Armageddon in Retrospect
2008 collection of short stories and essays by Kurt Vonnegut
978-0-399-15508-6Armageddon in Retrospect is a collection of short stories and essays about war and peace written by Kurt Vonnegut. It is the first posthumous collection of his previously unpublished writings. The book includes an introduction by Mark Vonnegut, a letter from Kurt to his family about his experiences as an American prisoner of war in Nazi Germany, and the fire-bombing of Dresden.[1] Like many of Vonnegut's other books, Armageddon in Retrospect is laden with handwritten quotations and rough drawings by the author.
Contents
- Vonnegut's Speech at Clowes Hall, Indianapolis, April 2007
- Letter from PFC Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., to his family, May 29, 1945 (not included in audio edition)
- "Wailing Shall Be in All Streets"
- "Great Day"
- "Guns Before Butter"
- "Happy Birthday, 1951"
- "Brighten Up"
- "The Unicorn Trap"
- "Unknown Soldier"
- "Spoils"
- "Just You and Me, Sammy"
- "The Commandant's Desk"
- "Armageddon in Retrospect"
External links
- "The blood of Dresden" The Sunday Times June 1, 2008 (contains an extract)
References
- ^ Blount, Jr., Roy (May 4, 2008). "So It Goes". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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Bibliography
- Player Piano (1952)
- The Sirens of Titan (1959)
- Mother Night (1961)
- Cat's Cradle (1963)
- God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)
- Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
- Breakfast of Champions (1973)
- Slapstick (1976)
- Jailbird (1979)
- Deadeye Dick (1982)
- Galápagos (1985)
- Bluebeard (1987)
- Hocus Pocus (1990)
- Timequake (1997)
- Sun Moon Star (1980)
- God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (1999)
- We Are What We Pretend to Be: The First and Last Works (2013)
- Canary in a Cat House (1961)
- Welcome to the Monkey House (1968)
- Bagombo Snuff Box (1999)
- Armageddon in Retrospect (2008)
- Look at the Birdie (2009)
- While Mortals Sleep (2011)
- Sucker's Portfolio (2013)
- Complete Stories (2017)
- Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1974)
- Palm Sunday (1981)
- Fates Worse Than Death (1991)
- A Man Without a Country (2005)
- Armageddon in Retrospect (2008)
- Kurt Vonnegut: Letters (2012)
- If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice to the Young (2013)
- Vonnegut by the Dozen (2013)
- Fortitude (1968)
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970)
- Between Time and Timbuktu (1972)
- Like Shaking Hands with God (1999)
- Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut (1999)
- Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview (1999)
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
- Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
- Between Time and Timbuktu (1972)
- Next Door (1975)
- Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1979)
- Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
- Who Am I This Time? (1982)
- Displaced Person (1985)
- Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House (1991)
- Harrison Bergeron (1995)
- Mother Night (1996)
- Breakfast of Champions (1999)
- 2081 (2009)
- 2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be (2016)
and concepts
- Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library
- Vonnegut (Mercury crater)
- Jill Krementz (second wife)
- Mark Vonnegut (son)
- Edith Vonnegut (daughter)
- Kurt Vonnegut Sr. (father)
- Bernard Vonnegut (brother)
- Bernard Vonnegut Sr. (grandfather)
- Clemens Vonnegut (great-grandfather)