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From: ehn0@bunny.UUCP (Eric Nyberg)
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Subject: Re: Vonnegut
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 07:15:56 EDT
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> From: "pugh jon%b.mfenet"@LLL-MFE.ARPA
> 
> That story where everyone must be equal, so they dropped everyone to the
> worst case was Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
> 
> I saw a show on PBS years { & years } ago that had all this as seen by
> a time traveling space fellow.  I think he was bopping from story to story,
> but, as I said, it was a long time ago.  Anyone else remember this show/movie?

The story where everyone is made equal to the lowest case is
"Harrison Bergeron," which appears in a collection of short
stories entitled "Welcome to the Monkey House." The story
"Welcome to the Monkey House" is about involuntary birth
control in a society that encourages celibacy and voluntary
euthanasia of the old.

Since I haven't seen the show, I don't know whether the traveler
was bopping from story to story, but it sounds like it! I've read
the collection many times, some of V's best work is there...

Eric Nyberg
ehn0@gte-labs.CSNET