PETER J. REED is Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. In 1972 he published the first book-length treatment of Vonnegut, Writers for the 'Seventies: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. He has contributed critical essays to several collections on Vonnegut, and his biographical sketches appear in such standard works as The Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, Dictionary of Literary Biography, ribner's American Writers, gill's Survey of American Literature, and Postmodern Fiction: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide. With Marc Leeds, he is the editor of The Vonnegut Chronicles: Interviews and Essays (Greenwood, 1996). Like Vonnegut, Reed is a survivor of aerial bombardment—his childhood home in London was destroyed by the Blitz.

• Preface Chronology Placing the Short Fiction Apprenticeship: High School and College Journalism The Early Stories: Collier's The Prolific Years: 1953-1958 The Later Stories: 1960-1963 The Collections: Canary in A Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House The Novels: Stories, Mosaics and Jokes Other Voices: Kilgore Trout The Short Fiction and the Canon Appendix: Checklist of Vonnegut Contributions to the Shortridge Echo and the Cornell Sun by M. Andre Eckenrode Bibliography Index

PETER J. REED is Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. In 1972 he published the first book-length treatment of Vonnegut, Writers for the 'Seventies: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. He has contributed critical essays to several collections on Vonnegut, and his biographical sketches appear in such standard works as The Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, Dictionary of Literary Biography, ribner's American Writers, gill's Survey of American Literature, and Postmodern Fiction: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide. With Marc Leeds, he is the editor of The Vonnegut Chronicles: Interviews and Essays (Greenwood, 1996). Like Vonnegut, Reed is a survivor of aerial bombardment—his childhood home in London was destroyed by the Blitz.

• Preface Chronology Placing the Short Fiction Apprenticeship: High School and College Journalism The Early Stories: Collier's The Prolific Years: 1953-1958 The Later Stories: 1960-1963 The Collections: Canary in A Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House The Novels: Stories, Mosaics and Jokes Other Voices: Kilgore Trout The Short Fiction and the Canon Appendix: Checklist of Vonnegut Contributions to the Shortridge Echo and the Cornell Sun by M. Andre Eckenrode Bibliography Index

PETER J. REED is Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. In 1972 he published the first book-length treatment of Vonnegut, Writers for the 'Seventies: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. He has contributed critical essays to several collections on Vonnegut, and his biographical sketches appear in such standard works as The Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, Dictionary of Literary Biography, ribner's American Writers, gill's Survey of American Literature, and Postmodern Fiction: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide. With Marc Leeds, he is the editor of The Vonnegut Chronicles: Interviews and Essays (Greenwood, 1996). Like Vonnegut, Reed is a survivor of aerial bombardment—his childhood home in London was destroyed by the Blitz.

• Preface Chronology Placing the Short Fiction Apprenticeship: High School and College Journalism The Early Stories: Collier's The Prolific Years: 1953-1958 The Later Stories: 1960-1963 The Collections: Canary in A Cat House and Welcome to the Monkey House The Novels: Stories, Mosaics and Jokes Other Voices: Kilgore Trout The Short Fiction and the Canon Appendix: Checklist of Vonnegut Contributions to the Shortridge Echo and the Cornell Sun by M. Andre Eckenrode Bibliography Index