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This author claimed that his “prettiest contribution” was his master’s thesis on the “Shapes of Stories” in his memoir Palm (-5[1])Sunday. Harry (10[1])takes on different personas based on his acting role (10[1])in this author’s story “Who Am I This Time?”, which appears (10[1])in a collection whose title story is about a society with “Ethical Suicide (10[1])Parlors.” This author wrote a story in which the title character (10[1])shouts, “I am the Emperor!” to a ballet and a man winces at a “twenty-one-gun salute” in his head. This author’s collection Welcome to the Monkey House includes a story set when “everybody was finally equal” in which the Handicapper (10[1])General shoots the title (10[2])14-year-old prison escapee. For 10 (10[1])points, name this author of “Harrison Bergeron,” who also wrote about the firebombing of Dresden in Slaughterhouse-Five. ■END■

ANSWER: Kurt Vonnegut [or Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]
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