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| Editors | Jerome Klinkowitz, Dan Wakefield |
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| Author | Kurt Vonnegut |
| Cover artist | Stewart Cauley Design |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short fiction |
| Publisher | Seven Stories Press |
Publication date | September 26, 2017 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print, E-book |
| Pages | 1024 |
| ISBN | 9781609808082 |
Complete Stories ( Seven Stories Press) is a 2017 collection of most of Kurt Vonnegut's previously published short stories, and several that were previously unpublished. The collection is introduced with a foreword by Dave Eggers, and is edited by Jerome Klinkowitz and Dan Wakefield.
This collection features 98 short stories:
- all from Bagombo Snuff Box (23), Look at the Birdie (14), and While Mortals Sleep (16)
- 23/25 from Welcome to the Monkey House (except "Where I Live" and "New Dictionary", both of which are non-fiction pieces rather than stories)
- 10/11 from Armageddon in Retrospect (except "Wailing Shall Be in All Streets", a non-fiction essay)
- 6/8 from Sucker's Portfolio (except "The Last Tasmanian" and "Robotville and Mr. Caslow", one of which is an unfinished story fragment, the other a non-fiction piece)
- 1 from Palm Sunday (only "The Big Space Fuck")
- 5 never-before-published stories ("Atrocity Story," "City," "The Drone King," "Requiem for Zeitgeist," and "And on Your Left")
Contents
Part 1: War
- All the King's Horses ( Collier's Magazine, 10 February 1951; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- D.P. ( Ladies Home Journal, August 1953; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- The Manned Missiles ( Cosmopolitan, July 1958; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- Thanasphere ( Collier's Magazine, 2 September 1950; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Souvenir ( Argosy Magazine, December 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- The Cruise of the Jolly Roger ( Cape Cod Compass, April 1953; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Der Arme Dolmetscher ( The Atlantic Monthly, July 1955; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Bagombo Snuff Box ( Cosmopolitan Magazine, October 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Great Day ( Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
- Guns Before Butter ( Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
- Happy Birthday 1951 ( Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
- Brighten Up ( Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
- The Unicorn Trap ( Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
- Spoils ( Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
- Just You and Me, Sammy ( Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
- The Commandant's Desk ( Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
- Armageddon in Retrospect ( Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
- The Petrified Ants ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
- Atrocity Story (never-before-published)
Part 2: Women
- Miss Temptation ( The Saturday Evening Post, 21 April 1956; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- Little Drops of Water ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
- Jenny ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- The Epizootic ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- Hundred-Dollar Kisses ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- Ruth ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- Out, Brief Candle ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- Mr. Z ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- With His Hand on the Throttle ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- Eden by the River ( Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
- Lovers Anonymous ( Redbook Magazine, October 1963; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
Part 3: Science
- Next Door ( Cosmopolitan Magazine, April 1955; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- Report on the Barnhouse Effect ( Collier's Magazine, 11 February 1950; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- The Euphio Question ( Collier's Magazine, 12 May 1951; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- Unready to Wear ( Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, April 1953; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- EPICAC ( Collier's Magazine, 26 November 1950; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- Mnemonics ( Collier's Magazine, 28 April 1951; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Confido ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
- Hall of Mirrors ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
- The Nice Little People ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
- Look at the Birdie ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
- Between Time and Timbuktu ( Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
Part 4: Romance
- Who Am I This Time? ( The Saturday Evening Post, 16 December 1961; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- Long Walk to Forever ( Ladies Home Journal, August 1960; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- A Night for Love ( The Saturday Evening Post, 23 November 1957; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Find Me a Dream ( Cosmopolitan Magazine, February 1961; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- FUBAR ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
- Girl Pool ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- Rome ( Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
- Miss Snow, You're Fired ( Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
- Paris, France ( Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
- City (never-before-published)
Part 5: Work Ethic versus Fame and Fortune
- More Stately Mansions ( Collier's Magazine, 22 December 1951; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- The Hyannis Port Story ( Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son ( Ladies Home Journal, July 1962; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- The Lie ( The Saturday Evening Post, 24 February 1962; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- Deer in the Works ( Esquire Magazine, April 1955; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- Any Reasonable Offer ( Collier's Magazine, 19 January 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- The Package ( Collier's Magazine, 26 July 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Poor Little Rich Town ( Collier's Magazine, 25 October 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- A Present for Big Saint Nick ( Argosy Magazine, December 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- This Son of Mine ( The Saturday Evening Post, 18 August 1956; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp ( Cosmopolitan Magazine, June 1957; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Shout About It from the Housetops ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
- Ed Luby's Key Club ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
- King and Queen of the Universe ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
- $10,000 a Year, Easy ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- Money Talks ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- While Mortals Sleep ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- Tango ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- The Humbugs ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
Part 6: Behavior
- The Foster Portfolio ( Collier's Magazine, 8 September 1951; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- Custom-made Bride ( The Saturday Evening Post, 27 March 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Unpaid Consultant ( Cosmopolitan Magazine, March 1955; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Sucker's Portfolio ( Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
- The Drone King (never-before-published)
- Hello, Red ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
- The Honor of a Newsboy ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
- Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog ( Collier's Magazine, 14 March 1953; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- The Man Without No Kiddleys ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- The Powder-Blue Dragon ( Cosmopolitan Magazine, November 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Runaways ( The Saturday Evening Post, 15 April 1961; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- The Good Explainer ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
- Guardian of the Person ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- Bomar ( While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
- Requiem for Zeitgeist (never-before-published)
- And on Your Left (never-before-published)
Part 7: The Band Director
- The Kid Nobody Could Handle ( The Saturday Evening Post, 24 September 1955; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- The No-Talent Kid ( The Saturday Evening Post, 25 October 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Ambitious Sophomore ( The Saturday Evening Post, May 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- The Boy Who Hated Girls ( The Saturday Evening Post, 31 March 1956; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- A Song for Selma ( Look at the Birdie, 2009)
Part 8: Futuristic
- Harrison Bergeron ( The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1961; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- Welcome to the Monkey House ( Playboy Magazine, January 1968; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- Adam ( Cosmopolitan Magazine, April 1954; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow ( Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, January 1954; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
- The Big Space Fuck ( Again, Dangerous Visions, 1972; also collected in Palm Sunday, 1981)
- 2 B R 0 2 B ( Worlds of If Magazine, January 1962; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
- Unknown Soldier ( Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
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