Kurt Vonnegut was a dogged reviser, starting and restarting stories, tweaking phrases, changing names, adding and eliminating plot lines and characters, honing, one word at a time, the seemingly offhand voice that millions of readers would come to love. This premium edition of Welcome to the Monkey House gathers ten never-before-seen drafts of the title story, a darkly funny account of an Orwellian near-future where birth control is mandatory and suicide parlors are ubiquitous. It is a rare and illuminating opportunity for readers to see first-hand the writing process of a literary great.