Welcome to the Monkey House: Stories

As usual great stuff from Vonnegut, this was brought to rejuvenate my old Vonnegut collection.

Early short stories from Vonnegut. Always great to read again.

bin noch nicht ganz durch...ich liebe Short-stories. I have always been a Vonnegut fan. Some of the stories are still familiar, though I read them over 40 years ago! Greetings from cloudy Franconia!! Carl

A must read for Vonnegut fans. Although the bulk of the stories remain true to his unique satirical and witty style, some of them ventures outside of his genre. There is a little bit romance in some stories, others deal with more serious matter like the war and the atomic bomb. I was especially engrossed with the story “All The King’s Horse” which was very poignant and distressing, unusual to Vonnegut’s humorous style. Some other stories had characters who played parts in other novels, as well as concepts and locations. As usual, the character are wonderfully developed with depth and aliveness, the description are rich and vivid. I never once got bored or found myself skimming through tiresome bouts. It succeeded in keeping me interested and I relentlessly got through all the stories. Another story that I liked a lot is “Harrison Bergeron”, appalling yet funny with a surprising twists. But each story is unique and have something of its own to give off.

Very good science fiction and fantasy stories.

I was surprised to find how many of these stories I'd heard about or read in other collections. I hadn't realised that I enjoyed this author.