In a story by this author, the title character is shot by the Handicapper General Diana Moon Glampers. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this science fiction author who imagined a world in which “everyone was finally equal” in “Harrison Bergeron.” This author wrote the novel Slaughterhouse-Five.
ANSWER: Kurt Vonnegut [or Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]
[10h] “Harrison Bergeron” appears alongside “All the King’s Horses” in a collection titled for this short story. In this story, a “Nothinghead” named Billy the Poet kidnaps the suicide hostess Nancy McLuhan.
ANSWER: “Welcome to the Monkey House”
[10m] This recurring character is cited as the author of “Welcome to the Monkey House” in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. In Slaughterhouse-Five, Billy Pilgrim is a fan of this fictional writer, whom Vonnegut based on Theodore Sturgeon.
ANSWER: Kilgore Trout [or Kilgore Trout]
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