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Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle travels from the home turf of Vonnegut's imagination, Ilium, N.Y. to a Caribbean banana republic where an illicit religion called Bokononism is practiced, as a sense of doom (in the form of ice-nine) overtakes mankind.
One of Vonnegut's major works, this is an apocalyptic tale of the planet's ultimate fate, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes.
Cat's Cradle, one of Vonnegut's most entertaining novels, is filled with scientists and G-men and even ordinary folks caught up in the game. These assorted characters chase each other around in search of the world's most important and dangerous substance, a new form of ice that freezes at room temperature. At one time, this novel could probably be found on the bookshelf of every college kid in America; it's still a fabulous read and a great place to start if you're young enough to have missed the first Vonnegut craze.
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372 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 03, 2008 Type: User Review |
Roll-on-the-floor hilarity and brilliant satire
This book is simply another notable chunk of evidence that Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was clearly the biggest genius who ever lived.
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 13, 2008 Type: User Review |
I enjoyed this much
This was as brilliantly written, wryly satirical, poignant, ironic, fun and captivating as Vonnegut has ever been. That being said, I did have a few problems with this - one of the core lessons that it teaches is one of pointlessness, and that...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 03, 2008 Type: User Review |
Another must read for teens!
There are some books I feel every teen should read. Especially in light of recent current events. Today's children & teens sometimes have no real concept of how lucky they are to live in a free society.
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 02, 2008 Type: User Review |
Good Vonnegut!
At the opening of the book, the narrator describes a time when he was planning to write a book about what important Americans did on the day Hiroshima was bombed. While researching this topic, the narrator becomes involved with the children of...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 30, 2007 Type: User Review |
Disappointing and Mostly Lifeless
Slaughterhouse Five is one of my five favorite books ever. I keep trying to find something else from Vonnegut that exudes the same energy and necessity of that book. Cat's Cradle didn't do it for me. At the end of the day, the novel felt naked and...
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 28, 2007 Type: User Review |
Disappointed
I really wanted to like this book. I loved "Breakfast of Champions."
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 22, 2007 Type: User Review |
Nice, Nice, Very Nice
"What can a thoughtful man hope for mankind on Earth, given the experience of the past million years? Nothing."
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 15, 2007 Type: User Review |
Like a fine wine, this has aged quite nicely
I read Cat's Cradle back in the mid-'80s when I was in high school, and I liked it. On a whim, I dug it out to see what I'd think of it now that I have a few decades of pessimism under my belt. The verdict: it held up quite well, and I remembered...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 05, 2007 Type: User Review |
No Damn Cat, No Damn Cradle
Cat's Cradle falls way short of expectations. Vonnegut has been said by others to be a satirical genius, but all his humor is lost on me. The story chronicles a man named Jonah, who attempts to make a novel regarding August 6, 1945, the day the...
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2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 26, 2007 Type: User Review |
See the Cat? See the Cradle?
This is a great book and story about mankind in general. Told in such an amazing way by Kurt Vonnegut that it is truly an amazing read. His satiric genius and great story telling leave you believing in the characters and feeling sorry for what...
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