kurt vonneguts first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer paul proteus who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines pauls rebellion is vintage vonnegutwildly funny deadly serious and terrifyingly close to realityalternate cover edition here the cask of amontillado sometimes spelled the casque of amontillado is a short story written by edgar allan poe and first published in the november 1846 issue of godeys ladys book the story is set in a nameless italian city in an unspecified year possibly sometime during the eighteenth century and concerns the deadly revenge taken by the narrator on a friend who he claims has insulted him like several of poes stories and in keeping with the 19thcentury fascination with the subject the narrative revolves around a person being buried alive in this case by immurement