To paraphrase my curmudgeonly coworker, it’s a wonder ole Vonnegut didn’t die sooner—the guy packed more tobacco than a tobacco tree. But I’m not here to cuss the poor sod out for his smoking habits—I’m here to celebrate him, LJ style, with a quick recap of relevant reviews from our database.

While I couldn’t come up with our take on his seminal Slaughterhouse-Five (except the audiobook version, read by actor, er, writer Ethan Hawke), we do boast coverage of his late career material, some of which may deserve another look:

• At Millennium’s End: New Essays on the Work of Kurt Vonnegut, edited by Kevin Alexander Boone
• Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction by Vonnegut
• Bluebeard by Vonnegut
• Fates Worse Than Death by Vonnegut
• Galapagos by Vonnegut