NMLP P-018179 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Canary in a Cat House

Kurt Vonnegut · Fawcett Gold Medal · 1961

True first is the 1961 Gold Medal paperback original. Never issued in hardcover by the publisher; eleven of the twelve stories were later folded into 'Welcome to the Monkey House' (with 'Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp' omitted there). Scarce.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-018179 for "Canary in a Cat House" by Kurt Vonnegut (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-018179, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).