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Cat's Cradle

Vonnegut, Kurt (Book - 2006)
Average Rating: 2 stars out of 5.
Cat's Cradle


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One of Vonnegut's major works, a young writer decides to interview the children of a scientist primarily responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb. This is an apocalyptic tale of the planet's ultimate fate, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes.

Imprint: New York - Dial Press
Pages: 287
Edition: Dial Press trade pbk ed
ISBN: 9780385333481, 038533348X
Call number: FICTION VONNEGUT 2006
Language: English
Statement of responsibility: Kurt Vonnegut
Characteristics: xiii, 287 p. ;,21 cm
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Dec 17, 2012
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  • LazyNeko rated this: 3.5 stars out of 5.

A strange yet entertaining book about the hollow lies of religion, the callousness of science, and the general absurdity of human life. Also, ice-nine kills.

May 17, 2010
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  • lisahiggs rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

Why is this book on the Modern Library’s list of the top 100 English-language novels of the 20th century? I guess because it is really funny in an extremely clever way with a cast of supremely witty characters whose collective existence demonstrates how completely ridiculous – and hilarious – the modern human experience is. Other than that, I don’t know.

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Dec 17, 2012
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  • LazyNeko rated this: 3.5 stars out of 5.

The first sentence in "The Books of Bokonon" is this: "All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies." My Bokononist warning is this: Anyone unable to understand how a useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either. So be it.

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