Vonnegut: Basic Reading List

1. Criticism

Allen, W. R., ed., Conversations With Kurt Vonnegut, (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1988) Main Library 1 PS 3543.O68

Richard, Richard Giannone, Vonnegut, a Preface to his Novels, (Port Washington, London: Kennikat Press, 1977) Main Library 1 s PS 3543.O6

2. Relevant works

2.1 Metafiction/the postmodern novel:

Vonnegut, Kurt, Breakfast of Champions; or Goodbye Blue Monday!, (New York: Delaconte Press, 1973) Main Library 1 s PS 3543.O6. Are human beings robots? How can the world make sense?

2.2 Nazism:

Vonnegut, Kurt, Mother Night, (New York: Delaconte Press, 1966) Main Library 1 s PS 3543.O6. What is history? What is fiction? What is more important than love?

2.3 Science Fiction:

Vonnegut, Kurt, Cat's Cradle, (New York: Delaconte Press, 1971) Main Library 1 s PS 3543.O6. Very important for the ironic religion Bokononism, a faith based on harmless lies.

Vonnegut, Kurt, The Sirens of Titan, (New York: Delaconte Press, 1971). More SF meditations on determinism. One of the main ideas in The Hitchiker's Guide was stolen from this book.

2.4 Vonnegut writes:

Vonnegut, Kurt, Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons, (London: Cape, 1975) Main Library 1 s PS 3543.O6