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Slaughterhouse-Five
A Quote by Kurt Vonnegut
Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.
Kurt Vonnegut
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Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut’s seminal 1969 novel, is widely regarded as one of the greatest anti-war books ever written. With its nonlinear narrative structure, dark humor, and blend of autobiography and science fiction, Slaughterhouse-Five was a critical and commercial success that cemented Vonnegut's place in the American literary canon.
Featured Article: Introducing Audible Theater's Spring Lineup
We were thrilled when the Minetta Lane Theater, Audible's home for live storytelling, reopened its doors this past October, after being shuttered since the start of the pandemic. But even if you can't make your way to New York City to experience some of these performances in person, Audible Theater is serving up a spring lineup of six amazing new shows. Explore all of these below, as well as everything Audible Theater has to offer.
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Slaughterhouse-Five
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: James Franco
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
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Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness....
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Don't Quit Your Daytime Job, James
- By Keith on 11-20-15
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Slaughterhouse-Five
- Narrated by: James Franco
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 11-03-15
- Language: English
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Cat's Cradle
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Tony Roberts
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Cat's Cradle is Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a little person as the protagonist; a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer.
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KV at his best.
- By Robert on 06-22-12
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Cat's Cradle
- Narrated by: Tony Roberts
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 10-30-07
- Language: English
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The Sirens of Titan
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey....
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Absolutely Outstanding
- By Robert on 01-07-12
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The Sirens of Titan
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 08-13-09
- Language: English
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If This Isn't Nice, What Is?
- Advice for the Young
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins, Scott Brick
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
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Master storyteller and satirist Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most in-demand commencement speakers of his time....
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Life advice from the ultimate cynic
- By Wayne on 12-05-18
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If This Isn't Nice, What Is?
- Advice for the Young
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins, Scott Brick
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-07-13
- Language: English
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Sucker's Portfolio
- A Collection of Previously Unpublished Writing
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
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Available to listeners for the first time, Sucker’s Portfolio showcases a collection of seven never-before-published works from Kurt Vonnegut, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century....
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Hit or Miss, For Completists Only
- By Dubi on 06-11-14
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Sucker's Portfolio
- A Collection of Previously Unpublished Writing
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 04-03-13
- Language: English
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Essential Vonnegut Interviews
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Kurt Vonnegut, Walter James Miller
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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Over the course of Kurt Vonnegut's career as a writer, he has sat down many times with radio host and interviewer Walter James Miller to conduct in-depth discussions of his work and the world....
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Kurt can be very Curt!
- By Steven Ray Hill on 03-11-20
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Essential Vonnegut Interviews
- Narrated by: Kurt Vonnegut, Walter James Miller
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-30-06
- Language: English
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Breakfast of Champions
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: John Malkovich
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Breakfast of Champions (1973) provides frantic, scattershot satire and a collage of Vonnegut's obsessions....
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Kurt Was Right to Grade This a C
- By Dubi on 01-10-16
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Breakfast of Champions
- Narrated by: John Malkovich
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 06-23-15
- Language: English
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Sinbad
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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I had an uncle who left his hometown and the family business there to become a fine actor. His talent was a minor one, but a pretty one. It lasted for 15 years and was gone....
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Short and Sharp
- By Elle Gato on 07-30-24
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Sinbad
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Release date: 09-27-16
- Language: English
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A Man Without a Country
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
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One of the greatest minds in American writing, Kurt Vonnegut shares his often hilarious and always insightful reflections on America, art, politics and life in general....
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Good but uneven collection of essays
- By J. S. Koehler on 01-28-06
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A Man Without a Country
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 09-22-05
- Language: English
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Jailbird
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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Walter Starbuck, a career humanist and eventual low-level aide in the Nixon White House, is implicated in Watergate and jailed....
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a fool and his self respect are soon parted
- By Darwin8u on 11-18-16
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Jailbird
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 11-03-15
- Language: English
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Basic Training
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Colin Hanks
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
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Written to be sold under the pseudonym of “Mark Harvey,” this 20,000-word novella was never published in Vonnegut’s lifetime....
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A Quaint Vonnegut Bildungsroman
- By Darwin8u on 06-30-12
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Basic Training
- Narrated by: Colin Hanks
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 06-19-12
- Language: English
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While Mortals Sleep
- Unpublished Short Fiction
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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While Mortals Sleep is a collection of 16 short stories, written early in Vonnegut’s career, that further cements his status as an American literary icon....
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old stories before he got to be the KV I've loved
- By Don Singletary on 10-29-11
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While Mortals Sleep
- Unpublished Short Fiction
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 02-14-11
- Language: English
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Hocus Pocus
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Eugene Debs Hartke describes an odyssey from college professor to prison inmate to prison warden back again to prisoner....
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Vonnegut Imitating Vonnegut
- By Joe Kraus on 08-06-18
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Hocus Pocus
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 06-23-15
- Language: English
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Player Piano
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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Kurt Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus....
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A Genuine 5-Stars
- By R.A. on 06-07-19
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Player Piano
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 08-11-09
- Language: English
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Bluebeard
- The Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian (1916-1988)
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Meet Rabo Karabekian, a moderately successful surrealist painter who we meet late in life and see struggling....
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Kurt Vonnegut explores the arts
- By Darwin8u on 12-28-17
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Bluebeard
- The Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian (1916-1988)
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 06-23-15
- Language: English
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Slice of Life
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 58 mins
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The corridor of the Fine Arts Building was deserted, save for two figures at the far end, two men approaching slowly. Rose was about to go into the classroom, where she'd left her purse....
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Slice of Life
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 58 mins
- Release date: 09-27-16
- Language: English
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Armageddon in Retrospect
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Rip Torn
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
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The New York Times best seller from the author of Slaughterhouse-Five—a “gripping” posthumous collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s previously unpublished work on the subject of war and peace. A fitting tribute to a literary legend and a profoundly humane humorist....
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Vonnegut should get the nobel peace prize
- By CHARLES on 05-07-12
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Armageddon in Retrospect
- Narrated by: Rip Torn
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 04-01-09
- Language: English
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Fates Worse Than Death
- An Autobiographical Collage
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Richard Davidson
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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Kurt Vonnegut presents in Fates Worse than Death a veritable cornucopia of his thoughts on what could perhaps best be summed up as "anti-theology"....
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Vonnegut is profound
- By Sarah on 02-03-20
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Fates Worse Than Death
- An Autobiographical Collage
- Narrated by: Richard Davidson
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 11-03-15
- Language: English
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We Are What We Pretend to Be
- The First and Last Works
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Colin Hanks, Oliver Wyman, Suzanne Toren
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
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Called “our finest black-humorist” by The Atlantic Monthly, Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century....
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Not a place to start.
- By Robert on 11-02-12
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We Are What We Pretend to Be
- The First and Last Works
- Narrated by: Colin Hanks, Oliver Wyman, Suzanne Toren
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 10-09-12
- Language: English
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Timequake
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Arthur Bishop
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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According to Kurt Vonnegut's alter ego, the old science fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a global timequake will occur on February 13, 2001, at 2:27 p.m.....
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Arias only make hopeless situations worse
- By Darwin8u on 12-28-17
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Timequake
- Narrated by: Arthur Bishop
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 04-28-15
- Language: English
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