Five. New York: Delacorte Press, 1969
  • Breakfast of Champions. New York: Delacorte Press, 1973
  • Slapstick. New York: Delacorte Press, 1976
  • Jailbird. New York: Delacorte Press, 1979
  • Deadeye Dick. New York: Delacorte Press, 1982
  • Galápagos. New York: Delacorte Press, 1985
  • Bluebeard. New York: Delacorte Press, 1987
  • Hocus Pocus. New York: Putnam Publishing Group, 1990
  • Timequake. New York: Putnam Publishing Group, 1997

Collected Essays and Stories

  • Canary in a Cat House. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1961.
  • Welcome to the Monkey House. New York: Delacorte Press, 1968.
  • Wampeters, Foma, and Granfalloons. New York: Delacorte Press, 1974.
  • Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage. New York: Delacorte Press, 1981.
  • Nothing is Lost Save Honor: Two Essays. Jackson, MS: Nouveau Press, 1984.
  • Fates Worse than Death. New York: Putnam Publishing Group, 1991.
  • Bagombo Snuff Box. New York: Putnam Publishing Group, 1999.
  • God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1999.
  • Like Shaking Hands with God: A Conversation About Writing. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1999.
  • A Man Without a Country. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2005.

Short Fiction

  • “Report on the Barnhouse Effect.” Collier’s 11 Feb. 1950: 18-19, 63-65.
  • “Thanasphere.” Collier’s 2 Sept. 1950: 18-19, 60, 62.
  • “EPICAC.” Collier’s 25 Nov. 1950: 36-37.
  • “All the King’s Horses.” Collier’s 10 Feb. 1951: 14-15, 46-48, 50.
  • “Mnemonics.” Collier’s 28 Apr. 1951: 38.
  • “The Euphio Question.” Collier’s 12 May 1951: 22-23, 52-54, 56.
  • “The Foster Portfolio.” Collier’s 8 Sept. 1951: 18-19, 72-73.
  • “More Stately Mansions.” Collier’s 22 Dec. 1951: 24-25, 62-63.
  • “Any Reasonable Offer.” Collier’s 19 Jan. 1952: 32, 46-47.
  • “The Package.” Collier’s 26 July 1952: 48-53.
  • “The No-Talent Kid.” Saturday Evening post 25 Oct. 1952: 28, 109-110, 112, 114.
  • “Poor Little Rich Town.” Collier’s 25 Oct. 1952: 90-95.
  • “Souvenir.” Argosy Dec. 1952: 28-29, 76-79.
  • “Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog.” Collier’s 14 Mar. 1953: 46, 48-49.
  • “Unready to Wear.” Galaxy Science Fiction Apr. 1953: 7-14.
  • “The Cruise of the Jolly Roger.” Cape Cod Compass Apr. 1953: 7-14.
  • “D.P.” Ladies Home Journal Aug. 1953: 42-43, 80-81, 84.
  • “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.” Galaxy Science Fiction Jan. 1954: 100-110. (Originally titled “The Big Trip Up Yonder.”)
  • “Custom-Made Bride.” Saturday Evening Post 27 Mar. 1954: 30, 81-82, 86-87.
  • “Adam.” Cosmopolitan Apr. 1954: 34-39.
  • “Ambitious Sophomore.” Saturday Evening Post 1 May 1954: 31, 88, 92, 94.
  • “Bagombo Snuff Box.” Cosmopolitan Oct. 1954: 34-39.
  • “The Powder Blue Dragon.” Cosmopolitan Nov. 1954: 46-48, 50-53.
  • “A Present for Big Nick.” Argosy Dec. 1954: 42-45, 72-73.
  • “Unpaid Consultant.” Cosmopolitan Mar. 1955: 52-57.
  • “Deer in the Works.” Esquire Apr. 1955: 78-79, 112, 114, 116, 118.
  • “Next Door.” Cosmopolitan Apr. 1955: 80-85.
  • “The Kid Nobody Could Handle.” Saturday Evening Post 24 Sept. 1955: 37, 136-137.
  • “Der Arme Dolmetscher.” The Atlantic Monthly July 1955: 86-88. (Originally titled “Das Ganz Arm Dolmetscher.”)
  • “The Boy Who Hated Girls.” Saturday Evening Post 31 Mar. 1956: 28-29, 58, 60, 62.
  • “Miss Temptation.” Saturday Evening Post 21 Apr. 1956: 30, 57, 60, 62, 64.
  • “This Son of Mine.” Saturday Evening Post 18 Aug. 1956: 24, 74, 76-78.
  • “Hal Irwin’s Magic Lamp.” Cosmopolitan June 1957: 92-95.
  • “A Night for Love.” Saturday Evening Post 23 Nov. 1957: 40-41, 73, 76-77, 80-81, 84.
  • “The Manned Missiles.”   Cosmopolitan July 1958: 83-88.
  • “Long Walk to Forever.” Ladies Home Journal Aug. 1960: 42-43, 108.
  • “Find Me a Dream.” Cosmopolitan Feb. 1961: 108-111.
  • “Runaways.” Saturday Evening Post 15 Apr. 1961: 26-27, 52, 54, 56.
  • “Harrison Bergeron.” Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Oct. 1961: 5-10. Reprinted in National Review 16 Nov. 1965: 1020-1021, 1041.
  • “Who Am I This Time?” Saturday Evening Post 16 Dec. 1961: 20-21, 62, 64, 66-67. (Originally titled “My Name is Everyone.”)
  • “2BRO2B.” Worlds of If. Jan. 1962: 59-65.
  • “The Lie.” Saturday Evening Post 24 Feb. 1962: 46-47, 51, 56.
  • “Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son.” Ladies Home Journal July 1962: 54-55, 108, 110.
  • “Lovers Anonymous.” Redbook Oct. 1963: 70-71, 146-148.
  • “Where I Live.” Venture – Traveler’s World Oct. 1964: 145-149. (Originally titled “You’ve Never Been to Barnstable?”)
  • “New Dictionary.” New York Times 30 Oct. 1966. (Originally titled “The Random House Dictionary of the English Language,” this piece is more a reflective essay than a short story. It is included here because it appears in the volume Welcome to the Monkey House.)
  • “Welcome to the Monkey House.” Playboy Jan. 1968: 95, 156, 196, 198, 200-201.
  • “The Hyannis Port Story.” In Welcome to the Monkey House. New York: Delacorte Press, 1968: 147-160.
  • “The Big Space Fuck.” Again, Dangerous Visions: Forty-six Original Stories Edited by Harlan Ellison. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972: 246-250.

