Canary in a Cat House

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Canary in a Cat House
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Author Kurt Vonnegut
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Gold Medal Books
Publication date
1961
Publication placeUS
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages160
OCLC 552595

Canary in a Cat House is a collection of twelve short stories by American writer Kurt Vonnegut, published in 1961. Eleven of the twelve appear in the later collection Welcome to the Monkey House , with "Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp" being omitted. In a later collection of short stories, Bagombo Snuff Box , there is a story with the same title; however, it is a different version.

Contents

  1. "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" ( Collier's , 11 February 1950 [1] )
  2. "All The King's Horses" ( Collier's , 10 February 1951)
  3. "D.P."
  4. "The Manned Missiles"
  5. "The Euphio Question" ( Collier's , 12 May 1951 [1] )
  6. "More Stately Mansions"
  7. "The Foster Portfolio"
  8. "Deer in the Works"
  9. "Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp"
  10. "Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog"
  11. "Unready to Wear" ( Galaxy Science Fiction , April 1953)
  12. "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" (1953)

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References

  1. 1 2 Jerome Klinkowitz The Vonnegut effect pp. 19-22