"Now I will destroy the whole world."– What Bokonists say when they commit suicide, Cat's Cradle, Chapter 106You'd think a story about the end of the world – not just the world of one person, or human civilization, but all life on the planet – would be a grim affair, but Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle...
Apocalyptic sci fi/utopia revolving around ice-nine (side effect of developing nuclear bombs), with lots of religious philosophy (Bokonism), i.e. that people need the reassurance of beliefs regardless of whether they are true or not - which they aren't.Note to self: Before rereading, read Manny's re...
I thought this book very confusing and unintersting. Why?The book started out with the main character John telling us that he wants to write a book about the creation of the atom bomb. But, the book is nothing about the atom bomb, in fact the atom bomb is rarely mentioned. The book then went on to t...
I think I expected this to be as great as Galapagos. It's similar in that the apocalypse comes when the protagonist of the story is on a an island. It has an interesting premise in which the inventor of the atomic bomb creates an apocalypse from beyond the grave with an invention other than the atom...
There are two voices inside my head. Let's call them Lore and Enzo. At the moment L & E are quarreling on Cat's Cradle. (...)L) Oh come on! This book is wonderful. Perhaps it's the best novel Vonnegut has ever written.E) Are you kidding me? Have you read the whole of it?L) Of course I've read it fro...
I don't think of Vonnegut as a hard science writer, because his structure is so loose, but he really conveyed science better than many other writers of science fiction.
Most people have read Cat's Cradle, so I won't bother to try and hide spoilers. Did you say you hadn't read it? Well, what are you waiting for? This isn't Ulysses, you know, it's short and funny! So, now that it's just us people who know the book, I want to say why I disagree with the criticism you ...
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