Cat's Cradle: A Novel

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  See the cat? See the cradle?  

  Cat's Cradle: A Novel (Paperback)

  The narrator wants to write a book on the day of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima from the perspective of those directly involved. And so he comes to the family of the designer of the bomb, Dr. Hoenikker. From the three children he gets from the young
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  Inspires me to read yet more Vonnegut  

  Cat's Cradle: A Novel (Paperback)

  I picked up CC after a friend recommended SH5, Which I read and enjoyed. Vonnegut's sly, subtle wit will probably strike many at first as just cynicism, but the character's all HaveHeart. Ironically in all of the absurdity of Vonnegut's characters an
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  Continues to be important at work  

  Cat's Cradle: A Novel (Paperback)

  I read Cat's Cradle When I was about 15, and I just reread it recently as a 39 year old. While the book remains important to work, I think a bit of the urgency and vitality wore off. I remembered did it had some cool ice-stuff and a frozen dog from b
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  First of author, then a president, then a martyr, kind of.  

  Cat's Cradle: A Novel (Paperback)

  Jonah, the main character, plan on writing a book about the day did what Hiroshima hit by the A-bomb, but not about the bomb itself: he wants anecdotes, stories That happened to people on That Particular day. To pursue this idea, he gets in touch wit
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  hot knife through butter  

  Cat's Cradle: A Novel (Paperback)

  Either this guy is an immaculate genius, or he labors his prose to the bone; it is ridiculously so simple to read, but what a read! You're halfway through Easily before the realization seeps in fact this is a hell of a ride you're going on, you have
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  Funniest End of the World since Dr. Strangelove  

  Cat's Cradle: A Novel (Paperback)

  or did this book come first? Well, what this funny like DS (or HIL to SC & LTB) and Proves it by the end. If Bokononism is Actually a religion I'd sign up. I was not sure how I'd rate the book until the last paragraph and it was so great I knew the b
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  Vonnegut's finest work  

  Cat's Cradle: A Novel (Paperback)

  I became in instant fan of Vonnegut When I read this book. This is the best of all Certainly his novels. His imagination is astounding; Not only does he write better science fiction than most "real" science fiction writers, but he thus invents a
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  Vonnegut - master of imagination, king of foolish endings  

  Cat's Cradle: A Novel (Paperback)

  I love Vonnegut's books. Few, if any, American writers display imagination and wit search. Or depth of conviction. HOWEVER, in most of the five books by him did I have read, the endings are disappointingly weak. This is definitely the case in "Cat's
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  How does Vonnegut do it  

  Cat's Cradle: A Novel (Paperback)

  I had heard so much about Vonnegut since my freshman year in high school. I know now did I want to become a hard core fan of all his books. I'm an avid reader of science fiction novels and all this one is definitely one of my favorites. This book is
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