Published Plays, Television Shows, Musical Pieces, Children’s Books

  • Happy Birthday, Wanda June.   New York: Samuel French, Inc., 1970.
  • Between Time and Timbuktu. New York: Dell Publishing, 1972.
  • Fortitude. In Wampeters, Foma, and Granfalloons. New York: Delacorte Press, 1974. (Originally published in Playboy Sept. 1968.)
  • Sun Moon Star. New York: Harper & Row, 1980. (With Ivan Chermayeff.)
  • The Chemistry Professor. In Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage. New York: Delacorte Press, 1981: 239-264.
  • L’Histoire du Soldat. The Paris Review 40.148 (Fall 1998):
  • Requiem. In Fates Worse Than Death. New York: Putnam Publishing Group, 1991: 227-230.

Selected Adaptations, Productions of Vonnegut’s Work

  • “Auf Wiedersehen.” Adaptation of short story “D.P.” Episode of CBS television anthology series General Electric Theater. Dir. John Brahm. 5 Oct. 1958.
  • “The Runaways.” Adaptation of short story of the same title. Episode of ABC television anthology series Bus Stop. Dir. Arthur Hiller. 24 Dec. 1961.
  • Happy Birthday, Wanda June. Play premieres off-Broadway at the Theater De Lys. 7 Oct. 1970. Runs through March, 1971.
  • Happy Birthday, Wanda June. Feature Film. Dir. Mark Robson. Columbia Pictures, 9 Dec. 1971.
  • Between Time and Timbuktu. Teleplay based on Vonnegut material. Dir. Fred Barzyk. National Educational Television, 13 March 1972.
  • Slaughterhouse-Five. Feature Film. Dir. George Roy Hill. Universal Pictures, 15 March 1972.
  • “EPICAC.” Adaptation of short story of the same title. Pilot for proposed NBC television anthology Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love. Dir. John Badham. 1 May 1974.
  • Next Door. Short (24-minute) Independent Film. Dir. Andrew Silver, 1975.
  • Sirens of Titan. Adapted as a two-act play. Dir. Stuart Gordon. Organic Theater Company. Chicago, 6 April 1977.
  • God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Musical adaptation of the novel premieres off-off-Broadway at the W.P.A. Theater. May 1979. Opens off-Broadway at the Entermedia Theater. 14 Oct. 1979.
  • “Who Am I This Time?” Television adaptation of the short story. Dir. Jonathan Demme. PBS American Playhouse, 2 Feb. 1982.
  • Slapstick (Of Another Kind). Independent Film. Dir. Steven Paul, March 1984 (U.S. Release).
  • Displaced Person. Television adaptation of short story “D.P.” Dir. Alan Bridges. PBS American Playhouse, 1985.
  • “Long Walk to Forever.” Television adaptation of the short story. Dir. John A. Gallagher. A&E Network, 10 Oct. 1987.
  • “Requiem Mass.” Performed at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo. Buffalo, New York, 13 March 1988.
  • “Kurt Vonnegut’s Monkey House.” Television adaptation of short stories “Next Door,” “The Euphio Question,” and “All the King’s Horses.” Showtime Series, 12 May 1991.
  • Make Up Your Mind. Play premieres at the New Group Theater. New York, 20 April 1993.
  • L’histoire du Soldat. Theatrical piece with music; libretto by Vonnegut. Premieres at Alice Tully Hall. New York, 6 May 1993.
  • Harrison Bergeron. Television adaptation of the short story. Dir. Bruce Pittman. Showtime, 13 Aug. 1995.
  • Slaughterhouse-Five. Adapted for stage. Dir. Eric Simonson. Steppenwolf Theater. Chicago, 18 Sept. 1996 – 1 Nov. 1996.
  • Mother Night. Feature Film. Dir. Keith Gordon. Fine Line Features, 1 Nov. 1996.
  • Breakfast of Champions. Feature Film. Dir. Alan Rudolph. Hollywood Pictures, 18 Feb. 1999.