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Unready to Wear

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

First published April 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A part of humanity has become "amphibious" which means they are able to leave their bodies at will. They have a reserve of very healthy and good looking bodies which can be used at will, but most of their time they spent as incorporeal happy beings. Those humans who haven't left their bodies consider them deserters.

Publications (36)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1953 Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1953 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 98
April 1954 Second Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 366
September 1961 Canary in a Cat House Fawcett Gold Medal Collection 131
August 1968 Welcome to the Monkey House Delacorte Press Collection
September 1968 Welcome to the Monkey House Delacorte Press Collection 229
May 1969 Welcome to the Monkey House Jonathan Cape Collection
1970 Welcome to the Monkey House Delta Collection
January 1970 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
March 1970 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
May 1970 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
May 1970 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
October 1970 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
March 1971 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
March 1971 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
June 1971 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
August 1971 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
October 1971 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
1972 Welcome to the Monkey House Panther Collection 222
February 1972 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
August 1972 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
1973 A Collection of Prose and Poetry on the Theme of Tomorrow: Science Fiction and the Future Scholastic Anthology 87
1973 Welcome to the Monkey House Panther Collection 222
April 1973 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
November 1973 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
December 1975 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection 237
1976 Welcome to the Monkey House Panther Collection 222
October 1976 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection
1979 Welcome to the Monkey House Triad Panther Collection 222
April 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology 353
April 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction Arbor House Anthology 353
January 1983 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection
September 1984 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection
October 1985 Welcome to the Monkey House Delta Collection
November 1987 Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century Avenel Books Anthology 353
November 1991 Welcome to the Monkey House Dell Collection
July 1994 Welcome to the Monkey House / Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage Vintage (UK) Omnibus 229