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God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian

Cover of God Bless You
AuthorKurt Vonnegut
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Speculative fiction
PublisherSeven Stories Press
Publication date1999
Media typePrint
God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, by Kurt Vonnegut, is a collection of short fictional interviews written by Vonnegut and first broadcast on NPR. The title parodies that of Vonnegut's 1965 novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.

Synopsis

The basis of the collection is that Vonnegut employs Dr. Jack Kevorkian to give him near-death experiences, allowing Vonnegut access to heaven and those in it for a limited time. While in the afterlife Vonnegut interviews a range of people including Adolf Hitler, William Shakespeare, Isaac Asimov and the ever present Kilgore Trout (a fictional character created by Vonnegut in his earlier works).

Works of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Novels 1950s: Player Piano (1952) • The Sirens of Titan (1959)
1960s: Mother Night (1961) • Cat's Cradle (1963) • God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965) • Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
1970s: Breakfast of Champions (1973) • Slapstick (1976) • Jailbird (1979)
1980s: Deadeye Dick (1982) • Galpagos (1985) • Bluebeard (1987)
1990s: Hocus Pocus (1990) • Timequake (1997)
Story collectionsCanary in a Cathouse (1961) • Welcome to the Monkey House (1968) • Bagombo Snuff Box (1999)
Collected essaysWampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1974) • Palm Sunday (1981) • Fates Worse than Death (1990) • God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (1999) • A Man Without a Country (2005)
ScriptsHappy Birthday, Wanda June (1970) • Between Time and Timbuktu (1972) • Make Up Your Mind (1993) • Miss Temptation (1993) • L'Histoire du Soldat (1993)
Adaptations
StageWelcome to the Monkey House (1970, 1974) • Sirens of Titan (1974) • Cat's Cradle (1976) • God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1979) • Breakfast of Champions (1984) • Requiem (Stone, Time, and Elements: A Humanist Requiem) (1988) • Slaughterhouse-Five (1996)
FilmHappy Birthday, Wanda June (1971) • Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) • Next Door (1975) • Slapstick of Another Kind (1982) • Mother Night (1996) • Breakfast of Champions (1999)
TelevisionDisplaced Person (1958, 1985) • Between Time and Timbuktu (1972) • EPICAC (1974, 1992) • Who Am I This Time? (1982) • All the King's Horses (1991) • Next Door (1991) • The Euphio Question (1991) • Fortitude (1992) • The Foster Portfolio (1992) • More Stately Mansions (1992) • Harrison Bergeron (1995)
Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Born: November 11 1922(1922--)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Died: March 11 2007 (aged 86)
New York, New York, U.S.
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Official language of: 53 countries
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    Speculative fiction is a term which has been used in multiple related but distinct ways. Speculative fiction is a type of fiction that asks the classic "What if?" question and attempts to answer it.
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    Kurt Vonnegut

    Kurt Vonnegut Jr
    Born: November 11 1922(1922--)
    Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
    Died: March 11 2007 (aged 86)
    New York, New York, U.S.
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    An interview is a conversation between two or more people (the interviewer and the interviewee) where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information from the interviewee.
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    Type Public radio network
    First air date April 1971
    Country  United States
    Availability    Global
    Founded 1970
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    God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

    Cover of first edition (Hardcover)
    Author Kurt Vonnegut
    Country United States
    Language English
    Genre(s) Novel
    Publisher Dell
    Publication date 1965
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    Jack Kevorkian, M.D. (IPA pronunciation: [kɛ.ˈvɔːɹ.ki.ɛn] [1]) (born May 20, some sources say May 26[2], 1928) is a controversial American pathologist.
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    near-death experience (NDE) is a personal experience that encompasses multiple sensations of detachment from the body, levitation, an ambiance of security and warmth, and the presence of an all-loving being of light, sometimes interpreted as God.
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    Heaven may refer to the physical heavens, the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the universe beyond. However, the term is often used to refer to a plane of existence (sometimes held to exist in our own universe) in religions and spiritual philosophies, typically described as
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    Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (The Nazi party). He was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, and became Führer (leader)[2] in 1934, remaining in power until his suicide in 1945.
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    William Shakespeare

    The Chandos portrait, artist and authenticity unconfirmed. National Portrait Gallery, London.
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    Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
    Died: 23 March 1616
    Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
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    Isaac Asimov

    A photograph of Asimov taken by Jay Kay Klein
    Pseudonym: Dr. A, Paul French, George E. Dale
    Born: January 2?, 1920?[1]
    Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
    Died: March 6 1992 (aged 72)
    New York, New York, USA
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    Kilgore Trout is a fictional character created by author Kurt Vonnegut. Although it is said that he is a fictionalization of the real author Theodore Sturgeon, Vonnegut called Kilgore his "alter ego" and "somebody he used to be.
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    The following is a complete list of literary works by the late author Kurt Vonnegut.
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    Kurt Vonnegut

    Kurt Vonnegut Jr
    Born: November 11 1922(1922--)
    Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
    Died: March 11 2007 (aged 86)
    New York, New York, U.S.
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    player piano is a piano containing a pneumatic mechanism that plays on the piano action pre-programmed music via perforated paper rolls. The true player piano was designed to be a fully interactive musical experience rather than merely an automatic instrument and hence they are
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    Mother Night

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    Author Kurt Vonnegut
    Country United States
    Language English
    Genre(s) Novel
    Publisher Fawcett Publications/Gold Medal Books
    Publication date 1961
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    Cat's cradle is a well known series of string figures. The name of the entire game, the specific figures, their order, and the names of the figures vary. Versions of this game have been found in indigenous cultures all over the world--from the Arctic to the Equatorial zones.
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    God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

    Cover of first edition (Hardcover)
    Author Kurt Vonnegut
    Country United States
    Language English
    Genre(s) Novel
    Publisher Dell
    Publication date 1965
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    Slaughterhouse-Five

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    Author Kurt Vonnegut
    Country United States
    Language English
    Genre(s) Philosophical, War novel, Dark comedy
    Publisher Delacorte Press
    Publication date 1969
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    Breakfast of Champions

    Cover of first edition (hardcover)
    Author Kurt Vonnegut
    Country United States
    Language English
    Genre(s) Novel
    Publisher Delacorte Press
    Publication date 1973
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