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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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Cat's Cradle, published in 1963, is one of Kurt Vonnegut's most acclaimed satirical novels. This darkly humorous tale explores themes of science, religion, and human folly through the lens of a fictional substance. Vonnegut's biting commentary on the Cold War era, nuclear proliferation, and the dangers of unchecked technological advancement continues to resonate with readers.
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Slaughterhouse-Five
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: James Franco
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19,698
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Performance17,586
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Story17,560
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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Breakfast of Champions
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: John Malkovich
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,463
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Performance4,011
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Story4,002
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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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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Look at the Birdie
- Unpublished Short Fiction
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Christopher E. Welch
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall57
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Performance45
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Story45
A must-have for readers everywhere, Look at the Birdie adds further insight into the author's body of work with a riveting collection of Vonnegut's previously unpublished short fiction....
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Great stories and performances to match
- By Jeff Lacy on 05-30-17
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Look at the Birdie
- Unpublished Short Fiction
- Narrated by: Christopher E. Welch
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-20-09
- 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
- Unabridged
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Overall1,778
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Performance1,549
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Story1,544
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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Basic Training
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Colin Hanks
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall182
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Performance165
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Story166
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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Sinbad
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall133
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Performance120
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Story120
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 sweet
- By Sporty on 12-13-25
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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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Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2
- By: Fredric Brown, Ben Bova, Frank Herbert, and others
- Narrated by: Ben Hurst, Emmett Casey, Ran Allan Ricard, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall122
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Performance86
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Story84
The second collection of science-fiction tales by Jimcin includes 31 stories....
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Some of the best
- By Empowerment on 02-15-10
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Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2
- Narrated by: Ben Hurst, Emmett Casey, Ran Allan Ricard, Cindy Hardin Killavey, Kevin Killavey, Michelle Ford, Pat Bottino
- Series: Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Book 2
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-28-10
- 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
- Unabridged
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Overall321
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Performance282
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Story283
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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Bagombo Snuff Box
- Narrated by: Alexander Marshall
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 12-07-99
- Language: English
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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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Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 1
- By: Philip K. Dick, Robert Silverberg, Fritz Leiber, and others
- Narrated by: Jim Roberts, Ben Hurst, Cindy Hardin Killavey
- Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall204
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Performance143
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Story139
This first volume of Favorite Science Fiction Stories features "the best of the best" from the Golden Age of science fiction....
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Great selection
- By Empowerment on 09-05-09
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Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 1
- Narrated by: Jim Roberts, Ben Hurst, Cindy Hardin Killavey
- Series: Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 08-21-09
- 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
- Unabridged
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Overall54
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Performance46
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Story46
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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Mother Night
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,398
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Performance2,017
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Story2,017
American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal....
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“We are what we pretend to be”
- By Robert on 09-04-12
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Mother Night
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 08-11-09
- Language: English
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Slice of Life
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall55
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Performance52
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Story52
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
- Unabridged
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Overall79
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Performance54
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Story53
The New York Times bestseller 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, Armageddon in Retrospect is a...
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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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Deadeye Dick
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall439
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Performance382
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Story381
Deadeye Dick is Kurt Vonnegut's funny, chillingly satirical look at the death of innocence. Amid a true Vonnegutian host of horrors - a double murder....
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If I aimed at nothing..nothing is what I would hit
- By Darwin8u on 11-28-16
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Deadeye Dick
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 06-23-15
- Language: English
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God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,803
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Performance1,506
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Story1,523
Eliot Rosewater, a drunk volunteer fireman and president of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation, is about to attempt a noble experiment....
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Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth.
- By Darwin8u on 03-27-14
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God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 08-11-09
- Language: English
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Pity the Reader
- On Writing with Style
- By: Kurt Vonnegut, Suzanne McConnell
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall117
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Performance98
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Story98
The art and craft of writing by one of the few grandmasters of American literature, a bonanza for writers and listeners written by Kurt Vonnegut's former student....
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Unlistenable
- By Grant Swalwell on 01-06-20
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Pity the Reader
- On Writing with Style
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 11-05-19
- Language: English
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Jailbird
- By: Kurt Vonnegut
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall292
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Performance261
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Story260
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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