“Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade” is an anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut, published in 1969. The book tells the story of Billy Pilgrim, an American soldier who survived the bombing of Dresden during World War II. The narrative is nonlinear, mixing reality with fantasy, as the protagonist becomes “unstuck in time” and experiences the events of his life in random order—including abduction by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore.