Centring on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden in the Second World War, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.

Combines science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce.

Dr Felix Hoenikker is the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last, fatal gift to mankind brings about the end, that for all of us, is nigh.

The second novel of the acclaimed author of SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 and most recently, TIMEQUAKE.

A novel about people, their pleasures, pains and perversions, and money. It is a satire on insanity - a millionaire's private lunacy, the inherited obsessions of a famous family and the collective madness that grips a whole nation. The author's other novels include Slaughterhouse 5 .

It is the year 2001, and Eugene Dabbs Hartke, suffering from TB, is recording his disastrous life on scraps of paper while awaiting trial for a crime he hasn't committed. This humorous novel is set in a Japanese-owned America, where everything is run for profit. By the author of Slaughterhouse 5 .

The human survivors of the nature cruise of the century , are quietly evolving into sleek, furry creatures with flippers and small brains. All other forms of humankind have ceased to exist, made redundant by their prized big brains. From the author of Slaughterhouse 5 .

Comic riffs and diatribes on the America of G.W. Bush from the author of Slaughterhouse 5

A companion novel to Slaughterhouse 5 , covering similar themes and drawing on the author's experiences as a prisoner of war in Dresden. A black satire, it tells of an American spy in Germany who becomes confused by his own methods as he sends his coded messages by using pro-Nazi radio broadcasts.

Addresses memory, suicide, the Great Depression, the loss of American eloquence, and the obsolescent thrill of reading books.

For this unusual collection, Kurt Vonnegut has selected 24 of his favourite stories never published before in book form. Included are Any Reasonable Offer , The Powder Blue Dragon , Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp and Lovers Anonymous .

Wilbur and Eliza Swain are so immensely hideous, helpless and vile in their infancy that their wealthy parents send them to live on a nearby asteroid. But the monstrous pair possess a joint intelligence that could outstrip the most advanced computers. By the author of Slaughterhouse 5 .

When Walter F. Starbuck, the least celebrated of the Watergate conspirators, is freed from jail after two years, his first 24 hours of freedom take shape with the unforeseen turns of fortune and moral innuendo of an urban fairytale. The author's other novels include Slaughterhouse 5 .

A collection of writings on war and peace. It ranges from a nonfiction recollection of the destruction of Dresden during World War II to a short story about three privates and their fantasies of the perfect first meal upon returning home from war, to a story about the impossibility of shielding our children from the temptations of violence.

The author offers a collection of essays and speeches discussing the future of Earth, neoconservatism, Alcoholics Anonymous, liturgical music, and other topics, and includes autobiographical commentary on the past ten years of his own life.

New edition with new foreword by Kurt Vonnegut.

Shows that the real world is brimming with wonderful, marvellous strangeness, whether it be in the surreal opulence of Dubai, the mind-bending self-denial of the Buddha Boy of Nepal, or even the seemingly mundane transactions of everyday American life.

A collection of short fiction and non-fictional essays, many appearing in print for the first time, a real treat for longtime fans.

A profoundly dark moral fable set in the surroundings of a silver mine. Nostromo is a story of power, love and revolution in a fictional South American country.